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McClayson preaches that the drive serve is THE hallmark of
the advanced racquetball player. The drive serve is your air support, your
offensive missiles system and your final solution to most racquetball
situations. If you can not out-rally your opponent, then ripping some photon low
drive serves can easily turn the tide of the game quickly. There is nothing like
having the knowledge that you have the nuclear bombs of racquetball in your
arsenal in cases when you need it most. After
experimenting with the ball drop, different footworks, and having studied the
intricacies of the lethal drive serve for many years, McClayson has concluded
that the most important factor is: Timing.
In the most recent U.S. Open Racquetball Championship between
Kane Waselenchuk and Jack Huczek, McClayson noticed that Huczek would
start all of his drive serves with the racquet already in the ERP position. Top
IRT Pro Jack Huczek is on to something with his early early ERP.
This static ERP does several things.
1. It allows Huczek to avoid timing issues associated with
raising the racquet up during the drive service sequence.
2. It provides Huczek with an easy reference for his ball toss
because he knows exactly how high his racquet will starts its descend from and
thus. Huczek has an easier time with finding the correct ball drop zone
3. The early ERP method prevents all together unnecessary
motions like a player moving his wrist, moving the racquet head too high, and
prevents improper angling of the racquet head.
Yes, the early ERP method does decrease your drive serve by
5-10 mph, but the velocity you give up for increased accuracy and consistency is
worth it in the long run. Once you have mastered the early ERP drive service
method, you can always change back to the traditional IRT Pro method of
synchronizing your racquet head as part of the drive service sequence.
And until you have mastered the fundamentals of hitting the
correct front wall targets and angling the ball with some degrees of accuracy
and consistency into the back corners, the extra power on your drive service is
actually detrimental to your service game plan when you hit the ball too hard
and it comes off the backwall as setups.
Tonight, McClayson went upon the court and started all
of his ERP on his drive service practice drills and he hit 80% of his drives
into the deep abyss!
Given that top IRT Pro Jack Huczek uses this ERP method of
drive serving with deadly accuracy and consistency and is currently the number
#2 ranked player in the world, then this ERP drive service method is worth
adding to your service game plans.
VRB Pro Am Tour Instructional.
McClayson. 08/10/05.
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