Crazy Kick Serve

Kick serves are the most difficult to master among the main 3 choices of service. It involves digging deep and brushing the ball from low-to-high, generating tremendous amounts of topspin to force the ball to ‘kick’ up after bouncing.

Moving your Opponent

Kick serves allow you to move the opponent around the court, given that they do not take the ball early. Serving wide to pull them away from the court, or high to their backhands could give you an advantage early on in the point, allowing you to take control and hold your service game with ease.

Wrist Pronation

A technique that is not talked about as often is wrist pronation. By pronating the wrist, you are forcing the racket to brush the ball as much as possible, giving you extra topspin upon contact. To train this, ensure that you finish the entire service motion with your wrist in the pronated position.

Ball Toss

Tossing the ball at the 11 o’clock, or 10 o’clock for more extreme serves allows you to brush the ball more effectively as compared to the more traditional contact points. This 11 o’clock and 10 o’clock contact points should cause you to arch your back in a rather iconic fashion when you employ the kick serve. This posture is a natural result of the toss and aids in providing a ‘spring’ like boost to further aid your brushing of the ball.

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