Correct grip Serve

Currently , the valuation of the plea withdrawal has increased significantly in world tennis. Clearly the serve is one of the most important fundamentals of tennis field , with primary factor in the victories of the practitioners of the sport .

However , many practitioners of shoes that start in the sport without the aid of a skilled professional end up carrying the sack with some incorrect movement patterns , hindering the evolution of this very foundation so important .

One of the major mistakes is using the incorrect grip . Much of practitioners hold the racket with the Western forehand grip ( Figure 1 ) .

                                                                Figure 1

With this type of grip you lose the levers of the body that generate power in the coup , and limit the player to serve only with the flat serve ( stoned ) .

The big problem the wrong way to handle the defects are generated , which in turn are very difficult to be corrected by teachers . The great difficulty in removing these vices is due to the fact at the time that the teacher will change the grip of the student, he feels much laxity during the course of withdrawal , because using the correct grip ( see below ) the use of wrist during the sack is widely used.

Given this information , what is the proper way to hold the racket to cash out ? The literature shows that the most appropriate is the continental grip ( Figure 2 ) .

                                                                   Figure 2

 With the Continental grip , it takes a larger aid of the lower limbs , trunk , shoulder, arm and forearm to generate power in the coup . Thus , since the beginning of learning the player is already stimulated to work throughout the body to carry the loot . Players holding incorrectly , have a limitation of motion mainly upper limbs , reducing significantly the generation of power in the coup , and increase the likelihood of injury .

Another important factor is the ability to make withdrawals in effect . The handling of the racket with the Continental grip much more freedom to move the wrist at the time of withdrawal, allowing counter with racket on the ball at different angles . From the racket - ball contact angles in the sack with other effect arises . Have the players who handle the racket handle with incorrect lose the freedom of movement of the wrist, restricting the ability of the player to vary the serve .

The great difficulty in learning the Continental grip is to hold that way at the beginning of learning . As discussed above , with the use of this grip handle is very large , and this overload on the handle generates firmness loss at the time of the coup . However , as the stimulus for draw with the continental grip increases , the region of the wrist is gaining more strength , decreasing laxity , besides having considerable power increase .

From the second training with the Continental grip month , the evolution of looting increases considerably, both in increased power generation and in effect. Therefore , always start the foundation serve using the Continental grip , because the long term benefits are huge .

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References

1.      Ishizaki M. T , Castro M. Shoes . Learning and training. 2006