After trying all the traditional serve styles, I have settled on the backhand serve for my "bread and butter" serve as I am having a fair amount of success with it. Though (as you have stated) most high level players do settle on 1 serve as their primary serve I'm thinking I should have 1 other type serve to throw in here and there - which brings up my delimna. I have worked for hours on end (for several months) on the forehand pendulum serve and it seems the more I work on it the more awkward it becomes. However I think I could develop a good tomahawk serve. So here is the question: If my secondary serve is the tomahawk serve, the sidespin element on all my services would be in the same direction. Do you feel like this is a big drawback?
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Geoff Mr. Asked 11 years ago
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Geoff,
I think it is better to have a serve that goes the other way but even the Pendulum serve at a lower level can suffice.
Having the two main serves going the same way is OK, because it will give you a similar spin back as well. Sometimes a serve that you feel isn’t as effective can be troubling for a player that doesn’t like the ball going the other way.
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