Tennis Serve Technique | Style vs Fundamentals

In today’s video, I explain the difference between style and fundamentals on the tennis serve. Furthermore, I discuss why all professional servers have variations in their techniques.

0:00 Style vs Fundamentals
0:40 Rocking Motion
2:26 Up Together vs The Lag
3:32 Toss
4:00 Takeback
5:34 Stances
5:52 Trophy
6:59 Loading Position
8:48 Toss Direction
9:24 Racquet Drop & Pronation
11:21 Contact
12:35 Finish
15:09 Try Out Different Styles

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[GaugePadawan]

The only elite part anywhere close to my game is being an elite Intuitive Tennis video watcher. 💯 😁

[artemisianwell]

Love how you site WTA players when giving examples. Don't see this in most other instructional vids.

[thomasmedeiros]

Love how you covered the different professional players style. I am old so I am picked up on McEnroe. Sampras and Becker right away 👍 I did notice you didn’t mention the grip. I realize we teach the continental but do any of the top players slide a little towards the eastern backhand a little on the kick serve. Personally at 5’5” this helps me get a little better angle on the racquet head, more loop and spin to hit the Add side wide so it pulls right hand opponents wide.

[gerardovitaliani]

thanks again Nick! I know that you are a tireless sports researcher and you have come to conclusions that help us better understand the intuitive part of tennis. I also know that each of us are different, with different bodies, different motor relationships, etc, but can you tell us an estimated cognitive time to achieve a stable service? Thank you

[LongNguyen-yxkw]

I really appreciate your videos and have tried to implement them in my practice. My serve technique is getting better but I struggle most with the toss as it keeps going in different directions. They can either be slightly more in front of me than I want, to the sides or behind my head. I wonder if you could make a video about how to have a good and consistent toss that allows the ball to be in the position that you want it to be every time you toss.

[maikelalefceolin]

coach, I am a righty. But when a serve, I am affraid of hitting my knees when landing on my left leg. Could I jump up and land in the right leg?

[lordbyron]

My focus is on the fundamentals! Making the service motion as simple and effortless as possible. No bouncing of the ball a zillion times. No unnecessary swaying of the body back and forth. No posing in the beginning. Just a simple toss followed by natural body motion mechanics and …. B A M !

[dennisthegreek]

Jannik Sinner has just switched from pinpoint to platform stance.