The "American Twist" serve, as it once termed, was taught that the racket arm must finish down the right of the body (for a righty) and not the left. It was part of the teaching back in the day. There is beautiful example and description of this in the book Tennis Strokes and Strategies, published in 1972. John Newcombe writes this section of the book and walks the reader through the American twist using with a photo sequence of his own serve. Tennis Strokes and Strategies was the leading book of the day and many of the top players of the time contributed to its making. I learned my entire game through this book and treated it like the bible.
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Sure, but when the book arrives you will see it was taught. I learnt my tennis as a child from this book and I follow through almost entirely to the right on my second serve and only cut in to the left at the very end.
I followed John Newcombe's instruction to the letter. Where I live everyone was self-taught through books back then. It was a case of John Newcombe said it so it must be right.Last edited by stotty; 05-11-2018, 05:45 AM.Stotty
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Edberg did it. (forget the commentary, but look at this video, how he finishes his kick serve to the right...)
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The book is interesting because it is a written with the collaboration of leading tennis players of the day. It is full of myths like wrist snap on the serve, etc., as you would expect from a book published in 1972. But fundamentally it was how good tennis was taught back then, and how leading players interpreted their own technique. The photo sequences used were novel back in the day but remain revealing even today.Stotty
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