Tennis Serve - 3 Tips To Instantly Improve Your Serve

Tennis Serve - 3 Tips To Instantly Improve Your Serve. The serve in tennis is the most complex shot in the game and for the vast majority of players, the most complicated and hardest stroke to master.
There are so many elements involved that often we're overloaded with small details to focus on. In this tennis serve lesson, Top Tennis Training coach Simon Konov will share with you three tips that will help you improve your tennis serve instantly.
If you ask most players what they struggle with on their tennis serve, they'll tell you three main things:
1. The ball toss on the serve
2. Consistency with their first and second serve
3. Getting the serve in under the pressure of a real-life match.
With these three tennis serve tips, you'll hopefully eradicate all three of these common problems.

Tip One:
The first step to transforming your tennis serve is to tame your ball toss and get it under control. The main reason that players struggle with their ball toss on the serve is they think about the toss as a throw. They throw the ball up and this causes them to lose control of the toss. Instead of looking at the ball toss as a throw, think about placing the ball in the right location. By "placing the ball", you'll instantly lower your toss and slow down the tossing arm.

Tip Two:
When we get nervous and especially tight, most of our first serves will end up in the net. This is due to our body collapsing prior to contact and the main reason we collapse is we drop our non-hitting hand way too early which will force the shoulders and head to drop. In order to clear the net, the first step is maintaining good balance with the upper body, this can be achieved by pointing the left hand (if you're right-handed) towards the ball, your target on the serve. When you make contact with the ball, try to keep your head up and see the ball all the way until the blur of the contact point and then the ball traveling off your strings.

Tip Three:
Intentions on your serve. For most players, the first serve is a chance to crush the ball, going for maximum power, normally very flat. In general, this destroys the first serve percentage, especially in matches. In order to increase your first serve percentage, a simple trick is to hit a serve that is between a first and second serve. So a "1.5" serve. This will have more power than your normal second serve but increased spin rates, so either more slice or more topspin which will increase the margins on your serve.

[rohithcharandesireddy]

From your wonderful explanation, I came to a conclusion that you are very good at Physics as well.

[gregoiredodier]

Hello,
I just want to add that at this moment I realize how professional you are. All those excellent videos.

You are very generous. Many elements that you cover. Breathing etc.

The number one tennis school on the Web.

Grégoire

[christiankassab]

Love this content! I was taught to throw the ball higher but it didn’t feel right when I did it. This cleared it up!

[angelokimi]

First time Ive seen you in an ofc setting instead on a tennis court 🙂

[alangoudie]

Another very helpful, clear video. Thank you.

[ieyiiwv]

I’m a new player and my first ever match is on saturday and i struggle with my serves so hopefully it goes well!! I’ll use these tips tomorrow and try it out

[irado]

Simon, you always provide the best serve instruction! Thanks so much!

[kierancamburn]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Already got a few things to go and work on.

Thanks again 🙃

[colinbyer]

There’s something so cool about how I viewed this video 2 years ago but I can rewatch it now and pick up on a lot of concepts I didn’t really understand before

[deseancarter]

These slow motions are super helpful.
Thanks

[gregoiredodier]

Very good video professor Simon. Very good idea you behind the desk and we're watching the servers. Very good content as well, I mean the talking.
Grégoire

[GaryBrunoTV]

Very nice ... clear explication and good on point thank you sir

[madhavgupta]

Really helpful video, like all the others ¡

[infamousmoonballer]

Very heplful and important Tips and beautiful clips of pros‘ serves.
Thanks for this great video from TTT! greets and all the best, Jörg

[tennissnipets]

Great video, all about proper technique and lots of practice!

[Robloxer]

This helped me with my serve Ty top tennis!

[serveschool]

Great stuff. Like the about adding a little spin. Everyone seems to think you can only either kick it or hit it completely flat. Keep up the good work!

[ziyadsallam]

Just an Awesome video and great info, thanks Couch Simon. 🔥💖

One of your online students from Egypt.
Hope you all the best💪🔥

[jonathanchen]

Videos on balance on groundstrokes, foot positioning, and hip rotation would be appreciated!

[aulacoelho]

Great tips! Can't wait to try it on the court.