The second serve in tennis is like a mystery to many club players. Not much more to add, basically agree with the other bloggers on the quality of your instruction. It´s not easy on my opinion.
ATP Tennis players are known for having the best tennis serves in the world and in this video by Love Tennis, you’ll see a compilation of slow-motion tennis serves by players such as: Rafael Nadal forehand buggy whip in slow motion, Roger Federer Backhand Slow Motion – Best One Handed Backhand in…, Alexander Zverev Forehand Slow Motion Court Level View – ATP Tennis…, Auger-Aliassime “I Love Nadal’s Fighting Spirit”, Tracy Austin “Djokovic Will Become The GOAT”, ‘Big scare’ for Thiem’s coach Massu in Vienna, Djokovic ‘did not feel like playing’ after death of Serbian bishop, Red-hot Rublev clinches Tour-leading fifth title, Tennis Forehand – Next Gen vs Modern vs Classic, Tennis Backhand Slow Motion – Two Handed Backhand, Tennis Backhand – One Handed vs Two Handed Backhand, Danielle Collins ‘dismissed’ from WTT for breaking protocol, Thiem’s former coach to sue the player’s family, What ‘disgusted’ Sharapova during the doping ban, Zverev’s ex-girlfriend pregnant with his child. The tennis serve is a shot that begins the point no matter who is serving. You always produce the nicest videos. Just search for any player you want on Youtube and add “slow motion serve” next to their name.
Players will perform various types of medicine ball throws, rubber band pulls, various throws of a light medicine ball isolating the arm and so on. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. In professional tennis, holding serve is a normal routine – and the game really becomes more about trying to dictate play on your opponent’s serve, rather than worrying about trying to hold serve. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. This principle is not unique to tennis – it is, in fact, the basic throwing motion used in various sports like handball, baseball, javelin throw and others. The serve is based on a throwing motion. Thanks, Arturo. You are (b)locked somewhere somehow and you need to unlock yourself. Tennis Serve Technique - Roger Federer Serve Analysis provides you with some great tips. Just swing it a few times and then throw it. ), the player is unlikely to develop effortless power because we are in fact breaking down a smooth continuous motion into smaller chunks and creating very mechanical and uncoordinated movements. I did hurt my shoulder doing it! Great tips Tomaz! With those that are the most loose, perhaps Lopez, or Raonic, or Federer…, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVOWNRZzvjc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jAVOXOkFQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbC31AQqSg. The loop seems to be automatic – as in the lag on ground strokes from the arm, etc. One of The Best Tennis Serve Models is Federer. His arm moves slowly up and then suddenly accelerates like a “whip.”. as one of the main drills for warming up your service motion and for developing good biomechanical foundation of your serve.
It will definitely get even better over time…. In order to learn correct tennis serve technique, simple serving tips won’t get you there. Or you can be locked because you want to serve the ball in the service box which is difficult so you always apply control. This continuous swing pattern teaches your brain and your body how to coordinate many body parts in a very short time into a smooth motion. Great serve lesson! You’re welcome, Francis, thanks for sharing!
Sure, anyone can hit a slow second serve into the box with no spin, but I’m talking about a kick serve with pace and massive spin that disrupts the opponent. You will NOT improve your serving ability by correcting only small technical details.
Are one handed or two handed backhands better? Federer’s classic serve motion may be etched in the minds of tennis fans as an iconic figure that has brought the tennis world to new heights.
While we have to work on the serve from the technical standpoint in order to make it work for the game of tennis and its rules, we must also develop the player’s ability to improve their swinging and throwing motions as they are the fundamental biomechanics which efficiently connect different body parts and generate power. Simply take one small grocery bag and wrap it around 8 tennis balls. Just spend 10-15 minutes per session practicing the continuous swing and release before working on more technical details of the serve.
That begins with Federer using a continental grip and maintaining that grip all the way into the follow through. I’m enthusiastic to try this in the court.
Start with small number of repetitions and gradually increase giving your body enough time to adapt.
The most common mistake is to immediately start teaching the tennis serve technique without developing the main fundamentals (biomechanics) of the serve, which in my view are the throwing and swinging motion. I’ll make a video on that to clarify this. Wow! Your videos are the BEST out there! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Thank you. Thank you!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_sVbLhOAo, Thank this was a really illuminating and effective method which makes a lot of sense, You are unbelievable. Over time I found that using your approach led to a very different feeling of the serve than I had ever imagined. Federer utilizes what is called the platform stance, where both of his feet are separated during the coiling phase. This movement shares some similarities to baseball, where pitchers turn their body away from the target slightly.