How to Serve a Racquetball

Series Summary

What better way to get out all the aggressions in your life than to swing a racquet as hard as you can at a small hollow ball against a wall in a rectangular room with parallel walls? It's like playing fetch with yourself. The entertainment is endless with these conditions as you try and outwit yourself at every angle. Testing your skill against your most formidable opponent...you. Then and only then should you venture into the competitive realm of racquetball. This brutal and unforgiving sport has broken many a man and woman throughout its short life. The sport was created in the 1920' by a one Joe Sobek who saw the future. And in it were small racquets, goggles and knee-high socks the likes of which had never been seen.

In this free video clip series out expert, Shawn Royster, will show you all the small and yet important details about racquetball that you need to know to get started playing this exciting game. Equipment, safety, the grip and the serve are just a few of the things he will walk you through so you can't afford to miss this series if you are serious about this racquetball thing. So take a look and just try and say you didn't learn something useful the next time you are on the course. Grab your racquet, goggles and most importantly your cup and lets get balling!

Video Transcript

"What to serve is probably the biggest strategy decision that you have to make because that's what gets your ralley started. Pay attention to the pattern of the way your opponent is returning your serves. If you've played him before, that makes it easier. Hopefully you studied and maybe made a few notes. Again, a lot of pros do this by studying the people that they have to play week after week after week, in these new cities. It doesn't matter what division you play, you can study your opponents and the way that they return serves. The strategy in the serve is key. Everybody likes to hit a drive serve because it's fun, you get to rip the ball as hard as you can. Maybe the person you're playing against kind of has your number on your drive serve and maybe that's not your strongest serve. It's better to switch up to a lob serve. Pay attention to these things, but the strategy, when serving, is to put your opponent on the defense. If your serve is not doing that, you need to change it up and do something different. Hit a Z serve maybe, because it's more effective. Hit a lob serve because they're tougher up here. Sometimes when you hit a hard drive serve, the ball ends up off the back wall and right into someones wheel house and you're going to get, you're going to loose that ralley every single time. Use good strategy when you're serving. Be able to mix it up and change it up at any given time."