🎯 Serving
IntermediateTopspin Serve
An overhand serve with heavy forward spin that makes the ball dive down sharply late in its flight.
Side view
🪜 Step by step
- Toss higher than a float serve, slightly in front of the hitting shoulder.
- Reach high with a full arm swing.
- Contact the lower-back of the ball and roll the hand over the top.
- Snap the wrist forward to create topspin.
- Follow through down across the body.
🗣️ Coaching cues
“Toss in front”“Snap over the top”“Full follow-through”
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Toss behind the head (ball goes into the net)
- Contacting the ball too low (ball sails long)
🏋️ Drills
- Kneeling topspin hits against a wall
- Serve over a rope raised above the net