Tomahawk serve

shubhanu Unknown Asked 15 years ago

Hello Sir,

Thanks for your reply to my previous question.This time,I want to ask you about the tomahawk serve.I served it excellently till few months back.But dont know whats wrong these days,its being nearly smashed or i can say completely ineffective.In fact , there is no good spin on the ball even. Please suggest me some technical aspects i can improve on so that i can create an effective tomahawk serve.

Thanks.

Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hi Shubhanu,

It may a few things.  Perhaps you are serving the ball a little higher.  Focus on getting the ball to pass really low over the net for a while and see if it helps.

Secondly, think about the basics of spin, are you brushing the ball effectively and are you relaxing your wrist so that you are generating good speed with your bat to get more spin?

The third thing, check your rubber and make sure it still has a grippy surface.