Beginner Tennis Serve Lesson | Learning the Loop

In this tennis lesson, I teach my student Chrys how to serve. More specifically, we work on how the racquet travels through the air by practicing the loop.

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[AJ-ndnk]

I could never be a teacher..the amount of patience you need for something like this. Props to you Nik!

[devinedude]

Learning to serve is technically easily the single most challenging sporting technic I've ever learnt & continue to improve...
& that's not even mentioning the emotional stress serving within a pressured games situation...

[CoVaTennis]

love how chrys (and coach) stayed positive and smiling throughout 😃💪🏽 very easy for students to get frustrated and give up, especially on learning the serve

[nicholasferrante]

Really good to see your student trying hard. Takes a lot of bravery to put yourself online learning such a complicated motion like serving.

[kevinjackson]

I have just started leaning how to play tennis, I find your lessons very useful and easy to understand.

[jaredseecharran]

Nik, you teach in a way that makes the beginners build muscle memory so fast!

[dwightlewis]

Remember, people, we ALL had to start at one point at ZERO. An excellent video.

[kumarsabaratnam]

Good drill to learn to serve with a chopper grip. Coach is right to say it is not complicated till one builds the muscle memory. Afterwards it's just learning to get power & spin.

[karimeldinkamel]

The best lesson for serve ever, thanks coach Nick for sharing your knowledge and accumulated experiences

[teeterbunch]

I am a 50+ age woman who is finally getting around to learning to play tennis. 🤗 I have been pleased with how my skills are improving—except for the serve. 😩 I have felt like I didn’t know what to work towards. This lesson helped me answer that question. Thank you SO MUCH!!

[yakzivz]

You have such great patience. You are a great instructor. I think that if she watch some other players serve, it might give her a better visual as to what she is supposed to be doing.

[dwightlewis]

While practicing, I have often witnessed a parent trying to teach tennis to his/her kids. It's often very embarrassing to watch and the parent is often teaching wrong or poor techniques. Parents should be watching YOUR videos on teaching examples BEFORE doing it themselves. Kudos!

[juliovalenzuela]

I admire your patience! Very good Teacher!

[htainlindwa]

That’s a good lesson. I like how you show the swing path.

[jicalzad]

I started teaching my son yesterday for the 1st time how to serve, and i told him to choke way up on the racket (even slightly above the highest part of the handle) to start to make it slightly easier for him to aim & get contact with the ball after the toss. He seemed to get the motion down fairly well and able to make decent contact. I'm going to have him try today with his normal grip and hopefully the transition will be a bit easier.

[potatopack]

This girl has a very natural flow co-ordination, with practice and ongoing thinking i see her going far leaps and bounds!

[malcolmloong]

👍 she has a really natural shoulder rotation I.e. High right shoulder over left. An exciting student to work with and so much potential! I hope there’s a lot more progression videos to come

[noturbo]

the serve is such a complex shot the good thing is its easy to practice alone. thanks again for the video its always good to watch new people 😄 and yes had a few nice bruises on the shins.

[naomikwan]

This is so useful ! I love the way you helped her with th racket travel which is what I am struggling with ( plus the rest !)

[jacobejameson]

It’s after midnight and I went and got the racquet, went through the looping motion slowly at first, it felt awkward. After some reps it now feels smoother and I can see within a week or two of daily practice it can feel easy. Can’t wait to get out on the court and try it.