Varying serves
Serving
Claus Hamacher Asked 14 years ago
Hi Alois, hi Jeff,
Assuming that I have a serve which works well against a particular oppononent: would you repeat that serve until he/she finds out how to deal with it?
Or would you try different serves in between?
I was criticized for doing the latter. My team-mates said: "Why didn't you simply do the same serve over and over?"
Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago
Hi Claus,
I like players to do the serve often. If there is a serve that the other player doesn't like they aren't going to get a lot better at returning it during a match. If you think of it from the reverse point of view, if I am receiving and the other player has a serve I don't like, I don't want him to serve it this serve or the next or the next. I would much rather he changes serve and keeps me in the match.
If you do the serve often then perhaps the match won't get to a close situation.
You can change it up sometimes but I would do it 8 out of 10 serves at least.
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