“Lay Up Your Toss”
By Bunny Bruning
Tossing consistently for your serve can be difficult for a couple reasons. First, it’s hard to coordinate both arms and body movement. Secondly, there is no visual cue to help you know where to place the toss.
There are many ways to toss the ball: straight up, curling around from the back hip forward, and laying it up. For a more effective service toss, try thinking about a basketball layup. Stand with a basketball hoop directly in front of your forward foot (12 o’clock position), holding a tennis ball in your hand. Practice placing the toss straight up through the hoop so that it drops back down in front of your toe.
If your toss tends to “drift”, practice a reverse lay up so that the ball goes to the outer edge of the hoop and then swishes down through the netting – right in front of you for a perfect toss!
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| Bunny Bruning MUG |
Bunny Bruning is a USPTA certified teaching pro and the Tennis Director at Wakonda Club in Des Moines. Bunny is also a former past president of the Iowa District and is currently the president of the USPTA/Missouri Valley Division.