Flat Serve / Canon Ball Serve: Used mainly to serve an ace or a good first serve to induce a fault in the opponent's return. Aim is to use maximum power and skill to force the opponent in to a defensive position. Maximum Speed reached 200 Kmph/ 120 MPh. Use a continental grip for this serve. Hitting the ace down the center line is most favourable option which provides good percentage points when practiced and mastered. You need to stand very near to center line for this serve and bit farther from the center line for the wide serve. Key is to keep the arm fully extended while serving. To have effective clearance over the net the timing of the jump should not be too early or too high, just right which comes thru regular practice. Its easier for 6 footers to serve aces effectively but for not so gifted tall people it is better to just clear the net with the ace otherwise the ball will be long and land outside the service box. Key is to meet the ball at a high point of contact and keep the head balanced following the serve.

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Topspin Serve: Typically used as a second serve with high looped and with high trajectory spinning away after hitting the service box turf with a high kicking bounce forcing errors on the return. Typically served to make it difficult for the opponent to return while ensuring avoidance of double fault. Instead of hitting the ball at the central point of contact, the back of the ball is brushed with the racquet imparting forward spin to the ball and making it swerve away after hitting the ground. Speed of this serve is much lower than the basic flat serve. Key is to make the ball move out of the opponent's returnable comfort zone and induce errors. It helps to keep the grip positioning slightly counter clockwise than normal flat serve grip, and the stance maintained and proper shifting of weight from back foot to forward, while rotating the hips and shoulders at the time of impact in one action is also critical to impart spin to the ball and for maintaining the looped trajectory, on the follow thru' the non hitting arm should not be dropped suddenly and kept pointed up as far as possible to avoid hitting the ball to the net.

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Twist Serve: One of the complex serves to master wherein the ball changes direction from the original trajectory and moves away with a high bounce wrong footing the opponent if he is not careful. That is when a right hander opponent is returning a serve the serve first lands on his right and then moves to his left after hitting the turf. Initial position of the racquet should be from behind the back with elbows pointed up, then to get the necessary swerve in the air, the rotation of the shoulders and arms should be much greater than the normal flat serve followed by brushing the back of the tennis ball imparting spin with arm movement across and should be followed by a follow thru' with sufficient gap between the other arm and the body when compared to a flat serve.

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Slice Serve: It is not served alone but served with top spin as it makes it easier for opponent to return a normal slice serve. As with the other top spin serve the speed is much less when compared to flat serve. Point of contact is across the outer face of the ball making the ball swerve in the direction of the original trajectory after pitching on the service box. Top spin serve kicks high after pitching above the shoulder of the opponent making it difficult to return whereas slice serve make the ball swerve more and move away at lower heights.