Why haven't any pro players perfected an underhanded, chip serve that they can use occasionally as a trick shot, especially when the returner is playing way behind the baseline on the first serve? Seems like a natural. It does take practice, but you can perfect a nice backspin underhanded serve that produces aces. And you can disguise it so that the guy won't creep up in anticipation.
2007-03-20 15:45:09 · 5 answers · asked by Shaun Super 2 in Sports ➔ Tennis
it is extremely rude and disgraceful. anyone who shows any remote sign of respect to their opponent would not dare to do it. you can do a drop serve from an overhead serve if you are that desperate, but don't serve underhand. I have played thousands of matches, and only two people have ever done it too me. I would not shake their hands after a match. save it for mucking around with your friends.
2007-03-20 16:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would possibly be taken negatively by the opposing player but the thing is: it's a perfectly legal play. There are people who take offense at body serves and when people try to hit them at the net. They need to get over it, they are perfectly legal plays. If a player lets it get in their head, they need to become mentally stronger. It's no different than using a drop shot when a player is standing too far behind the baseline.
In direct answer to your question, serves are very precious in tennis and you'd have to be very sure that your chip serve is sound. If you mess up, you've wasted a serve. If you don't have enough spin, you've conceded the net. I don't imagine any pro player being fooled by that serve more than once a match. Perhaps it's not really worth perfecting. However, I've seen it win more points than it's lost, so maybe in those very rare, tense moments when it's the VERY last thing expected, it might be a good play.
Also, among those players who take it the wrong way: many of them could become very motivated to beat any player who would use such a serve and the match could get more competitive or even ugly.
2007-03-21 00:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by kowtow21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been playing volleyball for 3 years and i have never heard that underhand serving is illegal. I play on Varsity and i have played against teams that serve underhand. The reason most people serve overhand is because they tend to be more powerful and harder to dig up, but some girls can underhand serve better- and theres nothing wrong with that. But before you start freaking out about this, talk to your coach, because if anyone, they should know. The girl who told you that its illegal might not have her facts straight. So go talk to your coach and go from there, but as far as I know, underhand serving is legal. Good Luck :)
2016-03-16 23:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be seen as rude and cheap, but it is a legal serve. Michael Chang used it in his slam win, and Martina Hingis did that a few times against Graf in the French Open 1999 final (Graf beat her off the court). The crowd sees it as a no-no or would boo it, because it seems more like a mind-game tactic than a shot in tennis.
2007-03-21 00:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by Aplus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A la michael chang. nice!!! I hear that some players think that it's a low brow technique and that the audience wouldn't like it. Just what I heard though. I still use it when I'm on tour.
2007-03-20 15:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by Giant Donut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋