In this video, you are going to practice how to control the accuracy and power of your serve.
We are going to see two exercises: serving in a straight line, and serving diagonally
Firstly, serving in a straight line
Split the court lengthways into two half courts . Use cones, a rope or objects to mark the separation.
Split the half courts again into two sections; front and back.
Stand behind the baseline on the left. If you have a partner, he or she stands on the other side of the net, in the same half, to return the ball to you.
Serve several times, sending the ball to the front section of the half court directly in front of you, then serve several times towards the back section of the half court directly in front of you.
Use an overhand serve, then the underhand serve to practice both techniques.
Secondly, diagonal serving.
Remain behind the baseline of the same half-court.
This time, your partner stands on the other side of the net on the half-court diagonally-opposite to you.
Adapt your body position and serve several times towards the front section of the half-court.
Next serve several times towards the back section of the opposite half-court.
Once you have mastered this, change the exercise by swapping to stand behind the back line of the right hand half-court.
Your partner will continue to stand on the other side of the net, on the left-hand side of the opposing half-court
Adapt your body position and serve diagonally several times towards the front section of the court, then to the back section.
Use jump serves then underhand serves to practice both techniques.
It's important to practice serving as it's the first part of any game. Over to you!
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