Serving: Buttons or Stick?

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Which do you use?

Buttons
17
39%
Stick
7
16%
Both
10
23%
Both
10
23%
 
Total votes : 44

Postby Licoaldo » Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:04

Rocketsfall wrote:Probably hard to describe, but how on earth do you do that?


I hold the stick down to throw the ball up and, without releasing it in-between, I push it all the way up as fast as I can when the ball is at the highest point.

I used to push it down (and release) to throw the ball up and then push it up to hit the ball as if they were two separate movements but the way I do it now makes the serve much faster.
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Postby Rob ITST » Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:06

Not only must you do as Licoaldo wrote, but you also must time it very well, and the motion needs to be clean. If you don't move the stick straight up, it will not be as powerful.
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Postby Sherlock 117 » Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:11

Plus he probably has high stats on serve and power, otherwise 240kmh isn't really possible. I've hit a 141 mph serve with the stick before, with 90 on serve and power, but without the stick I can still only make it to 133 mph, even with these stats.
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Postby Licoaldo » Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:35

Sherlock 117 wrote:Plus he probably has high stats on serve and power, otherwise 240kmh isn't really possible. I've hit a 141 mph serve with the stick before, with 90 on serve and power, but without the stick I can still only make it to 133 mph, even with these stats.


I have 90 on both serve and power.
240 km/h was my all-time best. However, my 2nd best hit was only 236 km/h. I can't coordinate the movement too well nor repeat it consciously.
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