Power Or Control?????

Question

What do u need for serves?

Answer 1

BOTH.

Answer 2

Yes As The One above said you need both and that is RIGHT if you have heaps of control and placement i would hit it harder and try to get a topspin direction on it then you can hit it harder.

Cheers Gordo

Answer 3

Both are essential and if used consistently, both can get you free points. However, I tend to feel control and placement are more beneficial then power. Anyone can whack at the ball, but to be consistent doing it , keeping it in play, is another thing. Thi sis Roddicks biggest problem. Not with serving, but more so his groundstrokes, or lack of. He feels he needs to whack everything and has no finesse, no change up to his shots, hardly a backhand topspin to speak of. Many players feel power will get them championships, but not so.

Answer 4

both are essential. federer does not have has heaps of power on his serve but wins a lot of ppoints on it as he places it. roddick smashes the ball all the time but is very inconsistent and can crumble under pressure. you should concentrate on control, because if you practice it often it will get more faster anyway.