6 Drills For Improving A Shallow Drop In A Tennis Serve 

This is the best online lesson I've come across about the serve

Thank you Thomaz, I have two degrees in engineering, and I see and I am amazed how subtle and clearly you can apply and explain the laws of physics when teaching tennis. Also, you have an excellent understanding of human behavior and the way our thinking affect our tennis. YOU ARE A GENIUS TENNIS COACH !!!!

Uauuu!!! I’ve seen lots of videos about this and I was totally frustrated by the approach coaches use to explain. You nailed it my friend!!!! It’s perfect, clear, excellent language, pace and the fact you divided the instructions in technique and mental parts is the key to a complete understanding and development we all need. Thank you vey much. You’re the best I’ve seen.

The mental aspect tips are the best advice I’ve heard that other videos don’t discuss. Thanks!

I think we all know that Tomasz is a genius who understands tennis completely. What we might not grasp is how articulate -- even brilliant -- are his language skills. Do you see how long the 'takes' are and how he speaks logically, continuously and calmly? Hollywood would be delighted if an actor could memorize and deliver 'lines' as flawlessly as Tomasz --- except Tomasz is thinking as he is talking!

Best tennis Channel out there : what makes this channel unique is that it also provides the logical explanations of the techniques which elucidate the recreational and professional player on a deeper level .

Love your vids...you are very talented in giving tennis instructions...the fact that English is (probably) not your mother tongue is just amazing !!...tip of the cap to you coach :-)

Tomaz is the best! He not only teaches proper technique, but he helps you understand in detail how to visualize, how to feel the stroke and even what you should be thinking...awesome! He is so calm also and I have enjoyed watching his videos for quite a few years. Keep you the awesome work and videos Tomaz!

You have an absolutely exceptional way of explaining both the practical way to achieve a given tennis skill and the conceptual idea(s) and understandings behind why/how the needed movements produce the better result. Many online tennis instructors are good at one or the other (practical/conceptual) but nobody does both like you do. Much of what you describe has has effected my serve and/or still is but I am far enough along the path of improving my serve to know now that with more work I am going to get to that serve that I can be proud of. I've only been playing 4 years (starting at 57) but nothing I have learned from anyplace is as helpful as the idea that we have to "feel" the right movements and when we know the "feeling" well we get confident that we can reproduce it at will.

Best tennis serve tutorial ever.

This is so spot on ! I have been trying to have the correct balance between technique and emotion/feeling .. This guy just puts in words what I've been trying to achieve.

Starting by hitting the server as slowly as possible is genius. I thought I was the only one who has a perfect motion without the ball, and a missing racket drop with the ball.

The way in which the serve is explained is the best I have ever heard or seen. I've been playing for over thirty years and these videos are making a dramatic improvement on my tennis game and on my body.

You are one of the best coaches out there, you really know your stuff and you the most important part: you know how to teach it to your students. The best thing, you do it for free here on youtube.

I enjoy how analytical and detailed your explanations are. It's been extremely helpful! Thanks!

Excellent video. You have explained so many aspects. I will refer to this many times. Thank you so much for your knowledge.

Tomaz, thank you so much for this video! This not only applies to the serve, but the fh, bh and all strikes. If you go fast at first, you will contract and wont learn the proper path and form and technique. And not only tennis but all sports! Amazing! Brilliant! God bless mate!

Great video! You give us a great way to think about getting fluidity in the serve, through 'letting go'. Thanks!

These are the best tennis tutorials in the whole universe and beyond. Thank you!

not the most popular, but the best chanel. Your serve video tutorials are much better than all others together.

great instructional videos, tons of thanks to you for sharing them. deeper drop helped immediately to improve consistency of my serve

As usual, fantastic video, Tomaz! Clear, logical, practical. This is really feeling tennis!

I have been teaching tennis to beginner adults, children and juniors for about 12 years. Tomacz’s video may be one of the best instructional serve videos I have ever seen. Racquet drop and relaxed arm may be the most significant elements of solid serving and this video is rock solid on how to make that happen.

brilliant concepts! Thanks so much for the instruction!

You are absolutely the best tennis coach on RU-vid. Thank you so much for your videos.

This is the most thorough step by step guide to help correct the waiter serve and all it's variations that relate to not being able to "let go"! Thank you so much Tomaz for doing your videos! I find them incredibly helpful as I've played for many years with a flawed serve motion.

I congratulate you and i don't know why i spent so much time on useless videos. you are truly a good teacher!

You are awesome Tomaz. Very descriptive analysis of all aspects of tennis. The more I play, the more I understand. Thanks a million

Great video! Completely transformed my serve dramatically. Thanks coach!

I am a beginner and this video helped me so much on the service! Thank you very much for the good suggestions!!

This is amazing, I have been struggling with service for years, it was my weakest point made me loos a lot of matches, I just thought of checking RU-vid and found this fantastic teaching, thanks a lot for the great teaching

The best on youtube 100% Thanks Tomasz

Amazing explanation, thank you very much

This is one of the smartest videos I have seen on the problem with the racquet drop. It took me years to solve this problem, and if I had had this video from the beginning of my tennis training, I probably would have solved the problem a lot sooner.

I think this video is exceptionally good. It is criminally underrated and I can't wait to bring this practice to the court! Thanks

again , a great lesson and fully explained . my game is getting better and better with every lesson ..I feel that I am with you on the court .. thank you

When I finally feel confident that I have a decent racket drop. my next goal will be to work on your pronation video. I feel doing 2 major changes at once is too much for me. I will be hitting the courts 3 time per week for 30-40 minutes of serving and I ordered the serve master too. I have been a 4.0 player for way too long. These changes will get me to 4.5 one day

Excellent video with great explanations. Thanks!

A really good teacher, thank you very much for your super guides.

Awesome coaching as usual!

Amazing video! Very clear and precise. Thank you so much!

Kudos to you for such an impressive lesson!! Thank you so much! Awesome job! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

i agree with cherisse. its the best breakdown of the serve i've ever seen. thanks

you are great as a coach...i really learned a lot from you, thank you

This is the best video that I have seen explaining how we can develop our serve technique. In really appriciate you. Thank you very much

Great tips. Especially the racket dangle behind back

Thank you very much! I recently shoot my service motion on a video and I discovered that I have shallow drop. This is exactly what I need! :-) Also, I would likr to thank you for your other videos. You're the best in breaking down these complicated things so any begginer can understand it.

The serve is the most complex to learn, yet so many other coaches teach two or three movements, then voilà you are serving like RF. LOL. Another excellent and insightful teaching from Thomas.

Thank you. It is very detail,useful, well thoughtful, and clear explanation. I was not sure about the racquet drop part and the next step after it, eventhough I watched many videos on youtube. After watching your instruction, it becomes very clear for me how to correct my serve next time I play tennis. Now if you do not mind to revisit the explanation on topspin serve based on same concept you showed us on this video.

Excellent explanation!

Tomaz your video is simply awesome.Thanks a lot for the tips.I would definately adhere to your tips since my service has always been my weak link.Thanks again

very nice explanation!!! much appreciated

Tomaz is one the best tennis teachers who understand the source of the problem and he is able to explain exactly what went wrong and what would be the solution. I do not believe all teachers can do this. Only a few teachers can present the cause and effect so well. The people disliked this video probably have no idea about the complexity of this sports

Thanks Tomasz for this enligtening video!

Another excellent Video!!!. Thank you

Awesome video, helped me a lot thanks !

Hi Tomaz, good understandable trainings videos. 1000x thanks to you.

This is the best video on how to improve a tennis serve!!!

Great explanation on the serve. Wish I knew this years ago.

complete genius, thank you so much!

Fantastic video

Best in the world in my opinion, no stone is left unturned. Superb Tomaz. Gordon

Trying to work on my serve. This is my biggest thing to work on. Both the control and the technique are my issues, and you highlight them beautifully.

Great video!

This guy gives very good tennis instruction!

Thank very very much from Ankara.. you are the best

good instruction - thanks Tomas

Amazing! Thank you!

Great explanation about the issues with the serve. I am an advance player , but coming back from injury it took me a while to get the "feel" back . I found using the exercise of freely swinging the racquet before I play gets the shoulder warmed up and also reminds me how the serve should feel . I also use it late in matches where I may be getting tired and stiff...

That was an awesome video. You are an awesome coach!

tks a lot for the video, I have learn lots !

simply excellent, thank you. i think i allready have a nice serve, but whenever problems appear its good to take a look on the basics

Excellent!!! Thank you....

Tomaz, just wanted to let you know that I frustratingly worked for close to a year on getting a racquet drop and finally had a breakthrough after seeing your step 6 "dangle serve". Working from that position is what gave me the feeling of allowing the racquet and arm to relax and feel the true (centripetal) force. Thank you!!

I could not agree with you more. Tomaz is excellent!

This is sooo good tutorial! Even though You repeat yourself a lot, it has a purpose of reinforcing mental memory of what You said. I gonna construct a tennis prop of used racquet handle and balls on a elastic string, and I gonna practice service motion loop. I guess the hardest thing between shadow movements and actual ball toss, is little discrepancy in timing (synchro). If You would like to make this loose loop and hit the ball in right spot, your toss must be very low. If You use higher toss, then there will be a moment when racquet stops for a split second (or moves very slowly) at the drop phase. This doesn't affect racquet trajectory, but this slowing down (or stopping) changes your timing and allows for subtle adjustment for your toss. I love that Your tutorial have this insight and true understanding of the process, opposing other where tutors just explain general movement leaving the feel behind. Great job!

its so good hint i have had any other lesson before that i love it

Brilliant. Thanks.

excellent video, excellent!!!! thx

Thank you Tomaž. 👏🏼👏🏽💯

I m gona practice that today. Thanks à lot

Excellent video with brilliant explanation. With this i may understand the pronation. But i missed the link between drop and pronation. May be the drop should be supination.

thx man! i`ll definitely try this the next time i`m on court!

Besides your exceptional teaching how to "feel" the technically-correct stroke, I love the fact that you add the mental side to this lesson. I can apply the mental strategy on all my ground stroke in the real match as well. This is the best tennis lesson on RU-vid period!

An excellent coaching class! I have had to relearn my serve after rotator cuff surgery and a deep enough drop has been a challenge! One method I have been trying is to close my eyes when I toss the ball and not bother initially where I connect.

Hi Thomas, Thanks for explaining the key concepts of an effective serve. I have one question as of how do we adjust to proper placement of the ball mentally over a period of time. I am trying to understand how does that change come in our serve to automatically control the ball after we are used to the correct service action. Thanks and Regards

I love you! Dear coach!

working on changing my techniques after view

helpful...thanks dude

You are absolutely right!!!

Respect 👍

Very good. He speaks engineering!! Keep it up. Ur videos are tennis backed by physics.

Hi Tomaz, an amazing amount of detail in such a vital part of the serve, namely the DROP, which is easily overlook by a lot of instructors. Can you give a little more detail about proper racquet grip to best facilitate the DROP( besides the Continental grip)

Thanks!

you are an awesome coach i bet

this video is super comprehensive

Great video! Now youtube can delete other tutorials:) Excellent video, thank you.

This is the best lesson in the history of all tennis lessons... I really think you should have been an engineer... Those who know will understand what I'm talking about...

Thank you from South Korea. Sir Thomaz is ATC (Ability of Tennis Coaching) Ranking NO. 1

Simply.......... GREAT! I should have met you , years before... :-)