SAFINA'S SERVE

"She's been working hard on her serve."

"Much improved."

"More power."

"More consistent."

Blah, blah,blah.

But still basically flawed!

 

The pic shows Safina's eyes looking down the court at impact of her serve.

This usually indicates use of the ab's to generate racket head speed due to faulty throwing motion.

This technique can work - as long as the ball sits exactly in the right position for impact.

If anything disturbs that toss, look out!

If there's wind, if the player is nervous, a slew of double faults will be served.

Her match against Cirstea had both wind and nerves [Safina a nervous player?????] and 8 double faults from Safina.

 

Edberg had the same flaw in his serve, but he was not the nervous type.

However, if it was windy ---- he lost!!!