Finally, after more than 15 years, I can intervene a strong service. I always wanted to intervene a great service. The problem was … my timing was not great, I couldn’t generate any strength and I often had a painful shoulder.
This has now changed. I went from 100 mph serving to constantly hit between 110-120 mph.
It is also interesting that I have never intentionally changed my maid technique. But my drive has improved. Besides, my shoulder no longer hurts.
How did it happen? One thing is clear, I learned how to organize serving practices. When to practice power and when to train for goals or feel.
But besides, I would know so many long -term readers – I have been involved in physical training since I was in the early 1920s (I now have 36).
I cannot say that the positive changes in my game were just the result of training outside the court. However, I would say that it played the biggest role.
In this post, I will offer 3 ways in which training can have a positive impact on your service. Others certainly exist, but these 3 best my list.
#1 – Teach Kinetic Chain Linkage + Transfer
As I have already mentioned Last week a blog postThe service is influenced by our ability to use + transfer the momentum from the ground to the ball. Every message (body segment) plays a role in this transmission.
I have often found that players who timed this segmentation well need a so -called “restart” of their motor system.
I mean, at the right moment they do not like the movement of some part of the body. Or they don’t do it in the right order. This becomes a very inefficient way to serve – especially if we apply a lot of strength, but we lose it on the road.
For maximum energy transfer to later connections of the kinetic chain (arm, shoulder, racket) this timing + sequencing is key.
How do we achieve this? Practice is of course one of the ways. However, administration can be quite technical and complex. Players often need additional entrances.
This is where training outside court can act as a huge tool. And a good way to address the sequencing of the kinetic chain is the training of Medic Ball and the Olympic lifting.
Oly picks up
The Olympic lifts teach athletes not only to use the soil to create strength, but also to transfer energy to the kinetic chain.
Unlike what many believe, the Olympic elevators are performed with a relatively relaxed upper body (and generally the upper arms). The lower body generates the power needed to lift heavy load. When athletes use too many of their hands, they ultimately “force” the elevator. This often leads to unsuccessful attempts and improper use of the body.
There is also a high level of dynamic correspondence (DC) between certain tennis strokes and the Olympic elevators. Service and jerking (pushing or distribution) have a relatively high DC. That’s the reason Serve max. program.
Training Medicine Ball (MB)
Tennis is widely used training of lemon balm; For a good reason. The problem I meet when Working with players or Mentor coachAgain, it is excessive relying on the involvement of the arms to drive the throw instead of the feet, the hips, the trunk (in this order).
During the thrown balls, the shoulders should act as a guide that would allow energy expression in a certain direction. They are not the main mediator of power.
The directional aspect is critical and it is important to learn vertically, horizontally and diagonally to learn to show performance vertically and diagonally. This is especially true for the development of serving, as different body segments move different planes of movement and over 3 axis of rotation. All this happens in the fractions of a second.
