Quick Tips for Hitting a Good Serve in Squash

The serve is really important in squash, and it can establish the likely outcome for an entire point. To get the trend going in your direction, here are some tips on how to hit a good serve:

Serve to Your Opponent's High Backhand Volley

• look at your opponent to see what side is his/her backhand side
• choose to begin your serving from the opposite side, so that his/her backhand is along the side wall
• put one of your feet fully within the service box, so that you can't easily footfault

Aim Carefully

• think about where you want the ball to end up - a good target is to have the ball strike the opposite side wall right when and where your opponent wants to make racquet contact (this forces your opponent to hit a high backhand volley)
• trace back from that side wall target, and imagine where on the front wall the ball should hit in order to end up there
• look at that spot once on the front wall, then simply hit the ball to that spot on the front wall!

Evaluate

• evaluate, after the point ends, whether your serve actually went where you wanted
• if it didn't, then you either missed your target, or you need to adjust your target on the front wall
• feel free to adjust your target left or right, up or down, or whatever combination you might need.

Soon, your serve will be the frustration of your opponents, and the envy of your competitors.