The Push Serve and the Pull Serve

[cms56]

A little late to the party but one of my favorite drills to do with kids is to have them alternate throwing and serving from the service line. It really makes them loosen up and just naturally get the right motion. Sometimes they want to start pitching when they throw. But I make sure to have them stand in a platform stance.

On a side note, anyone else notice how Fed moves his front foot when he is warming up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dNCMhhhDU

It's an interesting little thing that he might have developed to get that feel...

That is a really nice video clip that shows how natural it is to push off the rear foot, and it's a classic throwing motion. Thank you for this useful "evidence."

[arturohernandez]

Actually, I also remembered that John had noted it in Roddick's serve. You can see how he moves his front foot forward and I remember John stating that it happened not just when he was warming up.

https://youtu.be/SZbxKuLEP_o?t=31