Racquetball - How to Be Deceptive With Your Serves

[spunk0164]

Nice clip and *great *advice. Only thing I'd add is to get your back and front feet lined up straight to the front wall. You'll add another layer of deception. (Your front/left foot is pointing to the front right corner making me think you wouldn't hit a drive serve to the backhand. Well, you could ... but you'd probably throw out your shoulder :-))

[MrTimJr]

@spunk0164 Excellent advice. I received this same advice from Cliff Swain at a racquetball camp and it's something that I use quite consistently. I love messing with my opponent's heads lol.

[TheJonAlexander]

Being Deceptive with your serves is key!! Personally I use the same serves but I do them fast and slow to confuse all players!

[Beefstrom]

Um. He dropped the ball in the exact same spot.

[racquetballtim]

@Beefstrom Actually, for the Z-Serve to the backhand I drop the ball slightly further back in my stance. For the drive to the forehand I drop it slightly further forward. It creates deception because my opponent has a hard time telling the difference between the couple of inches where I drop the ball.

If I altered my entire swing for each serve it would be very easy to know what serve I was hitting.

This technique was taught to me by professional racquetball players.

Take care.

[ironlion365]

Me and my friends just started getting serious with raquetball, cant wait to use this!

[racquetballtim]

@ironlion365 Sweet. I'm glad you love the game that I love. Being deceptive with your serves not only helps you win, but it also makes the game more fun, too.

And don't forget to apply this same principle from other service locations as well. Always mix it up.