1. Shoulder turn and coil 2. Stay sideways 3. Keep your head up, watch the ball not the court 4. Elbow and chest towards the ball to prevent over-rotation 5. Sidebend at contact into the ball 6. 3 hops on the follow through
Jeff, this one lesson, even though as you say this is very high level, is the single best one serve lesson ever. You talk about first the contact point. You are so right, if one does not have the correct posture at contact, nothing else matters. The chest out sideways bend, I have never heard anyone else talk about this. But you are right, if one does this advanced technique, one will be upright at contact, like Fed and you. And the head position at contact instruction you mention, so good. All tied in, a just super lesson, 11 minutes of gold teaching.
Another $500 worth of serve lessons. The funny thing is that this is so far above most people’s heads that they probably won’t even realize the incredible generosity that JS demonstrates by sharing these secrets. No other online coach either knows or is willing to share this treasure of knowledge. Thank you for this masterclass, Jeff...we will be forever grateful.
This is a very important video to keep in mind thank you Jeff perhaps the best of your series the infamous tennis misunderstood ROTATION happens also in the forehand !!!!!
the most important thing is to go up, that is why I prefer to practice my kick serve first leaving the slice and flat once i have trained myself to go up
Excellent tips, Jeff! I would be curious what Jeff thinks about this - one tip I found useful as well to improve consistency in contact and hit up towards the ball is delaying the lowering of the tossing arm, i.e keeping it up longer. And when the arm is lowered the feeling I seek is my body moving into the tossing arm so that the arm naturally folds at about chest level and to the underside of my serving arm pit. If my tossing arm is lowered to below to my chest level I find it negatively impacts consistency of my contact as the body tends to drive down and the chest is not facing up at the point of contact.
Jeff I have only just noticed you are left handed. By the way I serve right handed and play all my other shots left handed. I am working on smashing right handed as well as left handed as not a powerful smash obviously. I am predominantly left handed but obviously I through right handed. My serve can let me down in doubles as arm not warmed up and at crucial points I can lose all confidence in my second serve hence why I am putting a lot of your ideas into my serve. Keep up the excellent insights and instructions/drills
Hi Jeff, thank you for that video. It has transformed my serve, that advise about collapsing upper body is what I was doing before. Now, when I keep my body straight and not over rotate I serve faster and no longer hit the net. Thank you
Thanks Jeff!!...these are higher level concepts but so vital to the serve...chest up has been a real difference maker for me but the side bend stretch explanation is next level...thanks again!!
Absolute nuggets of gold Jeff. Love the explanation of driving the chest & elbow up. Exactly what you see on Raonic serve, Isner serve, Djokovic etc. Great thorasic spine mobility obv. This knowledge & instruction, including you demo the serve with such simplicity and efficiency is so good for any player/coach with a sharp eye. I always tell my juniors, "get your arm into an L shape" (after their first turn 😉). Works a treat. Now I just need them to stop using forehand grips 😅 another fight for another day
One of your best videos. Contact point is so important. You lose a lot of power by opening your chest too soon at contact. Feliciano Lopez does this and I don't know how he gets power. He must be extremely flexible because in time your shoulder will suffer for a normal person.
Great video Jeff,you probably mentioned it in some other video the role of the non dominant arm getting down across the belly helping significantly to keep side ways . Thanks for all your videos always so pertinent.
@@TennisEvolution I agree - I really like this video. Great insight and tips that are improving my serve. This is the first time I have heard this type of feedback and insight into the serve mechanics and tips. Happy Holidays!
Absolutely loved it from the SERVE SURGEON. It's awesome content Jeff. Hope at least a couple of Top ATP Pros like Zverev and FAA get you onboard and soon we shall see them winning slams since Serve still remains the Key Shot in Men's Pro Tennis. Thanks!!
Good video! I have almost never heard anybody talk about the sideblend (shoulder over shoulder). If I don't stay chest up, I will pay the price and slam the racquet on my shin.....that hurts!!!
Great lessons. It appears to me that stopping one's shoulders' rotation square to the direction of the serve also provides momentum into the serve in that direction.
My daughter is an un and coming junior Player and what you shared covers most of problem areas I see when she serves- can you send me the link to the corrective exercises for getting her chest Up
Brilliant video thanks. When l was young l took lessons from someone who was the Jr. Davis Cup coach and never got information that was even close to what you're offering here.
I focused on the fundamental serve technique. Yes, my method and comprehensive courses can help you develop all kinds of serves. Let us know how we can help!
Amazing, so much important details in this lesson, what is your string tension? It looks like 18kg, the ball just flies super effortlessly off your racket
Is the serve's lesser torso-uncoiling (compared to that of a forehand), due to the involvement of rotator cuff & elbow in generating racquet speed? Fine lesson!
@@TennisEvolution staying sideways and keeping the head up greatly improved my percentage. Every time I open up towards the court early or look into the court before contact I was faulting (typically into the net). The other pieces of advice require little more athleticism than I'm used to so I'll keep working on those.
Hi Jeff. Very interesting video as usual. I was quite intrigued with the "side bend" concept on serving but would like to know what the primary benefit is i.e. more power or consistency on landing a serve in?
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Hi! I have one question and i would appreciate if you have time To answer. My forehand has always been my weapon but now it has become so bad i cant even hit it. I dont know i have done wrong so and i have done everything to fix it but nothing seems To work. So i would like To ask what you think i should do?
Very. Nice work Jeff 👍it's all a matter of posture, the right posture to avoid mistakes on the serve that you may think were correct, when proved they are wrong, believe me Jeff this is no compliment, seems to me is a fact, how ugly you can do things even playing tennis for over 20 years, really it is a shame for not doing the right movement, thanks again Jeff
If you are right handed: your right shoulder should be higher than your left shoulder at contact. Left handed: left shoulder higher than right shoulder at contact. Shoulder over shoulder.
Jeff...why not make the contact conversation simple?...the thought that makes it more simple for me is simply keep your arm extended and watch the ball...ie watch racquet hit the ball
what about when wanting to serve up the tee I believe is the term or up the middle on deuce side as a lefty, will you turn more as I see all your serves going to the fence side of box
Turn more and step off the back foot last (in other words, the front foot first). In physics lingo: torsion and Newton's 3rd Law. Sampras and Dent turned more for increased torsion. They would have served with more power (yes even Dent who could hit 140+) had they stepped off the back foot last as in launching a football. When in the platform stance: if you step back with the front foot and put your weight on the back foot you can turn the hips more effectively as you launch forward off the ground.
@@TennisEvolution Yes, a bit like this only taking a longer stride sideways or back depending on how much you are turned away from the baseline. I demonstrated this motion for Tony Huber (who coached Roddick years ago in Houston) at the Cary Leeds Center (Bronx, NY) last year where he was their High Performance coach (recently left). However, the difference with Roddick was his step back was into a pin-point stance. I also showed them a step across the body service motion similar to a baseball pitcher's wind-up where the front foot swings across the baseline right-to-left for a left-hand server like yourself with the weight shifting to the back foot. The body now has torsion and along with pushing off the back foot (Newton's 3rd Law) allows for unleashing a powerful service motion (starting from the ground up). Huber and his group saw me hit some service bombs just like they did at the Billie Jean King Center in 2018: www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/sports/tennis/don-mueller-rackets.html And I'm old. So you and your youthful students could do an even better job if they are willing to try something new based on physics.
I wish I over-rotated. I under-rotate dramatically and never get my right should through the server and miss out on a lot of shoulder pronation. It feels impossible to fix. I can get good power and can serve into the mid 120's but my arm pays the price.
What exactly is so wrong with shoulders facing the target? I see some players regularly serving 140mph who are actually facing the net (for examply - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xUCMf_ieARY.html ) and not side bending for the flat serve.
Staying sideways might be good for certain players and techniques, but I have to disagree that the best servers do that. The guys with the most power open up towards the net at impact. Look at one of Roddick's serves in slow motion. He is facing the net when he hits the ball. No 45 degrees or sideways anything.
You can learn to "serve taller" using some simple physics in connection to geometry. It is especially useful for the shorter player. The Serve Taller method is neither the platform stance nor the step-up stance. Would you like to venture a guess? A hint: start with the platform and then step back with the front foot: now power forward off the back foot as you lift off to new heights.
@@TennisEvolution Something for you to consider: Do you prefer the term Serve Taller or Taller to the Serve? BTW: even for a taller person like myself, when I need to get a 2nd serve in; this technique is that much more useful in clearing the net and dropping the ball in.
