My serves bouncing low?

Question

I stopped playing tennis over vacation from the summer and when I came back, I decided the first thing I should start warming up with were my serves.

I noticed my serves didn't lose their power (106mph was my fastest) but I noticed they didn't bounce as hi as I remembered.

I want to mention that I never kick after having shoulder injuries, and I only hit it flat without any back and leg bend? Maybe I'm adding backspin on my serves or maybe not enough snap?

Is there any way to provide a slight kick to the serve without completely changing my flat-serve form? I started to adapt towards using an Eastern grip just to generate some topspin.

Answer 1

Well, I mean, does your serves REALLY need to bounce high? Unless you're doing a twist/kick, but to answer your question, just add more topspin to it and it'll bounce higher. Maybe it's the way you throw the ball? Whenever I throw mine, it spins from right to left, but normal ones should be spinning vertically, right?

Answer 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tuHYoEr...

I would try putting just a little bit of topspin on it to help with this. Doing this, you will get better consistent, hit a heavier serve, and get some kick on it. You can see on the video that Federer stays sideways a little longer and brushes up/sideways on the ball to get some action on it.

Answer 3

You need to add topspin to the ball..

basically you have to brush the ball with your racket going up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV1iVOc0-...

Something like that ^