How To Hit The Perfect Tennis Serve - Easy Tips For Toss Perfection | Step-by-Step Tennis Lesson 

i love these videos this guy is like a tv salesman for a non stick frying pan

I think the toss is the hardest thing to get right on your serve. I've tried many techniques and struggled much. I think the issue is that pros can spend hours everyday working on it but rec players only have 1 or 2 hours practices per week. I finally figured out that for myself, I need to toss more than 45 degrees so that the ball ends up over my shoulder. I now have a consistent toss that I don't even think about. It took 2 years of searching. Thanks.

Thanks for using a 3D coordinate system to explain the toss!! I have always had an issue with the terminology tennis coaches/pros use with describing where to toss the ball, for example, toss it to "2 o'clock" when serving. What, where's that?! I'll have to check your other videos to see how you describe grips ... I think the whole Western, Continental, Eastern descriptions are incredibly confusing too, LOL.

Perfect! Exactly the video i needed as i am currently struggling with my toss. Very well explained and i love the passion you bring to the videos. Thank you!

Grant - you explain everything is such a great way. I can’t wait to get to the court this evening and work on this. Thank you.

Awesome tips and instruction. Thanks Grant👍

Outstanding teaching of the ball toss! Thank you!

He fluidly made this video !

Thank You man for such outstanding analysis and application! Wow! Great stuff!

you get right down to business and don’t waste a lot of time, that is good! I have to keep my tennis learning very simple ( I am new to tennis and I am a senior citizen), my thoughts are to keep my arm straight on the toss and toss inside the court.

Awesome and detailed breakdown of the mechanics involved, now I can finally adjust and train the minutiae of serving, step by step. Super content! Thanks!

Great coaching and tips. Watched last night and all my serves were in today.

Just what I needed. Thanks

I am addicted to your channel! I’m so glad I found you! 🎉 Please do a squash shot video ❤

Excellent instruction thank you!

so helpful, great work

Let’s go! this is amazing‼️ Grant at it again

Best video I've seen in years about the toss. Thank you

Dude, this was the best video you've done to date. Congrats and thank you!

Love this guy's enthusiasm

Great stuff as always

Thankyou so much ,, it’s amazing video

You explained it so perfectly 👍🤗

Like your use of x, y, z axes. Makes it much easier to talk about components of the toss.

I have been using mini cones to develop accuracy and consistency. You can get the mini cones at the dollar tree stores they have two sizes. Great video my friend.

Great serving tip.

Thank you, Grant. Do you have any tips or hacks for practising the toss? Like throwing it into a basketball hoop? Or setting a target in a branch of a tree? I struggle with the 3-D nature of the target. Thank you, mate!

Grant, superb tuition with very descriptive narrative, thank you for this. G

great coaching skill

Phenomenal stuff

Thank you very much for all this training! I´ve learned a lot from all your videos. However like you said i´m 6,1 and tried to toss the ball a feet into the field but ever since i do that i consitently hit the tennisnet band. Do you perhaps have some tips to improve on this error? Besides this my toss works perfectly and i've been able to be a lot more consitent with my serves!

Phenomenal. Thanks much via Dennis 4 Tennis. Cheers

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Thank you 👏👏👏

0:00 Sounds like Grant saying "What is up world class athlete." 0:53 nails a big serve. 6:13 Sounds like "I whirl cass heavy?" 8:26 "I roll cass heathy?" 11:29 "are werl class athetes?"

Great vid

great content

Good stuff bro

Great video man. Well explained even though I can’t do it properly for now😢

Thank you fort addressing x, y and z access. That's not explained very well in most instructional videos by others. They also say make contact inside the court as far as possible but what's realistic and what is anatomically impossible? Thanks again. I can't wait to go through your other videos now.

Gracias !!

I loved the pressure is a privalage

Thanks Grant! Clearly explained all relevant steps! I will do my utmost best to interprete and pratice your lessons.:-)

Very informative and conveniently helpful to all manner of serving techniques. Thank you Sir , God Bless You

Ur aura always bring on 🔥🔥

Good stuff. Z axis is what I struggle with.

At 46yoa and 32 years of tennis, my toss can still be a mystery. I've never seen this explained in such detail with the x,y, and z axis. I love it. Sadly I need knee and shoulder surgery now but if you're still around in a couple years Grant, I'd pay whatever it takes for a private lesson with you. This video was genius. Do you ever do private lessons with video analysis? I'd love to be able to film my shots and get such an objective explanation on why the ball lands in or out.

what would you advise in terms of serve stance? (adopting the older , classical serve stance (just bend legs) or the new one (drag the back foot forward)

wondeful style!! I feel the energy

Is that the real sound of the impact at the ball? So cool... Boom! 💯

Also, at the point of hitting the ball, is the right arm not fully vertical? Is it slightly tilted to the right to leave space for the racket pronation? Otherwise the ball toss has to be to the left and behind your foot and shoulder? Thank you

Something about getting called "World class athlete" is making me wanna renegotiate all the sponsors contracts I don't have🤔😆

I'm not a world.class.athelete, but enjoyed the video!

Unthankyou you!

So good... Not easy to shoot 1 continuous video while nailing every serve in, Grant! :)

Great videos. Question, where I should toss if I am looking to get the T ? Some suggestions?

When hitting the ball like this, do you drive the ball up or downward?

@grant vanderhayden Would it be possible to make a video dedicated to the elbow and forearm movement all great serves use. What I mean by this is, how to get in the optimum biomechanical position with the racket/hitting arm from start into trophy position. I think there is alot of misconception and confusion. For example, as a righty, the right elbow moves back and away from the body then you raise the racket inching closer to trophy position. When would you commence moving the elbow now to the right, is it the moment you are about to enter your trophy position? Not sure if I am making sense or not. Should shoulder be internally rotated during takeback, should upper arm and forearm angle be reducing or remain at 90 degrees leading up to trophy position? Do I actively move the racket using my arm to cause the racket drop or do I relax the hand and let gravity instead drop the racket, and so on.

Omfg I need this bad

What CAN'T this woman do? She's so incredible, there's nothing she can't do it seems. I admire the heck out of her. She's a better role model than almost any woman on earth. Vive le Reine!!! B

Ups the serve starts with the right grip

If you are 5 foot 3-4 so 4-6 inches inside the line?

As a teaching pro always have check points. Work on reps, shadow swings swings. Watch the pros.

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7:00 Isner has a foot fault! :)

Sales pitch?

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The problem is typical club pros don't know any of this. Aa a result, most can't serve. They will take your money however you learn nothing. I see folks taking lessons, and a year later, they make the same mistakes. Too many lazy, uninformed club pros. How do we fix this?

Bruh, are you on Coke? Tranquillo. 😂

Most players 99% of them, wouldn’t understand what you’re talking about or trying to convey. It’s easy for you to say do this and that because you came up with it … it’s your technique. There are at least 8-10 elements that one must master for a proper and powerful serve. And each of those elements have sub-elements to consider . E.g. how to properly hold the ball, which fingers do you hold it, how is it released, when is it released, where is your weight when it’s released, is it released at 1 o’clock . And this is just in tossing the ball.

great but you forgot one thing ! feet position are dictated by the dominant eye , feet, hips, shoulder position is different if you are left or right yey dominant !!!

IMO this guy doesn't toss the ball far enough into the court on the flat serve.

I'm 4'11, got any advice?

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One handed backhand!!!!??? PLEASE

where is you?

And drink lots of coffee.

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The toss is Easy. Lock your elbow. Roll the top of your shoulder with your palm toward the sky. The toss should be to your RIGHT not directly in front of you. Control the toss by pressing the bulb of your thumb against the ball and opening rather than flipping or rolling. It gives you toss consistency. Both arms should NOT go up at the same time. The side of your lead foot should be facing the middle of the box. Watch the alignment of Novak it is perfect every time. The serve is just a throwing motion. Like in baseball You are throwing. The grip is TIGHT and the wrist is loose. You’re welcome.

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Dude! Breathe ffs lol

"World class loser"

Lots of your explanations are not entirely correct. Yes you throw the bal into the field (Z axis), but you do that because you need to hit a downward angle, and therefore can hit harder. Not because your body can generate more power leaning forward :) A taller player has to hit more downward angle, thus more Z-axis :) You can feel this from hitting serves from the service line or the back of the court. You use you a somewhat different axis for different types of spin serves. However if you are really skilled, you can hit all serves from the same toss.

Demasiado rollo de este gringo.... mi amigo se volvió loco escuchandolo y juega peor que antes de escucharlo