3 Drills to Slice like a Pro
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- If your Having trouble on your slice serve, here are 3 simple and measurable drills to actually help with hitting more effective slice serves. only equipment needed is a pole and a few cones. Have Fun😁
Top notch coaching.
Thank you😁 hope it helps
Your videos are pure gold!
Thank you for sharing with us
happy to be able to help
The pole is a great Idea, Very simple, easy to see the results. The second, turning all the way till you see the back fence, easy to follow. Thanks Will.
You are welcome 😁 if it's too complicated, it's tougher to apply, so I try to keep it simple
Very good, clear and useful instructions!
My opinion is you are providing the best videos/lessons on RUclips!
I wish I could take personal lessons from you.
That's a big compliment 🙏thank you😁
This is such a great idea! Thanks : )
Clear and interesting lesson. Thank you!
Glad you got something from it 😁
Oh wow!! I can’t wait to go practice these tips, great video & u mentioned things I have never heard before like the bending legs with hips going forward & shoulder movement👍 thank u for sharing!!
My pleasure 😁
Quality content delivered in a clear and concise manner. You got my sub and thumbs up! If you allow me a suggestion, if you put a source of light behind the camera directed at you, the video quality would improve considerably.
Thank you. I'll look into a front light to use. Any suggestions for a good one?
@@ironwilltennis There are portable LED lights on tripods made specifically for video. They are inexpensive, some are USB-charged and can be found at Aliexpress or Amazon. Lights with diffusers are preferable as the fill in dark underlit spots without throwing shadows. Really worth the investment as you channel has a great potencial. Right now your camera is struggling with the court's flood lighting and you end up being under exposed. This also affects the resolution of your videos, as the camera tries to compensate for the excessive contrast. I'm no expert in photography, but I hope this info helps. As a 5.0ish competitive senior and hobby coach I'm impressed by your articulate and analytical delivery and wish you the best of luck with you channel.
Excellent drills
Glas to hear it 🙏 I hope you got something from it
exceptional illustration!!
Thank you😁 hope it helped👍
As a lefty I love this... that being said I have a hard time modulating spin/speed so this is good to practice. I kind of like the wide serve and then the body serve w/ a lot of action. The other thing that's hard is I can hit good spin but then when I add the legs and shoulder tilt, I get more pace but lose out on the precision and spin.
Don't know if you had a chance to check out thus one but I talked about that exact issue in this video. Hope it helps if you want to check it out
m.ruclips.net/video/zEPYmUeK25g/видео.html
Excellent video! 🎾⭐
02:00 With regard to the 2 reference markers: (1) the attached broomstick and (2) the fixed net metal pole to the right.
The drill involves trying to go around the broomstick and land in the alley. First, try getting it to land anywhere in the alley and then progress to getting it to land *short* in the alley and within 21 feet of the net (within the service box). Got that.
But what is the purpose of the net metal pole marker? Not clear on that. Is it to establish an outer limit? i.e. if the ball travels *wide* of that metal pole in the air , it has no chance of curving back and landing back into the alley, especially if the target is the service box alley. 🤔
Also, a suggestion for future lesson:
Demonstrate both (1) a wide serve from the Deuce and (2) a flat serve wide from the Deuce. i.e. *the serve has the exact same landing position in both instances* but in the first case, the ball travels straight after the bounce and in the second case, it bounces wide... If possible, show slow motion of the racquet face at contact. IMO, the lesson will show that *at contact* , the racquet face position is identical for both flat and slice serves to the same target.
The only difference is the follow thru *after* contact. That would be the main point of the lesson. Most video instruction only shows a slice serve wide to the Deuce and a flat serve down the Deuce T, which is an apples and oranges comparison.
This video sort of alludes to this with the green and blue cones. Green representing a flattish spinny serve bouncing relatively straight ahead and blue representing a really spinny wide-bouncing serve. But the landing positions of the green and blue serves were a few feet apart. I wish to see a flat serve and slice serve with the exact same landing position.
I get what you're saying. I can clean that up for you in another video. But to answer your first question. The pole is meant to set a standard point of reference to be sure that you are in fact increasing the curve the ball is taking through the air. The further to the left you step, the further away the pole is thus your curve would need to be more severe in order to still have the ball fall within the target area. Then you would a a clear understanding of how dramatic your slice will bend through the air and off of the court
@@ironwilltennis Thanks. My observation is that from the same landing position (e.g., Deuce corner -- intersection of service box and singles sideline) the serve will sometimes travel pretty much straight ahead after the bounce while other times travel very wide after the bounce. All from that exact same Deuce corner landing position.
I think about hitting the right side of the ball in order to hit the Deuce corner target, whether it be a flat or slice serve. That seems to work ok.
The challenge is trying to control the degree of spin (revolutions). Serve will hit the target location but bounce flatter than intended. Or serve will hit the same target location and go spinnier than intended.
I love that pole drill making the ball come back inside the court. It makes sense and you can see the results of what you are trying to do. I wish I would have found your channel a long time ago. Just curious... what part of the country are you in and is there a school for students to learn that you teach lessons?
I'm on the east coast. Pennsylvania new jersey
@@ironwilltennis I'm east coast too, more like suburbs of DC. I'll keep watching though. Thanks for the personal reply.
Great Video! My question is about grip and contact point on the ball. Are you using a true Continental grip? Where are you contacting the ball 2 - 3 o'clock? Your swing is effortless, and I noticed how the ball kept curving left after the bounce"''' the 2nd Serve video was great too!
Yes I'm using a real continental (no cheating) and I'm hitting at 2 o'clock. That way you get upwards trajectory as well. Hope that helped 🙏
Hi Will, great video as usual!
what made you switch away from Radical MP?
Great racquet, it just didn't feel great when I switched to a 1 hand backhand
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