Tennis Side Spin Technique Explanation?

Side Spin and Flat Hitting are the two major categories of tennis serve, here is what I teach you about, welcome to read!

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Side-spin is a kind of tennis ball

When hitting the ball, the racket is swung from the back of the racket to the inside of the parallel swing, also known as the "sliding", so that the ball produces from the outside to the inside of the side of the rotation, so it is called a side-spin ball. The flight path of this ball is horizontal to the outside of the arc flight, the landing jumped outward, often used in the straight line of attack.

In practice, the ball rotation is often a mixture of performance, the ball rotation and the direction of the ball, the power, the speed of rotation and hit the swing route, touching the ball surface angle and other factors. Therefore, to master the different ways of rotating the ball in the forehand, you need to practice repeatedly in the usual training.

How to Serve Tennis Side Spin:

To spin the ball, you need to apply friction. Friction requires speed, i.e., wrist power, which increases the instantaneous speed of the racket when it makes contact with the ball. The moment you serve with wrist power, the racket moves in an arc, and depending on the trajectory of your arc, the ball will spin differently at different points of contact with the racket. Most people serve with the racket trajectory down and to the inside of the body direction for the inside of the arc, so if the ball is contacted on the outside edge of the racket, the ball will be downspin; the inside of the ball will be topspin. This is the theory, but in practice everyone's serve position is different, so the effect is not the same.

How to catch a tennis ball with side spin:

Left side spin: the racket face is vertical, touching the center of the ball to the right, and rubbing from right to left while exerting forward force. For example, serve and roll.

Right side spin: the racket face is vertical, touching the center of the ball to the left, and rubbing from left to right while exerting forward force.

Left side topspin: the racket face is vertical, touching the upper right side of the center of the ball, and rubbing to the upper left while exerting forward force.

Left side downspin: the racket face is slightly tilted back, touching the lower right side of the center of the ball, and rubbing to the lower left.

Right side topspin: the racket face is vertical, touching the upper left side of the center of the ball, rubbing to the upper right.

Right side downspin: the racket face is slightly tilted back, touching the lower left side of the center of the ball, rubbing to the lower right.

Technical Analysis and Training of the Side Spin Serve in Tennis

With the increasing development of tennis activities, China is becoming a tennis power. Tennis is rapidly becoming a new sport, and the technique of serving is the key to all the techniques of tennis and the one that is least affected by the opponent. The side spin serve is a frequently used serve technique, and it is also a technique that beginners must master.

I. Preface

With the increasing hotness of tennis activities, tennis is becoming an emerging sport, and the serve is the key of all the techniques of tennis, and it is also the technique that will not be affected by the opponent. Regular players and most fans often use the side spin serve, which is a must-have technique for every beginner because it comes into the serve in the form of a curve and has a high success rate.

II. Findings and Analysis

I Definition of Tennis Side Spin Serve

The most important of the techniques in tennis is the serve, which is the first technique used in a match and is a powerful tool to create scoring opportunities for yourself. If your serve is of high quality, you can take full advantage of your serve in the match, and get the opportunity to attack and score through spin, and a good side-spin serve is the key to victory. Therefore, we must fully grasp the technology of the side spin serve.

The technical characteristics of the second tennis side spin serve

Through the analysis of the world's top six tennis players Sampras, Agassi, Roddick, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic's second serve in the three kinds of serve technology, the world's six masters of the three kinds of serve control:

Using the speed of the spin direction of the landing point Stability

Flat Strike The fastest serve is a weak, tricky serve that doesn't change Low

The side spin serve is weaker, stronger, trickier, and changes a lot High

The topspin serve is faster, stronger, trickier, and changes a lot Medium

The side spin serve is not as fast or as good as the topspin serve, but it does have an advantage in the change of direction and the rotation of the ball after it hits the ground.

Additionally, if you want to increase the percentage of serves that are scored, players need to improve the aggressiveness of their serves. By watching the video of the professional players, this article found that the athletes in the service score can be divided into the following points: First, the high speed of the ball to win; second is to make the opponent difficult to return the ball to the tricky landing; third is to the direction of the ball unpredictable and unexpected to win. These three winning methods in the second serve in the use of the frequency is very high, in the second serve often have ACE ball. In all three cases, the drop shot is the most critical factor in the serve. The spin of the ball can confuse the opponent's judgment of the route of the incoming ball, and then cause the opponent to return the ball difficult, creating conditions for their own attack. The most important feature of the side spin serve is that after hitting the ball, the ball has quite a strong side spin. When used in the first serve, the focus is to serve to the outside corner, and the second serve is to serve to the inside corner, the strong rotation of the ball after the rebound route deflection, so as to improve the scoring rate. Side spin serves are more commonly used in the second serve to disrupt the opponent's rhythm and gain the initiative to score.

Three Tennis Side Spin Serve Technical Moves

1. Grip Side Spin Method

The grip that most people use on the side spin serve is the continental grip. This grip allows you to utilize your wrist flexibility and control the degree and direction of spin on the serve.

2. Throwing

The key to a good or bad sidespin serve is the quality of the throw. The ball should be thrown in an area where the body's center of gravity does not shift sideways, and the height of the throw should not be too high or too low; the most appropriate height is the one where the swing is completed and the ball can be hit. The throw needs to be slightly to the right - imagine a large clock in front of you and throw the ball to the 1 o'clock position on the clock face.

3. Leadoffs

There are two types of leadoffs that we often use: one is the way most people use, leadoffs back ? The other is the direct side-swing upward. Although these two ways to lead the external performance is not the same, but the rhythm of the action of the serve and the speed of the action does not have a great impact.

4. Striking motion

The process of the side-spin serve is a "cutting" process, and the racket should be swung at the imaginary 3 o'clock position of the clock. The racket should be moved toward the ball at about a 45-degree angle before contact is made. The swing requires the body to move high, out and forward, with the elbow moving forward and up at the same time.

5. Follow-through swing

Internal rotation is still required after the ball is delivered. After the ball is delivered, the body leans into the court and maintains a continuous, full, upward extension of the follow-through. The racket is swung to the left side of the body, moving the center of gravity forward for a completely natural follow through and balance.

Four Tennis Side Spin Serve Training Methods

1. Kneeling Serve

Start by kneeling on one knee behind the serving line and then work on the side spin serve. After familiarizing yourself with the drill, step back to the baseline and perform the same drill.

2. Serve against the wall

Draw a line on the wall at the same height as the net, then practice the sidespin serve about 6 meters from the wall, with the ball slightly higher than the height of the line.

3. Spot Serve

Mark six markers on the net and divide the left and right halves of the court into three zones. When practicing the sidespin serve, try to pass through the zones on every serve and ask to land in the serving area.

Three, the conclusion

Side-spin serve is a dynamic chain of coordination, the role of the various parts of the body as if the chain of sub-systems, the linkage of each system generated by the energy continuously transported to the next link. Instead of relying on the explosive power of the torso and arms, the reaction force of the ground is the main source of explosive power.

Four recommendations

It is the view of this paper that we should strengthen the practice of the side spin serve in the usual special training, and take part in as many matches as possible to improve our ability and self-confidence in using the side spin serve technique in the matches.

Secondly, by watching the video of the world's top players' serves and carefully studying their technical movements, we can train through the observation method.

Three in the training pay attention to the emergence of the wrong action, timely correction of their own wrong action, and strive to make their own side spin serve to reach the point of perfection ?