You have been working on your first serve huh? You hit it nice and flat. People don’t like it. Your second serve is a good serve. It goes in because you put topspin on it. But you notice now that your level of players will beat up your second serve. It needs more!!!
The American twist serve is a specialty serve. It is a combination of the slice serve (a serve that curves outward) and the kick (topspin) serve (a serve that curves down and bounces up). When you hit it, it curves toward the left like a right handed slice. But when it bounces, it jumps in the opposite direction.
1. The toss is important. Slice is out to the side. Kicker is over your head. So the Twist is somewhere in between.
2. Try to brush against the ball and not hit the ball directly like a flat serve.
3. Don't forget to snap your wrist.
A fair warning that trying to get a lot of action on this serve can be harmful to your back if done too many times. Most people's swing is stronger going straight out (slice)than straight up (kick). So a person trying to make a strong kicker will bend his/her back more to position their upper body for the angled slice swing. This is fine. Just don't make EVERY serve a twist.
If you possess a slice serve, the twist is great because the opponent will not be able to figure out where the ball is going to bounce unless he/she has learned to read your service motion. As you get better at serving, you can learn to make your different serves similar to disguise.
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