How do you hit a topspin kick serve?
Strike the ball with your racket at the 7 o’clock position. Push your racket forwards and up over the ball until it’s at the 2 o’clock position. Done properly, this will create topspin on the ball.
What is the function of backspin serves?
In racquet sports and golf, backspin (also known in racket sports as slice or underspin), is a shot such that the ball rotates backwards (as though rolling back towards the player) after it is hit. This direction of spin imparts an upward force that lifts the ball (see Magnus effect).
What is the difference between kick serve and topspin?
Topspin helps a ball jump up after it hits the tennis court. Sidespin makes a ball move sideways. The kick serve has about a 45-degree angle of rotation, between topspin and sidespin.
What are the types of spin in tennis?
The three most common ways to hit a tennis ball are flat (no spin), with topspin, or sliced (hit with underspin/backspin). The type of spin put on the ball affects its trajectory in the air, as well as how it bounces. We will will cover the effects and physics of these three types of spin.
What’s the best way to serve a topspin serve?
In order to change from over-rotation to optimal body rotation, you first need to rotate too little. Serve a topspin serve by not rotating into the court and staying sideways. Hit up on the ball and note the difference in the racquet path and the actual ball flight.
What’s the goal of a topspin tennis serve?
The goal of the topspin tennis serve is greater margin for error both above the net and before the service line. Therefore, when you practice the above drills, keep in mind that you need to serve up and make the ball dip down with topspin. Don’t serve down: let the spin and gravity take the ball down.
How do you do top spin in tennis?
The pronation and top spin seem counterintuitive until you try and feel it. If you’re a right hander, make a fist with your left hand as if to make a ball and then hit and brush your fist with a “serve top spin” action of your right hand and pronate afterwards.
How does a tennis player hit a fast serve?
In order to hit fast tennis serves, the hitting arm must move in the optimal biomechanical way. That’s how the muscles inside the body and eventually in the arm will produce the most force with the least amount of effort.