Can you throw the ball upwards on a serve?

as long as the ball is below your waist when you hit it you should be fine but then I don’t see the point of throwing it up

Most people that serve backhand do that

The rules say the server must ‘bounce the ball on the ground’. I don’t think that precludes throwing it up and letting it bounce. However you have to hit the ball below your waist so there isn’t much advantage to throwing it.

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You can throw upwards as long as it bounces once in the allowed rectangle behind the service box, at least one of your feet is on the floor also within this imaginary rectangle and you hit the ball below the waistline (approximately belly button height).

Idk where people are getting their info from but on a drop serve the ball must not be thrown in any direction, only dropped (7.d.2). On a volley serve, the ball can be thrown upwards but must be hit before the belly button (7.c.3)

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