Carlos Alcaraz New & Improved Serve Technique | Roland Garros 2024
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In today's tennis lesson, I discuss Carlos Alcaraz's new and improved serve technique.
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Compartmentalize Your Serve by building a lag just like Carlos:
👉 ruclips.net/video/q79I1rP0VpE/видео.htmlsi=XUr6N4vTlUg3Jfpc
I decided to make this adjustment last year in order to fix my toss problem, I.e. inconsistent ball height and position. By delaying raising the racket, you can maintain a steady body posture while tossing the ball. This way your ball toss is better. You need to toss the ball slightly higher so that you have enough time to raise your racket.
Mats Wilander just asked him about this in the on court interview and Carlos confirmed it. Great spot, Nik!
Mats Wilander asked about it after the Korda match. He must have saw this video!
Great discussion of all the subtle changes Carlos is making. So important to see that even Grand Slam winners continue to “tinker” with mechanics to improve. Tennis is a journey! Thanks!!
Gotta keep improving independent of level 💯
thanks for this analysis, I didn’t know and it’s very interesting
Nick's ability to notice technical details are unprecedented.👏
Such a pleasure to watch your videos coach Nikola💪🙌
Thank you Milan
Carlos Alcaraz just won Roland Garros final today.
I didn't realize he had changed it. Thanks for sharing. I'll be watching today to see the changes.
Thanks for this coach! I found out that Alcaraz 'new' serve is also my natural serve as well. I have also tried that eye level to arm lift approach before trophy pose and end up messing up my timing and control because there's too much torso and shoulder rotation involved so it either often ends in fault or with a much weaker serve. The extended arm lift somewhat made movements a lot simpler so you can time it better and concentrate on loading power to your serve with more confidence.
Great work Nick, as only a great tecknician can notice 👍
Thank you Massimo
I believe in the very last sentence you said, "his natural way of serving" something that all of us should do given the mechanics are correct and sound.
Great analysis
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Great observation. What exactly is the deficiency in the late lag? It seems you are assuming we know what that is.
Funny enough, as you mentioned, even Rune is changing the racket take back and both of them were going straight up with the racket following the toss. Can't wait for Rune video as well!
Yes, I was wondering how no one was talking about the change in his serve technique. It's mostly good, but I feel as though he's not able to jump as high as he used to because he's not loading for as long, which was a strength of his. Great video.
He served so well against Tsipsipas yesterday. Played god tier.
I heard on a tennis podcast that they worked on adopting the technique of Felix Auger Aliassime's serve
Did his serve speed increase with this one type of serve?
Noticed it when I first saw him practice at RG, knew there was something different about it. He hit 86% serves in vs Tsitsipas yesterday.
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Just look at the stat sheet more better MPH on both first and second serve more aces and service winner then go with the new one if not go back to the old way ( maybe slowly).
i've only ever felt comfortable loading into trophy position with my hitting arm as the tossing arm is going up rather than the timing like Carlos. is this just a personal thing or should i consider working on the rhythm?
what racquet this is?
This means he potentially could serve with a lower toss too, right? I watched someone analyze Zverev's great serving in AO and noticing that the main difference was him tossing lower (by like ~20%)
Hello Nick. Do you do lessons for young kids? If so, I’m interested to see your services for my kid 8 years old. Specifically for serves. We’re in the same county.
Contact through IG dm, or email for private lesson inqueries
@@IntuitiveTennis thanks Nick. I sent you a message on Instagram.
i saw it automatically - actually surprised Alcaraz went up at the same time rather than having a delay - because up together is an old technique... maximum kinetic energy is where its all at!
I have been practicing my serves for about 2 weeks now. I normally try and focus on one thing until I dont have to think about it.(toss, shoulder height/alignment, not taking back with my wrist, rocking motion and finally leaning in). It was going well but recently it all feels like it fell apart and I have to restart. Can anyone share there experience learning the serve?
It took me around 6 year to have consistently +65% on 120 serve session wich was my goal. I had a bottom-up approach wich I regret. Filming and analysing from the beginning was the best thing I did.
1. wrist position and grip is important. That's how I know who can punch the ball on the serve.
1.1 pelvis position is important.
2. rotation of the pelvis/shoulder with the energy of the leg is important. Pushing with both feet (rightback) and landing on left feet.
3. Kick serve is important for the game. Flat serve is optionnal.
4. Coaches are useless.
5. Volume matter. There's a leap in my progression around 30k serves where proprioception get better.
6. Balls are important. Don't change your motion on pressure point. Don't fear. Best to lose with a good motion . Don't train yourself to be a pussy. Better dead than a coward. Full motion. When you'll win it will reinforce that "bravery" is the way to go and that's there's only one way to win.
8. Find a consistent toss by throwing based on the position of your feet. Axe of front leg.
7. Track your stats in a googlesheet or equivalent.
8. There's a lot with observation. Found common dominator in pro especially the hand/wrist/fist. Find The punch.
9. Disregard everyone opinion, when they talk, ask them to show you by serving 10 in a row. Watch them fail. Stay silent.
10. i'm interestes in biomecanic and was careful about protecting the rotator of the shoulder. I should have been careful about soleus/calf too. Overuse injury should be first concern.
11. Real secret : neck stability/ mobility to keep the head still in motion is important.
12. Real secret : Left arm is extremely important.
13. Real secret : learn the piatti method.
14. Underarm serve is extremely powerful if you work your agility, speed and mobility. Use the underarm serve wich bounce at the net height or under.
Nick, just wonder if Carlos is going back to his previous serve style, at least looks like in the Queens first match yesterday and his 1st serve in% was quite low in that match.
I just checked and it’s still the new style, same as FO
@@IntuitiveTennis Thanks for checking.
@ponglapwu2961 he wants a high % of 1st serve in on clay then grass
On grass he goes for more which results in the lower %
That is the reason of his hand injury couse he was and still hits mostly with his hand ,yes he did improve but still need to open more turn his shoulder more so he can use his hole body, that how u get power with your serve, Nadal was doing the same at the start of his career but he changed that motion too!Carlos still need to practice, watch Ivanisevic as left hand serve and Sampras right hand serve, watch how they open fully spread their wings shoulders turn ,legs push ,different styles but both perfect
Hey Nik, Great analysis, but I don't understand how you can say his old serve had no technical flaws in the beginning of your video and then contradict that by saying the new serve is technically better than the old. There is no doubt the new serve technically better. As you said, it creates more initial swing space, so will be easier on his arm (less rotator cuff impingement) and hold up better under pressure. Plus, it's easier for him to follow his serve into court -- straight toward the target. His old serve reminded me a bit of Tsitsipas' serve with the racket arm so close to the body. However, Carlos did not pitch left on the follow through like Tsitsipas (who is forced to "fall off" on the finish sometimes to create enough space to hit through the ball). Tsitsipas' spacing issues are definitely more extreme than Carlos' were.
I said no fundamental flaws but rather technical inefficiencies. The isolated elbow movement did NOT result in a racquet drop leak or suboptimal unloading. However, optimizing the serve (in his case, making is smoother and more continuous) is an interminable process even for someone as legendary as Carlos. I will make a Tsitsipas serve video soon…
Nick, in the wake of the Djokovic match with Musetti, can you talk on your next video about Djokovic’s overhead and why it’s a weaker part of his game? Especially when he serves so well. It’s a mystery to me.
I will dedicate a video to the Djokovic overhead…
@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you so much! Apologies for my duplicate comment on your other video.
i think old technigue, caused arm pain. Roddick had simular motion.
PS you mantioned also Roddick. Daniel Brands also used this technique
Second like 👍
But did you observe…
The net strap being crooked and bothering the whole video 🤣
Hopefully he will get more out of it with more practice. So far it doesn't seem like it has changed the fact that he always has to fight way too hard to win his own service games. There may be nothing strictly wrong with his serve, but it's just not a very effective weapon for him, so far.
Do u think this is better ?
Probably explains the elbow problem. Djokovic also had similar issues at the start when he changed his serve technique. The body needs time to adapt!
@pureffm personally don’t think this is why he had the elbow problem a elbow problem doesnt just pop up after 2 tournaments
Djokovic had a elbow problem for almost 3 years so nah
@@colethomas903 it could have triggered it and in the case of Djokovic it lasted for longer. In the months prior to the injury Carlos has increased his service speed tremendously.
That net is bothering my OCD lol
That’s a pickleball player net adjustment 😩
Nick, that's all fine, but isn't his biggest problem poor placement? His 200+km/h serves into the middle of the box do nothing.
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Poor placement? Alcaraz literally one of the best servers in tour (can look up the specific serve stats). Of course not on the same level as Hurkacz but it is up there with the best.
It was ironic 😅
please watch the last 2 service games of Alcaraz against Sinner in the latest roland garos final…..Sinner had no answer despite getting served on his right side and on the same spot thrice in a row ….
However, although he has improved his serve, it is still not as lethal a weapon as the other segments of his game or the serve of Edberg, Sampras and Federer. Their serves are much better because they don't waste much energy, a lot of easy points without playing long points, and that's exactly what Alcaraz lacks for his serve to be as high quality as theirs. With a powerful serve, he will prevent new injuries or be healthy in the long run, enable him to fight more easily without spending a lot of energy with tall players whose serve is a quality weapon, and he will be dominant on grass and concrete with a large number of titles, similar to clay. If he does not improve his service, he will have the same number of titles as Nadal on grass and concrete, or he will never win. He should bring to his staff a short tennis player similar to his height, for example Edberg, Sampras or Federer, to improve his serve or to copy their service technique. Best to take sampras for service.
I think the big hitch still IS a flaw and is why Alcaraz struggles with spot serving the corners. Almost can't believe this wasn't fixed over the last 15 years by team Ferrero.
@craigbuy8079 JFC hasn’t been with Carlos for 15 years your not very smart
When he burst into the scene and when he became no 1 and all that. I, as an amateur player, but with a good amount of theoretical knowledge of the game could clearly see that he serve was underdeveloped with technical glitches.
Good that he and his team are working on it.
I thought the changes in his serve were an attempt to prevent injuries? This new serve reduces hyper extension in his ligaments and muscles without losing too much power, accuracy and positioning for slices and kicks. Don't we all who play tennis know about these body aches?
The numbers say he has made absolutely no improvement compred to last year
It doesn't really matter about tech wonky. What matters is can he serve faster with more control throughout the match. Results are what matters he's not winning matches with style points. Roddick looked ugly as hell with that wind up toy delivery but his serve kept him in the money
Sampras has a very smooth motion. McEnroe’s motion is very awkward.
First as usual
Horrible serve? Wow! That's quite rich, coming from a 15 time grand slam winner 😂😂
Carlos serve will remain always horrible just like Rafa and any Spaniard they just cant serve.
Do they even teach tennis in Spain ?... BAD
Shut up sad bag
Not they don't teach tennis, they don't have any mayor or slam or numbers 1 ATP JAjajajajajaaj dude take off from your butt. And keep crying.
There is no fold on the arm or elbow at serve.