Common Serve Mistake | Real Amateur Tennis Lesson

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Common Serve Mistake | Real Amateur Tennis Lesson
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Miguel, try tossing lower which will give you more speed, control, and confidence
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Tossing high gives you a lot of time to swing, which isn’t always a good thing (your swing may need to slow down to wait for the ball which hurts your swing/leg drive timing)
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Tossing high means you’ll be hitting a falling ball that’s picking up speed making it harder to time contact
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Tossing lower (like Mike Bryan) will force you to quicken up your swing and make it easier to actually time hitting the sweet spot because you’ll be hitting a more stationary ball
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Miguel, you got this!

[miguelocariz]

Thanks a lot for the advice Ryan!!! I will be on court on Tuesday and try to get the ball lower on my todos. Great job Ryan.

[vincentobrien]

Great tip. More consistent toss and serve.

[vivekkhadge]

V insightful video....love d way u explain...Using timer and comparison

[Fernwald]

You are right that a service toss can be too high and cause the service motion to pause, interrupting the flow. However, one method of the service motion is to leave the racket head fairly close to its lowest point (nearest the ground) as the ball toss is complete before initiating its motion. This requires a higher toss than Mike Bryan's but without necessarily creating a pause once the motion is underway. Another factor, one that affects me personally, is that I need another split second or two after the ball is released to begin my service arm motion in a loose enough manner to get top speed. This means that I need to have the ball drop another inch or so more than Mike Bryan to get the most racket head acceleration. But certainly a toss that is as high as your example shows is too high and creates accuracy problems in addition to the hitch you point out.

[poonamwarke]

You r doing outstanding Job for helping tennis community .... Thank you so much, Keep up the Good work.... Gratitude and Namaste RYAN

[hyttennis]

Berdych also has a crazy high ball toss for a pro, but considering his height he really doesn't seem to have a dominating service. I wonder whether his high toss has something to do with that

[willecutlip]

Might be a little tough at first, because the change in height isn’t going to take much of a change in the speed of his tossing arm. Muscle memory retraining can sometimes take as long as it did to learn a motion in the first place. 😎🎾