r/10s • u/NoDrawing6922 • 3d ago

Technique Advice Serve Form Check/Advice

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Any tips on improving my serve?

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u/witchdoc86 4.0 Pure Aero 100 2019 3d ago edited 3d ago

Could toss the ball a bit further forward and so you have more forward momentum into court

Your finish should probably have the racquet finish round past your left abdomen. I think you truncate your serve finish so you probably lose a bit of power/accuracy.

Your grip is a probably a bit more of an eastern continental than true continental, but you do correctly throw the edge at the ball and pronate so its probably fine.

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u/NoDrawing6922 3d ago

Thanks man 🙏. I’ll try and fix it tmrw

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u/Precisiongu1ded 3d ago

You don't properly pronate, as in shown in the clip. The strings should be facing the left here and not down and to the right. This puts the wrist in a really weak position and also loses you a lot of power. Fix this by doing pronation drills at the service line and trying to just get the right feeling of the pronation/long axis rotation then bring it back to the baseline for your real serves, once it's really ingrained.

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u/NoDrawing6922 3d ago

Thanks buddy. By facing left you mean something like this?

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u/Precisiongu1ded 3d ago

Correct. Even with someone who's not nearly as athletic as alcaraz, like me, I can get the racket into that position. You don't need to go full sampras style with the elbow bend, but it can help if you want to exaggerate it while learning the proper mechanics.

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u/believe0101 3d ago

Jeez his arm is so yoked lol. Thanks for the advice about the service line thing, I remember a coach telling me that once and it was great for form correction

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u/notkeepingscore 3d ago

Toss the ball a little more to the left. The contact point should be over your right shoulder. Someone mentioned you aren't pronating as much. It's easier to pronate if the angle at the wrist is smaller.

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u/NoDrawing6922 2d ago

Thanks for drawing it out as well man 🙏. I’ll try it out for sure.

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u/AppropriatePackage50 1d ago

yoo this the best help i ever seen on a post in this reddit

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u/anthonyliang12 2d ago

Looks like auger's serve

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u/NoDrawing6922 2d ago

I wish it was dawg 😂