Hit A Perfect Serve (Step by Step) 

Hi Ryan , I’m mani and I’m 17 years old and I’m playing tennis since I was 12 . I always had problems in serve and always disappointed during matches while making a lot of double faults, and after watching this video and practicing for a couple of weeks, I’m now serving way way better and Im so happy. Thanks a lot Ryan ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

I am 71 and I have never played so well. I tell my friends it's because of the party hat guy. I never had lessons and I love playing tennis now. My friends aren't listening but I am beating them because of you. I wish I sinew this stuff when I was a kid. I played my 42 year old son for 6 hours today. Just couldn't stop playing. I love learning this game.

Probably the most comprehensive tutorial on serve I have seen. Just while practicing the recommended steps, I could already feel the difference. The idea behind snapping your hand when it is hurt was in particular very illustrative and immediately helped me understand pronation. Looking forward to taking this to the courts!

There’s an endless supply of videos and video lessons but I’m a believer that you need to kill the clutter - Find something to focus on and adopt the principals. This is an utterly amazing step by step set of serving principals that deserves focus and repetitive practice. I’m going to kill the clutter and make this my serving Bible. Can’t thank you enough for the depth and willingness to truly teach!

I've been lifelong struggling with my serve. Thank's a lot! Never seen such a comprehensive Master Class before.

Best ever technical video on how to serve.

This video was more informative than the 5 years I’ve been being coached Thx

Best serve class I've ever seen. 👏👏 I wish my tennis coachs have donne this to me. Great, great job! Congrats from Brazil.

I love watching your videos in half speed to help visualize the proper movements but also because it makes you sound like a happy drunk. Thanks for the insightful and at times amusing content!

whoa ! played squash 25 years . that serve is not a big deal. this tennnis serve is!! this is excelent cannot wait to try it .

Not only very instructive, also a very nice teaching approach. I wish I had someone like you when I was a child!

That's what it means to be a top tennis coach! Thank you for this precious tennis lesson with simple and argumentative information! Bravo!

Phenomenal. I’ve spent 1 year of testing how to serve and basically I came to all this features as described in video. Oh God... watching this video 1 year back I could save lot of time:)))

You are a living legend I cannot thank you enough!!!!

I am 71 and your lessons have me playing like I have never done before. Today I played singles with my son for 5 hours. I am so excited to get pro help for the first time in my life. I never knew tennis was played this way. I tell my friends to watch the party hat guy. They haven't done that but they wonder why I am playing so well.

Salient seven points clarify the hows and whys of tennis serve. Thank you for the details, Ryan.

Thank you very much for the great tutorial! I would love to see a slow motion of you doing a serve. So all the steps you mention are clearly visible and maybe easier to copy. Thanks again! Great video to learn how to serve correctly. Greeting from a tiny village in the Netherlands.

Excellent instructions tremondously helped me by keeping the racquet head closed facing down. Thanks to you no more or a lot less waiter serves. Should set up an account so we can donate to the channel.

Just Genius . Everybody at every level should see this tutorial. You are a Master of Tennis.

33:46 is the time to start from if you already watch the video once.

WOW! For me it's confirmed, you're by far the best tennis teacher. Thank you.

So well explained, no literature can explain the gratitude I have for you. I struggled so badly and your technique made it so simple. You made my tennis serve.

I just turned 80 and my serve has become easier to return than I would like. I refuse to attribute this to my 'slowing down' but obviously, my serving racket speed has slowed down. I have taken notes about the fine points of the serve as you explained it and plan to take apart my current serving technique and build it back again BETTER. With improvements in accuracy of hitting my targets, increasing racket speed, and applying sufficient spin, I hope to squeeze out enough refinement to get to the point where my serve will become a weapon instead of a weakness. Your analysis should help considerably. Thanks.

I've never seen a better breakdown and description of a serve

THIS was a super good Lesson, The Best Lesson of serving that I have ever has/seen, I wish I would have seen this 25 yrs ago,,,,Keep up the good works, I will share this with my tennis friends,,,,JAS

Thanks to your technique, my serve has massively improved! I was so frustrated because of my poor serve, but now things have completely changed! A massive thank you from the south of Italy! U r the best!

Wow. Best serve video I have seen. Answers so many questions! I can't wait to try tomorrow!

Great video, this will allow me to show my son the proper steps and mechanics of a serve, as his school lacks any direction. Thank you

I was having trouble with my serve. I save this excellent Video. The instructor was excellent in show and explaining the Serve process. I love this video. Now I have to practice what I saw here. Thank you.

Applying all these tips improved my game drastically, I'm much more confident with my serve and I've won 3 matches in a row. Thanks a lot.

This is the best instructional video on serving on the internet! Take notes!

Everytime I watch this video I correct one more mistake in the court. This is such a valuable source. Thank you. I’m really grateful for this resource.

Several months ago I saved this video to my personal tennis library and it has really helped improve my serve. It's so informative and I come back to it from time to time. Thank you Ryan; I've got this!

The BEST video on Tennis Serving Tutorial I have ever seen. After watching and following the guides my serves improve a lot. It takes me quite a while and with immerse effort to rectify my old mistakes (with only slow progress). Had I come across this video much much earlier I needed not to struggle with my serves. Thank you Mr. 2MinutesTennis.

Phenomenal instructions! At first, I thought the Video might be too long then I did not want it to end. Learn so much from you , thanks Ryan!!!!

You are the best tennis teacher. Clear and simple. I will watch all your tutorials

The best tennis serve video I have ever seen! Excellent!

Excellent coaching. I did learn a lot from this remarkable video and I will surely recommend to my friends.

That's was truly excellent. I have never seen anyone from live coaching to RU-vid break down the serve as thoroughly and subtly as you. Great work! Thank you!

Thank you so much! You have summarized perfectly all that is to know about a top level serve. I'm grateful to having found you! My best wishes! You are a great man and teacher.

Thanks Ryan, best tutorial on the web.

Great video explaining the tennis serve. I'm buying some birthday hats and practicing today. Thanks

Ryan, this is a phenomenal breakdown of how to serve like a pro. Extremely helpful and very happy with the results! Sincere thanks for this video!!!

A great Serve lesson, I have seen many tennis Coaches at RU-vid, but only you are the one who teaches the most details and explanations easily to understand , you make my tennis level up. thank you very much,

The pointer about the 3 things (legs pushing off, knocking birthday hat off, tossing arm dropping) happening at the same time is something I haven't heard other coaches mention. What a great tip!

Thanks Ryan for the video. I am watching a handful of tennis trainers on youtube and I really appreciate your videos. I also re-watch your videos after practicing. I wish I had this mind I have now and your videos when I was younger. Anyway, it is good to learn from you all the steps in mastering the technique.

Brilliant step by step breakdown of the action 👍

This is by far the best serving guide I have ever seen

After YEARS and YEARS and YEARS off tennis...(43 now, played in Primary and Highschool), I am back into tennis. my WORST shot was my serve and it has put me off doing tennis. After watching your Serving video and ball toss video amongst, I can so ALL THE THINGS I was doing wrong. I started today doing your serve, I really liked it. I have a long way to go, but it is SO MUCH BETTER than when I used to guess with my ball toss and swing a fast awkward FLAT racket to smash the ball down and just pray!.. Cheers mate!

I've been practicing your method and it's helped me improve my serve. Thanks so much

Never understand so clear why I can't serve. I was so excited and practicing till 3am at home. Also help clear my doubt on why I need to turn the racket when hitting the ball. Very helpful visual on birthday hat! I will share my kid this video. Thank you so much!

I have watched probably 20 videos on serve, by far yours is the best, I understood many things that I was not aware of! Can’t wait to go practice!

the best lesson teacher i have seen,,thankssss

Will be trying this out tomorrow. I struggled recently and this staging works. Many thanks from Scotland

Hello 👋 Ryan & All ! This is a very good explanation shown on the video! Thanks 👍🏽

36 minutes video.. It's worth every second of it!

Clear and detailed instruction. It changed my serve with effective result. Thank you very much for the teaching!

What an amazing person to take the time to fully explain how to properly serve. I went out to party city and gotten a pack of birthday hat. Yes, people in the courts next to mine think I'm crazy... but I don't care. I've been practicing for the past several days and I feel more difference than years of traditional amateur serve practice. I record film to watch myself and also review this film every-time. The more I watch this video the more the details stick. All I can say is thank you from the Big Apple (NYC)!

I've seen a million videos on youtube on fixing my serve (esp, consistency),this video addresses all of my concerns, Appreciate it,TY!

The most excellent step by step to the serve ever.

This is awesome. The most comprehensive guide for serve. I have been looking for something like this and this video here is excellent, Thanks so much.

Thanks for the videos, my serve is improving every day. I would love to see you crank out 10 serves at the end of your video maybe even slo-mo the best one. It's been hard for me to break half-of-my-life poor form but I'm on the up-escalator. Recording myself helps. Keep up the great work!

One of the best explanation of hitting a consistent serve on RU-vid. Keep up the great work Bryan!!! This video had benefitted a lot for me.

there are just so many things that we need to keep in mind and i always forget about something:( i will keep practising though, and i hope i get it right one day..thank you so much you are so helpfull.

I only see 6 mins of the video and I actually upgreade an insane quantity my serve, thanksss!

Just realised, I was doing it all wrong, Thanks mate. You are brilliant, time to do it right. One love from Manchester UK. 😊

This is best explanation on how to serve!!

Brilliant. The best video on serving that I've ever seen!! I'll be working this video for weeks and weeks to try and get it all. Thanks so much

Your step-by-step puts all the biomechanics together. The first time I have seen the timing on the vertical hop make perfect sense to me! Thanks for this!

Thank you Ryan you put your heart in your words and lessons you have benign laugh your lesson really helpful to us

Superb 7-point serve ! I will practice to adjust when too high, or too low; left, and right; flat or with spin.... Thanks

Honestly. The best technical video on serve Ive ever seen on youtube (and there are a lot of them out there). Thank you so much for you effort and please keep it on! Greetings from Germany.

This is the best video I've seen describing the serve motion step by step. amazing!!!!!!

Man, as soon as you described the palm down position as the position you would have for throwing (e.g. a baseball) I got it and saw what I was doing wrong. And I've been playing for a long time. Thank you.

I'm 24 and I always have been a football player. Starting in tennis right now and your videos are making me improve a lot! Thank you a lot Ryan!!

I am starting as a middle school tennis coach (and high school helper) in the spring and just found your channel. I see many many hours this winter spent watching your videos. Trying to hone my own game, as well as learning techniques to use to teach the kids. The serve seems like a logical place to start.

Excellent teaching class for serve👍👍👍

Thank you. This is the best serve technique explanation I've seen.

Great lesson. Here's an intersting lway to get your racket pointing down after the front arm releases the badd. As you front arm releases the ball make believe you are PULLING the strings on a bow back but instead of keeping the bow level make believe you are aiming at a 45 degree angle. What this will do is get your front hip out, your serving arm and shoulder below the front shoulder and in the right position to knock off the birthday hat.

Thanks - this is a great and very clear visual instruction - will be trying all of it!

Simply fantastic. The best serve deconstruction I have ever seen. So many good intuitions, can't wait to take this to the court.

I just now viewed your video. All excellent points. But I do have one more. I was taught for a ground stroke to remain highly energized/active with my feet from the moment I finish my swing to the moment I get into position to hit the oncoming ball. At that point, I should be very smooth and relaxed as I power through my swing. I discovered the opposite is true for serving. If I remain calm and relaxed from the moment of positioning my feet to the moment I begin to move my racket over my head, my serves become significantly more consistent. In the past, I always approached a serve with lots of tension and misplaced energy.

David Bruce Great tutorial.

Absolutely tremendous video on how to serve correctly... helped me out a bunch... just hope my opponents don't see this video so I can maintain an advantage by having this knowledge.

I'm going to the court to go through this now - thank you. Lets see if I can nail it!!! ... Very helpful videos. The virtual mentor!

Im a total newbie but I can appreciate your brilliance in explaining concepts!! Im lookin forward to practicing the serve.

This is literally the best tennis analysis video I have ever seen in my entire life

Ryan's my favorite tutor. Thank you.

This is so comprehensive. I can’t wait to try all the checkpoints. The imagery really sticks in the brain. I have a very inconsistent ball toss so I’m going to be throwing lots of glasses of water in the air. Thanks for a great video

This is a long 2minute tennis. Worth it.

Good lesson. Transformed my serve once I adjusted for the new hitting arm position. Saw a Federer slowmo. He actually straightens the hitting arm before knocking the hat off. Tried it and it works amazingly well!

Ryan, your videos are (speaking of "loaded") LOADED with great, insightful stuff!!! I know they say to keep the serve motion "simple", but I'm not convinced that it is (unless you tell me otherwise😉). There are several ingredients (as you have well demonstrated) that have to be there in the kinetic chain to produce a great serve. Keep it coming! I am learning every time I watch your videos and passing it on to my high school players!! Mitch Long, Salt Lake City high school coach

Your analysis of the whip action is amazing. The timing of the upward leg push and the stopping of the body rotation to accelerate the racket, is the missing magic for many people. Analysis of the biomechanical chain shows that the timing of the body, upper arm, forearm, and racket needs to be well timed like a whip. You are an amazing teacher and you get all of the mechanic spot on.

Very smooth tennis Ryan, your check poi nts very impressive, I would call the serve step by step, thanks for your value tips 👍

Your serving videos, especially this one totally transformed my serve to be much more consistent with tons more power. Best video I have ever seen on transitioning from the waiters serve and I have seen many videos. Just started finally playing tennis again first year in retirement after many years in hiatus. Used that darn waiter serve for way too long. 😊 Your a super talented teacher. Thank you! Love all your videos. Keep up the great teaching Ryan.

I'm so grateful for your instructions, thanks a lot

This is such a good how-to serve video!!! Very clear and specific. :)

Hi coach... regards from the Philippines! I'm just reaching out to say that this video did wonders for my serve!!! I've been struggling for years and watched numerous videos, but your video finally hit the mark for me because you clearly broke down the motion with your stepped approach. Keep it up! Thanks so much!

Such a rare thing to see a rec. player with a good serve. I believe the palm-down and the birthday-hat thing is the counter-intuitive thing that 99% of players miss. Watching my own serve on video, I apparently miss it too… I’m determined to nail this technique! Excellent videos, thanks!

Fantastic presentation Ryan! Thorough, informative, and very helpful