Power Serving Tip
By Roger Haeske
You must act like a power server. When you go to serve
you must have the attitude that you can easily crank out aces. I've found
that even though I already have a very good serve I don't always bring that
attitude with me to the tennis match. When I recently started to focus on being
what they call me at the club "Rocket Roger," my serving prowess
increased tremendously. I played some doubles with some guys a little weaker
than me and I just blew them away with my arsenal of serves. My cannonball serve
was the hardest it has been in years. I estimate in the 120's. Those guys were
so impressed that some of them want to take serving lessons from me.
The key was I kept on thinking of myself as a rocket server
with the expectation of greater accuracy and power. By doing this I
increased my serving efficiency at least 15%. Remember this mental law: you
get what you focus on. So before you go to serve you must have a vision of a
powerful serve, otherwise you just won't be able to do it. You must change your
self-image to that of a tremendous server. In your imagination you must center
yourself in the image of a server you admire. Take on the person's mannerisms
and expectations on the serve. The key is to think from that persons
point of view, not to think about that person. Become childlike and pretend what
you dream to be and soon enough you will be.
