Today the serve. Is it important to be able to hit a kick serve? I think it's important to learn but it doesn't have to be your bread and butter shot. First, if your kick serve isn't a good one, it's going to get "rocked!" A good kick serve has strong pace with spin, a deadly combination. If your kick serve is marginal, work on a better slice serve and flat serve. Many matches I have used a flat second serve to get out of a jam. Sure its dicey, but it's not as bad a receiving a cannon winner return. The slice serve stays low and can mess with timing especially when you vary placement and with flat ball combinations. I equate the slice serve to the slider in baseball.
A good slider pitcher can kill you; look at McEnroe--he gives everyone trouble when that slider is hitting the lines. Accuracy and consistency can always be improved; speed can be improved upon to a degree but the gene pool determines most of that component.
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