Are short soft serves better than long hard serves
Serving
Paul Davenport Asked 13 years ago
Hi Alex,
Judging from the 'success' of my various serves, I'm beginning to get the feeling that short, soft serves are more effective than the longer, harder ones.
Can you confirm this?
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Paul,
The short serve is more effective as you play better players. The long serves, no matter where they go will be able to be attacked by the better players. By serving short you will stop them from attacking and set up an attack for yourself.
In the middle grades long spin serves can be effective if they don't have a strong attack because the spin is hitting their bats faster and is therefore harder to control.
Short serves are highly recommended here.
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Paul Davenport Posted 13 years ago
Good, so I'll just have to work on my short, soft serves.