How To Hit Fast Tennis Serves - Tips And Drills

The following series of tips and drills with help you feel the movement in a tennis serve that creates the most force and racquet acceleration and allows you to hit some really fast serves.

[yukk]

This is the best serve tutorial on Youtube. Ace right on the line.

[ackbar]

excellent tips ! I've been looking for years on how to develop that fluid motion, your way of teaching it is really great because it allow each one to find its own motion. once you *feel* that backswing and forward motion the rest (legs, racquet level at trophy pose etc...) will come much more naturally. thank you !

[bensonnyborja]

this helped me the most in my serve.. couple this with tossing the ball correctly, you will hit your serves effortlessly

don't focus too much on PRONATION. as long as you hold the grip in a continental style, your racquet will pronate naturally

[Jake-kdxp]

Someone described it as “momentum” of the body to swing the racket when
doing the service motion. I was arming it. You took it a step further by explaining
in detail what is needed to produce that momentum from the body correctly.
Thank You.

[kickserve]

Wow. what a gem. thank you for this video. also, really appreciate you showing multiple views (front, side, and back).

[guyclinch]

I love your drills and tips - awesome stuff.

[nel]

another great video. I really like how, in many of your drills, the repetition has a lot to do with feeling it out. When focusing on hitting the ball and learning technique, it seems many things can go wrong. This helps me just quickly recall the good feeling while i can focus on hitting the ball.

[raytajmir]

Thomas
You are a wonderful communicator and a very selfless individual. I play tennis for about 40 years and yet to see someone who could simplify the strokes.
I admire you.
Go Thomas

[michaeldurrigan]

Thanks, again. This is especially nice as you give a front view to the same ideas you presented from a side view in an earlier video.

[truthbetold]

finally someone who explain it properly. Thanks for the video! :)

[bms]

This video helped my timing. Thanks Tomaz, I really enjoy your style of teaching.

[williamlozier]

Excellent tips. I'm 61 in shape but always wanted to get a big serve. Simple tips for this old guy but can't wait to start working at it. Thanks

[yimeip]

Great tip & appreciated the sharing! This is tip is really the foundation of serving technique! It allows a fluid serve action possible, thus the timing of hitting the ball at the right height (desired contact point) is possible! This tip immediately helped me find the rhythm and timing of hitting the ball!

[benjrborjajr]

If you are forcing your serve stroke just to make it a faster serve.. stop.. and view this video..

Thanks Thomas... this video just answered my question

[weekendhacker]

Thank you for taking the time to share these lessons. Now I might stand a chance of moving up from 'weekend hacker' level. The picturesque backdrop is a far cry from the traffic, horns, garbage trucks & city buses where I play!

[raysurx]

Tomaz great tips! You should call this Step 1 or 2 in the series of the serve videos you have so that everyone can see all your videos. You provide very easy to understand videos, and break it down in detail. How about a forehand inside out drop shot video?
I kow you can make it so simple that we all can learn!

[akojib]

I think your instructions are right on. I would like to see a video on return of server. Preparation and how to strike the ball. I think this would definitely help me an many others. Thanks again to the great instruction.

[shriramoka]

brilliant ... keeping the wrist relaxed and palm facing skywards at racket drop is the clincher !!

[sammul]

i have have found like this lesson long time!!!!

[Zomgitsgeorge]

Great tip, just remember to use the term "arm pronation", it is key for this serve