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Originally Posted by NewEnglandRT It depends largely on level. A well placed lollipop is better than a topspin ripper one step away from the best passer on the opposing team.
Wifey will kill me, but if you've been playing more than a year you'd ought to be able to serve overhand consistently... not hard, not unbelievable, but consistently. If you can't you haven't given it the time it deserves. It's like pitching or being the quarterback... it's the only time one player is in complete control of the play. If you're not taking advantage you're leaving alot on the table.
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Well - whose to say the underhand serve wasn't tough?
I mean - it looks like everyone is just seeing a chip over the net, a simulated free ball.
If you want to look at it that way - I can call every serve in the book wimpy!
Top spin is easy - know the exact direction.
Floater takes to long - doesn't always float a lot.
Jump serve you just sit on it, easy to pass.
Now - granted, those are all true - but can be hard as hell to execute the pass when served correctly. A jump serve is easy to pass, unless you serve it well. A floater is easy to pass - unless you serve it well. Top spin is easy to pass too, unless - guess what - you serve it well. Same goes to underhand - use it well, in the right situation and it sucks to be the receiver.
Now if the question posed was "what do you think about underhand lollipop-freeballesk serves" - then I wouldn't be arguing this...