Tennis Serve Racquet Path - Linear vs Circular
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2013
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The key to developing really effective tennis serve technique is accelerating the racquet along the circular path. Most club and junior tennis players visualize the racquet path in a very linear way and do not achieve the maximum angular momentum of the racquet. Another idea to have in mind is the imagine accelerating the tip of the racquet rather than the face of the racquet. You should feel the pull of the racquet rather than pushing or hitting the ball. 
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One of the best break downs of the serve motion on RUclips! Please keep your vidoes coming....ignore the negativity in the comments :)
Thank you so much for your great comprehensive analysis about the serve , I will try to get this in mind next time , looks like I have more work to do ☺️ ,thank you again Thomas 👍🏻❤️
That's excellent! You're a great teacher! I never thought of it that way, "...pulling not pushing the serve" that makes so much sense. Thank you.
You are a truly brilliant teacher; and you describe things very vividly.
after 1,5 year of hard working I began to feel being pulled by the racquet during serve. it's a great feeling . thank you Mr Thomasz
Your vids have been soooo helpful. My serve improved dramatically after watching 3 of your vids, including one on serving drills. Thanks!
Great information...thanks for taking the time to put this out.
Very well explained!!! I thought I had tried every technique under the sun man.... THX!!
Thank you so much. It's nice to know the physics of the proper serve.
You changed my life Feel Tennis Instruction! I just have to practiced tennis serves more often. Thanks to this video, now I now the difference between linear and circular. Thank you very much!
Also, I would love to submit my tennis serve video to you in order for you to look up my errors. Thanks again!
Good Job! Very helpful... next time on the court I will try your instructions...Thank You!
Thanks for the different way to think about the serve motion. I love the 3 balls in a grocery bag drill - has me hitting the ball at it's peak more than not.
This is one of the great serve vidios by Tomaz that revolutionized my serve. Momentum in the serve is the most important vidio for me.
Good
This was such an awesome video! It's such a treat when someone clearly knows what he's talking about AND can present it in a digestible manner.
If the purpose of a linear path (keeping racquet face steady) during groundstrokes is to adjust for varying conditions of the incoming ball, can I assume that a circular path is preferable if a player has all the time in the world to prepare?
It would seem Federer and Nadal with their smooth, whippy forehands take advantage of this more than others.
This was a nice view of the Serve. Fine explanation. Thanks!
Awesome video, awesome tennis instruction. You are doing a great job. Thanks so much!
Hi friend, be carefull what u tell! I have broken my racket when trying this but I feel also something changing my serve speed, thank all your videos really helpfull...
Kadir Turgan A broken racquet is something to be celebrated.
Nice, clear explanation of the difference between the racquet path on the serve and the groundstrokes.
Dire Wolf
Excellent Tip and great explanation. You're awesome...
You really know what you are doing .
Great clip , well explained .
Two thumbs up for this excellent lesson!!
the rope part of this video very makes sense, very helpful...Other techniques will not make sense unless you understand the principle of whipping the rope.. Anyway thank you very much
Great video! Thank you!
I UNDERSTAND EVERYTING. NOW I GONE COMPOSE MY MUSIC WITH THE RACKET. I HOPE I GONE BE SUCCESSED. WISH YOU THE BEST AS A TECHNICAL TEACHER.
excellent video , excellent ideas here, great ideas are often simple like this
This is a great video, thank you, Thomas :)
Hi,
Thanks for the video, great tutorial. The only thing I found challenging about this is to know when I am doing the "proper" way and not. Are there some guidelines you can recommend please? How do I know that I am training on the proper technique and when it "feels right"?
Looking forward to your reply and thanks again for the tips.
Same in golf..legs hips shoulders arms hands and follow circular path following centrifugal force for serves and golf drives. Same linear path in shorter motions for golf pitching and forehands etc. Linear gives accuracy circular gives speed.
this is me ;) n1, thumbs up for you guys and for everyone playin this game
great stuff very well explained , so different thinking now, one knows the kinetic chain while busy with that surf motion
Very good. Thanks for posting.
Great video, kudos!
Fantastic video!! Exact problem I was having.. Corrected! 😄🙏🙏🙏
Awesome vid. Much appreciated.
bravo!! thank you.
Nice points to consider. Thanks!
Throwing and being pulled, not pushing....
What a good point. Thank you.
Great!!!...You are the best man!!!!....Thanks for your tips. Regards
Great explanation!
very helpful skill!!
Thank you Thomas!
Thanks for the video!
another good one...thanks!
Great video, thanks.
Great video. The circular motion serve feels right. Is the circular technique the same principal as what is called the Sampras snap and wrist release when pronating?
The reason why you hold your position during the forehand contact point is because if you snap your wrist for more pace you will ultimately injure your wrist. Believe me, I have tried this before. The serve is different because you are pronating your entire arm so you don’t injure your wrist.
Get feel of racket pull..great tip.. really working :-)
Hi Tomaz,
Great Video!
Arturo
thank you..good teacher...
where can I buy the training tool? thanks
Thank you, very useful
If you have time, can u talk about using the shoulder in the serve?...I mostly use my right arm to serve but I I heard someone talking about swiveling the shoulder and creating a longer lever (left shoulder to right hand) on the serve by leaning the torso left
Very nice video, thank's.
Thanks for posting the video. :)
Nice tip,thanks
Hi,
One thing wrong in this video is how you say that all pros keep their rackets still during their shots. Although you're not wrong, they do remain horizontally still, but the vertical increase is much greater. This is due to the amount of topspin pros hit, plus the entire existence of the "pre-stretch" (which ALL pros use) would refute your statement about ground strokes.
Yes, people don't understand pronation usually. And if you try to tell them, they will wind up trying too hard and thinking too much.
It's an advantage to have played a sport like baseball because of the throwing motion. I just suggest people put down the racquet and throw the arm very loosely; as if their arm is going to fly away from the shoulder. If they're loose, the pronation will happen naturally. That way they are more confident knowing pronation is natural instead of forced.
Excellent
I have a question - your racket seems to be light-to-mid weight power racket, that is why when you performing unlocked swing - your swing has more speed - thus - more power. My question is - I am more of a control-racket fan. Currently I am playing with "Head YOUTEK Graphene Speed Pro" which has 330g weight (love it btw :) ) - my question is - since it is control racket - can I generate generate more power with unlocked serve? And since my swing is slow - should i throw ball higher?
thank you so much.
excellent where are u located??
my serving arm really hurts (temporarily) while doing serve drills 50-55.
the area is my rotator cuff I think cause because of that the area under my biceps really hurts
please advise
maybe this serve path will help
it is poor form. you need to engineer your shoulder out of the technique and allow the power to come from your body and legs and let the shoulder and arm be the passenger. watch and try to implement his video on the concept of 'shoulder over shoulder', pretty much stopped me having rotator cuff pain. also record yourself serving, it'll help you understand what you're doing
Ahmed Annas My rotator cuft has been torn and it still gets easily tweaked on my serves but I found that doing less pronation helps it drastically even though it's slows down the serve my shoulder hurts way less at the end of the stroke
Good advice..thx
very good. thx
so power on the ground stroke comes from the torso turn ...not arm ??
exactly right !
great lesson thanx
enlighten now thanks,
waw, its very smart for me, and tq
Hi, very good video. The guy is trying to say very important tips, about the swing, stop watching his feet - foot fault?!?! You are funny. This circle is well none as pronation, but if I say pronation to my students, they are afraid how difficult is. So circle is what I liked.
You still missing most important part the angle depending on 1st or 2nd serve
This of excellent
But why do you step on the line and even further when you're teaching how to serve?
We are not trying to keep the racquet steady in the forehand, it's the same as the serve, the wrist is free to accelerate
Do you see wrist freely accelerating through contact here? ruclips.net/video/gyZxjDlmp2I/видео.html
My serve is still very poor, how can i improve
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8:22 why doesn't my racquet make that sound when I hit the ball
4x4Productionz That's because you don't hit the ball with the center of the raquet.
Did he say he was teaching where to stand when serving? I missed that part.
LOL
locked and unlocked I understand. But their is such a big difference between the two. The biggest problem a pusher has isn't in the wrist but in the elbow they don't have any shoulder rotation at all! because the elbow stays in front of the body the whole motion all the time. this is pushing the real pushing serve. I would really put a warning sign with this video if you think you can do this from a video alone... you could be faced with some nasty injuries. you should always mention that your coach at your local club can help you achieve this or help you with your serve. Your example should be better, you should know the kinetic energy needs time and space to disappear, a motions that stops in front of you is always to short it's a tennis arm waiting to happen. Even with the wrist and shoulder rotation as you demonstrate should finish far behind the left hip for a right handed player. The pronation of the wrist facing out isn't necessary for unlocked serve,
probably mentioned before but geez at least demonstrate this without foot faulting, everything else right on target. Also keeping the racket on "edge" doing the figure 8 with the racket
if want the master the art of serving just keep serving 100 serves per day.
like, good
Maywheather
Thanks!
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HI, How do you get a player attitude?
pros like federer let the tip swing through the ball this is missguiding
Foot fault
Lol to do the thing with the balls just put tennis balls in a sock haha works just the same
He's not playing a match, Sherlock.
Xie xie !!
racket, not racquet - that usage is archaic in English.
He foot faults with every demo :-(
Foot faults lol
dood what the hek are you talking about accurate serve u always foot fault
foot fault