More serve videos! Modernize your serve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_6vkQ9Cmj0g.html Slice serve or flat serve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ai6DpVyAfdY.html
If only the girl on your left knew what you're teaching! :) Starting with Second serves. I don't think I've ever heard this from any coach. Amazing advice! Love your videos and keep up the great work. Cheers, MM
I love the band work. At the Start Clinic in Tempe AZ they made training videos of myself standing tall at 5'-8" with thick socks and another pro at 6'-3". They had set up as if we were making a video game while serving off of presure plates. While warming up I mentioned to the physical therapist about some minor shoulder issues I had he came back with a piece of surgical tubing and few exercises for me to do. 20 years later that is still a part of my bag check. Since then I've had added a light weight in the racquet dropped down position gently stretching my shoulder then bringing up in tricep extension to long axis internal shoulder rotation, then repeat. Thanks again
Gosh you explain things so well! I've watched my share of tennis videos and yours are the easiest to understand with good concrete tips. I've learned something useful from every one of your videos I've watched. I'm probably a 3.5 player and I think why your videos resonate with me is that you make me feel okay with my level. I'm 71 years old and I don't think I'll become proficient at hitting three types of serve with the same ball toss anytime soon. A more effective and practical ball toss for me is to use a different toss for different type serves. I can improve my game a lot quicker than trying to emulate what top players can do. I'm about to go play doubles with my old man group in a bit and I am committed to not hitting a bad serve toss and let it drop!
You are very kind, Bill! THANK YOU! That's exactly what I want to accomplish with my videos: that someone can watch them and go out and work on something very concrete!
I like your explanations. Great work. If because of your shoulder issues you cannot do the modern leg drive you may talk about it and ask someone else to do that part for your video. Keep it up dear.
I have to admit I never specifically warm-up, which is probably the reason why I need a couple of serves to get "into the groove". So why don't I use those tips to warm up my shoulder to not waste my first dozen serves! Thanks for the nice suggestions.
Sorry my last comment was pretty long so I wanted to add a separate comment to go along with your great warm up, and serve video. After going through everything you mentioned and at the end of the session I like to add a little mental pressure. I give my students 6 balls they serve a game out altering from duce to add court if they make the serve they win the point. The catch is they only have 6 balls if they run out of balls they lose. If they get the first two first serves in and are at 30 love and have only used 2 of the balls they go a little more aggressive, perhaps a bigger or more aggressive slice on that 3rd ball. The opposite if there at 30 love and onlly have 2 ball left or worse if they thrown in a dbl.I even use this in my own practice session, helping to transcend practice to match play. Keep up the great videos
Both comments are great! I'll shamelessly steal that serve game! It's so difficult to replicate the "real match" pressure but at least that way they have to think about the score and how that affects the next plays!
Just watch your video again for a reminder, and used your tips to warmup my serve… and I stayed relaxed throughout my match tonight and held serve throughout. I tend to serve with a “tight” arm but tonight I stayed loose. Thanks you !!
No other coaches talk about loading the back leg so I've been loading the wrong leg for 20 years. This is a game changer. Also, I learn so much in all your videos. You are a fantastic coach. Thank you so much.
Love this. Every channel is technical, technical, technical. We need some practice progressions like this. Volley practice day, overhead, forehand, etc.
Maybe I can have shoulder problems and have a service motion like that...??? ... ;). That's a great service motion, and great advice on proper service progression and preparation, to prevent injury. Well prepared, and well presented, thanks!
So now this is my third videos. There is a light bulb that just lit up in my (empty) knoggen. Albeit 20 years too late for me. This is just a really deep analysis and explanation (of the serve). It addresses the "why". Well, I suppose being in the top 30 WTA helps.
No wonder 1GA is always hitting the net on her first serves. Her second serve is more effective and accurate! She must be following your technique of serving better second serves in her matches. And voila! She is winning most of the time. As an amateur casual player, I really thought that stronger first serves are very important. Your video enlightened me. Warm ups are indeed important in any sport. Nice tutorial!
Thanks For this Coach, I love your videos where you go over practice drills and patterns, The only way I improve is trial and error with practice hard to work on anything in match play.
My first serves go in and are pretty effective: 3.5 Players struggle just to get it back. But practically all the serves go to the same location: down the T on the Deuce and wide on the Ad. This is not necessarily bad as it goes to the returners backhand. It will occasionally go to their forehand side, but that is not my intent; it is accidental. Any reason why serves would always be going to the same location?
It's the position of your racket face as you make contact. You're giving me a great idea for a video talking about how to place the serve. It's literally just single digit degrees that determine whether a ball goes towards the alley or to the T.
@@MeikeBabelTennis Yes, I suspect I am contacting the left side of the ball and hence all my flat/slice first serves are going down the Deuce T... My temporary workaround is to change toss from my usual 12:30 towards 11:00. I find that this toss change causes it to go wide on the Deuce. Probably because it is more difficult to contact the left side of the ball when tossing more behind your head... One idea for video lesson is to demonstrate the difference between a flat serve wide to the Deuce corner and a slice serve wide to the Deuce corner. Most instruction only demonstrates the slice out wide without comparing it to the flat towards the same Deuce corner.
I was a tennis flunkie in High School (back when Arthur Ashe was coming up) & I served terribly. I picked up the game again in 2019--I had to hit left handed due to a R wrist injury--I learned a kick serve to gain a reliable second serve that I could also use as a first serve. These are great tips for beginners like me.
Hi Meike, Thanks for the very helpful tips! I always warm up before hitting serves to prevent injury, so far no shoulder injuries despite back/spine issues for which I had surgery. 🙂 I also practice using targets and practice using 1 ball toss for all serves.
@@MeikeBabelTennis oder Frau wird nicht jünger. 🙂Trotzdem, ich finde deine Videos sehr hilfreich und deine Art die Infos rüberzubringen sehr gut und professionell. Ich freue mich auf weitere Videos.
Love these videos. I’m hooked. As a recreational player they break the shots into straight forward steps that I can apply and practice. I like the mix of videos, technical and tactical.
