follow through of the serve

[dminh01]

John,
Another question for you. In the follow through of the serve, what is the racket path. Do we hit up with the racket in order to get spins and use the body for the downward power or do we hit up and down for both serve?
thanks for helping alot

[johnyandell]

Huh? Downward power, there's a new one. The motion of the racket to the contact is upward on both serves, even if the ball flight may be slightly downward. The only thing I would think about on the followthrough would be staying really relaxed and even letting the racket come across the body to the front of the left leg. Depending on speed and spin it might mot make it all the way, but you can't really model the extreme finishes. The pronation should naturally happen, then the racket comes across and down.