Amazing how your little 5th finger of your racket handle hand can make such a big difference to your ability to generate more spin, especially on your 2nd serve.

When I was really getting into tennis in my early 20s, I had a chance to work for Barry MacKay helping him promote the Pacific Coast Tennis Tournament at the Berkeley Tennis Club back in the early 70s.

Barry was also kind enough to spend some time on the court with me and he gave me one of my all-time favorite teaching tips for the serve.

At that time I was working my butt off trying to get more spin on my serve with my Jack Kramer Pro Staff wood stick and I just seemed to muscle up more and more and it just got worse.

Barry said to hang 1/2 of my 5th finger off of the end of the racket handle and then go through my service motion.

I said, come on Bear, you’re kidding, right…?

Bingo…

I was able to generate more racket speed because I wan’t squeezing so tightly trying to muscle up to get spin.

I finally got the feeling of how the top guys could swing the racket with some serious speed by NOT squeezing tightly on the handle.

So, long story short, I don’t serve with my 5th finger 1/2 way off the handle, in fact I’ve got my that 5th finger fully on the butt cap, BUT,  I do serve with a light enough squeeze tension as if my pinkie is 1/2 way off the handle.

If you’re still struggling trying to get a little more of a tight spin on your serve, try this…
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The tossing hand at contact?  Huh?  What’s the big deal…?

If you really want to improve the spin on your 2nd serve, then staying sideways at contact is imperative.

Your tossing hand/arm can completely open up your tossing shoulder way too early to where you’re almost facing forward at the point of contact.

And guess what, if you’re facing too far forward at contact, your ability to impart real topspin goes down the drain.

That’s why the position of your tossing hand at contact is critical.

We have the honor again of having the great world class senior player Dick Johnson show us how it’s supposed to be done…

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