Get Rid of Double Faults: Serve Lesson with Patrick Mouratoglou 

"Accept to miss - does't matter" - such simple yet powerful advice! 💪

I have been watching for Patrick’s tennis tips on RU-vid for approximately 1 month now and my tennis is already changing : I feel that I am more fluent in backhand forehand serves returns… I am still a beginner but I feel all the potential improvements his tips give to me. Thank you 🙏!

Loved this. So clear. Cant wait to try these drills! 🙏🎾🤩

What an amazing coach!!!

Great upload thank you great coach and instructions

Thanks Patrick, you give us the chance to improve our skills.

Thanks for these amazing tennis tips and for showing us how to be a great coach. What a keen eye for body mechanics too, wonderful!

Patrick really has a way of simplifying the serve...he is a great teacher.

Thanks for that Patrick. Here from Brazil watching and improving my tennis with your videos! Amazing!

‘I know exactly why it’s not consistent yet so I know exactly how to solve it’ I wish my coach talked like that 😂

Thanks for all your lessons mister Mouratoglu. Greetings from Rome Italy

Awesome serve lesson! Spin over power. Patrick is excellent at showing how important it is to have good fundamentals and how tough it is to break out of bad habits. Hanna was trying really hard but you could tell she was struggling to follow instructions to the T. Most probably it was the camera cuz she was clearly trying to impress. She is good!

Wow he’s an amazing coach! I wish I would have had the chance to train with such a great coach when I was younger, but I guess it’s never too late to learn 🎾 these videos are super helpful

Thank you Patrick for all your videos , great teacher!

Patrick, I don't play tennis but I'm addicted to your videos (and coaching techniques) 🙌

I'll be out slicing my second serves like a pro after this video 🤩

Every aspect of this lesson illustrates why Patrick is the best!

In another life, I’ll be a student @ this tennis academy. This coaching is amazing. You seem to make it fun … challenging yet fun. That’s the best combo. Thanks for what you do & your contribution to the tennis world. Much LOVE from The USVI.

Her technique is so clear and neat !!!

Love your super practical tips!

Both are very talented. So may good points here, thanks so much!

Mind blown. Thanks for sharing this!

Its not so much how impressive the information is, but the timing, delivery, tone, cadence, etc of how Patrick expresses it.

many thanks for the new forehand, BACKHAND and serve technic. Tennis is becoming more popular through better playing.

Very useful love these videos ! 🙂

Such a good lesson and breakdown!

thanks patrick for these free lessons. amazing

Thanks for posting this!

Je me retrouve dans cette approche de l'enseignement, faire ressentir au joueurs pour les aider à ouvrir leur champs des possibles, beaucoup sont enfermé dans leur geste. Merci pour vos vidéos c'est toujours concis et qualitatif !

Many are wondering why Patrick wasn't teaching a kick serve. I think it's because it's easier to teach the fundamentals of a good slice. Once the player has those fundamentals, it's easier to transition to the kick, with the modified toss, the lesser rotation of the torso, and the ascending racquet motion. It's difficult to teach the kick's fundamentals to a learning player. While the slice has practically the same toss and torso rotation as the flat serve that she already had. So it's about progression. First flat fundamentals, then slice, and then kick. Loved this class and I will apply the same fundamentals the next time on the court, but unfortunately without Patrick's positive feedback.

I like the positive approach to coaching. He always lets the student know..."it ok".

Good student! Super coach!

Best tennis coach . And she is an excellent student. Learn so quick.

Amazing tennis coach and teacher. I get a lot out of every video.

It's incredible to me how easy AND HOW FAST he can turn around a player and improve their game in just 1 session! And how does this consistently! This guy's is a matter coach.

Excellente vidéo Patrick ... merci !!! J'espère que tu as aimé Montréal la semaine passée !

Wow! This is a great lesson 👍

Thanks Patrick for the amazing lesson! Hello from Brazil, place of Guga Kuerten.

Heavenly duo 🙌🏽

Great how easy changes make huge differences, targeting the T and placing where I want :)

Je découvre. Super vidéo avec un prof qui explique très bien la pourquoi du comment. Bonne continuation.

@Patrick Mourtagolu, i cannot believe you're giving such amazing advice over youtube at no cost! Thank yoU!! I have literally changed my game at club level because your analysis and the root cause are so accurate. It seems majority struggle with similar issue and you have the fix for them mapped well. Thank You!!

Zverev: Teach me pls

Fantastic!

Amazing tips, Hope you were here in Edinburgh

Wow. These video's are to good! Patrick is a "Pro" coach!

Thank youuuu; merci❣️❣️fantastic!!

Amazing lesson. Merci!

Excellent teaching

You cannot become a great player without a great teacher.

Wow, what a legend!

Thank you Coach

This guy knows all my tennis problems!. This was so helpful

I only started playing tennis this past summer, so obviously my serve technique needs work. But I like your advice on how to have a more consistent serve, especially knowing where to aim down the T. Gonna try next time!

Played twice yesterday doubles about 5 sets total and two tiebreakers because of court time.. This helped me tremendously with my second serve and reduced doubles.. I always hit with spin but sometimes decelerate my contact on my second but with adding more cut into the ball (safer slower motion).. also PM hit on another serving point that helped ID my dumping into the net, I was trying to drive up to the ball with hitting heavy top when actually inconsistently hitting on top of the ball diving it into the net and not the court.. Kept my wrist fast and loose on both serves and it helped 1st and 2nd serve. A lot of it was really identifying my poor contact of the ball but also was my wrist (loose and fast), incredible improvement.. let's see what happens during USTA matches and tournament.

Damn you are a very good coach and very patient

Coach i am tennis bigener i learn a lot thank you so much for sharing your talents. God bless

Great great great video..

Great Job! Thx!

Love it❤

Aim for the T omg I have to practice this on my slice for consistency.

This was fantastic

This is great!!!

This guy is so positive and smart ... I"ve watched the coaches in our clubs for 20 years and most of them are so much pushing the kids and made them sick from the sport.

I wish I can afford it, he definitely will teach me more better. Good job

Patrick is a great coach (he coached Serena after all). I hope this young lady can make it. Showed a positive attitude, took the instruction well and applied it right away. A young lady like this would be a real positive for the WTA.

It must be great to coach students who listen, do what you ask, and have the ability to interpret and put it into practice.

Always the Best

I was coached from day 1 to throw the racquet as fast as I could at the ball for my kick ( 2nd) serve.

fantastic!

It's amazing how he can change the way beginners play

Great technique, well rounded athlete. I stand behind her!

Wish I saw this video before I went to hit with my Slinger today haha. Will practice this Mondauy!

So ive found with my serve technique i can hit huge flat serves (most of my game is very flat) but when it comes to kick my motion makes it very difficult to hit over the ball fast enough, so ive tried to hit basically another 1st serve but going around for the slice instead taking a bit of pace off. Works for me very well.

He just explains it differently. I’ve struggled with my second serve for many years. I’ve put this into my practice and 🤯

Love your couching

Great advice! And speaking of great, that's what she looks like.

I like how she understands and applies Patrick's advice straight away.

Outstanding coach.

Thank you

Wow ty!!

Best RU-vid coach

what adjustments do you make when serving from the add side? do you aim for the sideline instead of the T?

the goat of coaches

I wish I could spend 3 months in that academy!!

Excellent teacher, no doubt. But . . . at 7:05 Patrick's arm goes toward the right post and then across the ball, not directly forward toward the tee as he states. As in golf, the face aims the shot & the spin shapes the shot. For a slice serve, you mostly tomahawk the ball with the racquet nearly on edge going toward the right post. The racquet face at contact points at the initial target and the spin makes the ball slice left.

Wow first don't miss serve title that didn't end up "learn the kick serve". Good progressions on slice development. I will try these next time

Thanks

I’m gonna become a tennis coach after this one

Double faults seem to come when you've just had hard tough rallies and you're out of breath. And also in pressure moments especially when you have game point in a tight game. I remember committing to actually hitting my second serve instead of my usual poke but it was in those pressure moments it broke down and cost me vital games I should have won. So I wish I played to the score a little and maybe did my usual pokes in those pressure moments or times I was puffed out

good job

The Girl also very friendly. Nice Combo. Nice session.

I thought the toss should be over the head for second serve. From what I see here it's more to the right of the (right-handed) player... Could you explain this in more detail? Thank you very much.

Because of the lighting I wish you added slo-mo to isolate point of contact! Merci ¡ lol

subscribed!

wow !

Ditton Eric Freeman's answer below as to why Patrick wasn't teaching the kick. Also it's worth noting that there's actually a THIRD type of spin, which is neither kick nor slice. I simply call it topsin, because it doesn't move to the right or left. I've played at the D1 level and for the most part, a slice, kick, or topsin second serve doesn't really matter as long as you hit your spot. Obviously you'll be more effective (if you're a righty) to hit a slice on the deuce out wide, a slice in the ad down the T, and a kick out wide in the ad. Nevertheless, as long as you're able to hit a lot of spin, regardless of which type, you won't double-fault, your opponent might miss their return, and worst case you'll set yourself up for an effective plus-one shot. As long as you swing fast (i.e. as fast as your first serve) but take as little of the ball as possible to generate spin, then it doesn't matter what spin comes off your racket. After all, you may want to hit a kick, but the ball toss is off a little or the wind takes it, which results in a topspin or slice. That's GREAT! Why? Because your opponent will be thrown off as well and most likely will miss their return.

Lol just do what I do. I always say the word "focus" to myself before every second serve and just pop it in. Just a poke. You'll be surprised how many guys struggle with a slow serve. Although I've played these two older men who just tee off on their forehands and winners upon winners whizzed past me. But you can over press if you try to combat it and hit doubles which I did so they were tough

What dunt train on the opposite side to avoid the direct sun light to the player and video quality could be better too. Anyway, a good serve teaching video. Tks

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