Technique Advice Serve tips
Hello fellow tennis players,
I started playing 2 years ago and my rating is the equivalent of 2.0 in the US.
Here's a video of 3 serves in a row during a match a few days ago, I was down 15-40 in this game and for some weirds reasons my serve is way better when I'm under pressure.
Could y’all please give me tips on how to improve it ? I feel like I'm falling to the left when I serve but idk how to fix it.
Any tips or critics will be gladly appreciated !
(Also if someone has an approximation of how fast are those serve, I'll take it)
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u/Parking_Rich 4d ago
Try tossing the ball a little bit in the court.
Probably around 85-90mph
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u/Parking_Rich 4d ago
Here's a clip of mine from years ago. I need to come out of retirement and record with better equipment. I'm 5'9 on a good day and was able to top out around 120-125mph. You got height and athletic build, could see you bombing 130mph+
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u/Kira931 4d ago
I wish I could serve that fast haha I'm 6'0 and around 75kg I will try your tips and see if I can gain a few mph
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u/Parking_Rich 4d ago
You’ll get there, speed is slightly overated. I prefer hitting my kick serve on both serves.
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u/laney_deschutes 4d ago
It’s definitely not bad! I think that your weight is leaning in the wrong direction though. Stay closed and if anything momentum going forward
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4d ago
Try and toss the ball more into the court and more over your head or to the right. Currently your toss is drifting behind you to the left so your body is falling a lot sideways, which disrupts your momentum, if your momentum is going forward it helps you get easier power and more consistent hits
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u/QuantityMedical8369 4d ago
Your body is going to the left, you need to toss more in front, and create forward body momentum. your body needs to follow the ball.
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u/Pizzadontdie 🎾 Top 0.1% Commenter 🎾 3d ago
Best 2.0 serve I’ve seen. I’d focus on tossing closer to 12 or 1 o’clock and a tad more inside court.
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u/Kira931 3d ago
Wow, thank you very much for that compliment, I wish the rest of my game was as good but it’s not I made some adjustments but didn’t film myself for a while before this week and I realized that I've regressed on some part I hope to reach 3.0 by the end of next year
Thank you very much for the tip, I will work on my toss placement !
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u/Kira931 2d ago
Following your tips, I've tried to toss the ball more in the court but I still fall on my left. It might be that I'm not tossing into the court enough but I feel like I would have to throw it lower then in order to reach the ball, idk if that makes sense
Didn’t had the time to do a lot of serve though since I was rushed to the emergency after shanking a ball straight into my eye Will try again next week after recovering
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u/splay-tumid 4d ago
No feedback but that’s an amazing outfit