Every week I say I need to work in my serve. It's light years behind the rest of my game. This video is not only educational but inspirational. I'll be out with a basket of balls this weekend. Thank you.
This really resonated with me as I've struggled with my serve technique for over 20 years! I finally rebuilt my serve during covid and after 3 years of hard work, I have a solid serve motion. Can it be improved? Absolutely! Is my technique and serve better than before covid? Absolutely! Serving into a fence or serving from the service line really helped! Great video Cameron👍👊
Serving away from the tennis court was one of the key things that really helped me get the feeling for it! It’s so much hard work when you’re trying to change a muscle memory you’ve had for a long time but it makes it more rewarding when you finally do it! 😃
Thanks for sharing how you managed to dig yourself out of the 'paralysis through analysis' hole. Your serve definitely looks cleaner and more efficient which will more likely translate into better longevity and consistency.
Excellent video mate - interestingly I had the exact same situation with you on the waiter's tray when trying to 'knock a hat off my head'. Went down to the court the other day and tried your new technique (dropping the racquet more to my back) and added some massive pop on my serve. Thank you for the free tips!!!
Thank you! Expecting for the new serve to take a little bit of time to transfer into matchplay. It will be interesting to do have long this will take and if it improved my serve statistics. 😃
I think your videos/channel is great and you come across really well. Would love to do see you do a serve instruction video though with what you think are the key checkpoints and particularly TIMING of the different movements (if you have time or not bored by that idea!)
JMO, you have to gradually work from the abbreviated position step by step until you get to the full position. I’m guessing you have better than average range of motion in shoulder external rotation. Those of us with more limited range have no choice, we have to supinate first to get a decent racquet drop relative to our ROM.
I think you might be spot on here! I do have a bit of extra range/flexibility to most people. A lot of time it provides benefits, but here I think it was losing me power on my serve. 😃
funny thing is that I made exactly opposite change I used to knock the birthday hat but didnt really like that type of movement and change to that more open racket drop and I just like it more, maybe its a personal preference
That’s interesting! Yes for sure. Like I said in the video I think it’s all about experimentation and finding what works best for the individual. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! 😃
Really good looking serve. This may not help, but for me, I turn my shoulders parallel to the net in the lading and I look at the left side of the ball and come at the ball from the left to the ball and I get a lot more snap. I try not to come from the back of the ball. Somehow it works. This is not a slice or kick.
Very interesting. From my analysis of my own (far inferior serve) over the last three years of intensive work (after 50 years of serving awfully) I can attest to just how difficult is to change one's serve, I know what to do but I can't do it! I came to a similar realisation recently about the importance of leading with the elbow and having a very relaxed arm in the loading position. You are basically trying to crack a whip above you. I noticed in your abbreviated progression, you appeared to be muscling it. Forgive the criticism, but you were squatting more in the loading phase, but by the end of the video you weren't. The idea is that you are meant to keep your tail tucked in during loading which then allows greater elastic loading of your trunk when you turn your shoulders more than your hips. I wonder if the hyper angulation of your arm was to compensate for the lack of trunk loading? The other point you raised about letting the racquet drop from a more vertical position rather than pass over your head seems to generate more whip too. Jeff Salzenstein calls it "breaking the plane" which is an energy leak.
I love using the whip analogy when I am coaching the serve. It’s a great way to really visualise leading with the elbow. I definitely think I was muscling it before and this is something I’m still working on. I think maybe I was trying to force the loading position a little before whereas when I shifted the focus to the upper body I still had good weight distribution in my but didn’t try and force the position with the legs. That’s interesting! Seems like lots of people prefer the racket drop behind the head. As I said in the video, I think it’s all about experimentation and discovering what works best for the individual… as long as you have the fundamentals. Thanks for sharing some great insight! 😃
Is that little waiter tray movement really a problem? I think Federer Sampras also had loose wrist --> waiter tray, thats not really the same as waiter tray that amatours have cause it happens later on, wrist opens app a bit cause its loos right? I dont see a problem really
There are some players that open up their wrist on the racket drop. But, the majority of these players maintain a good elbow positioning. If I didn’t have the hyper angulation I probably would have left it. But by working on this movement, it helped reduce the elbow going past the shoulder which was the main focus. 😃
Every week I say I need to work in my serve. It's light years behind the rest of my game. This video is not only educational but inspirational. I'll be out with a basket of balls this weekend. Thank you.
I love this! Thank you for your kind words. I’m so glad that this video inspired you to go out and practice your own serve 😃
This really resonated with me as I've struggled with my serve technique for over 20 years!
I finally rebuilt my serve during covid and after 3 years of hard work, I have a solid serve motion.
Can it be improved? Absolutely!
Is my technique and serve better than before covid? Absolutely!
Serving into a fence or serving from the service line really helped!
Great video Cameron👍👊
Serving away from the tennis court was one of the key things that really helped me get the feeling for it! It’s so much hard work when you’re trying to change a muscle memory you’ve had for a long time but it makes it more rewarding when you finally do it! 😃
Thanks for sharing how you managed to dig yourself out of the 'paralysis through analysis' hole. Your serve definitely looks cleaner and more efficient which will more likely translate into better longevity and consistency.
Excellent video mate - interestingly I had the exact same situation with you on the waiter's tray when trying to 'knock a hat off my head'. Went down to the court the other day and tried your new technique (dropping the racquet more to my back) and added some massive pop on my serve. Thank you for the free tips!!!
This is so cool to hear! I’m glad this video was able to help you with your serve as well 😃
Interesting insight here Cam! Looking forward to seeing the changes you’ve made in future videos where you play matches!
Thank you! Expecting for the new serve to take a little bit of time to transfer into matchplay. It will be interesting to do have long this will take and if it improved my serve statistics. 😃
Thank you for sharing with us your experience and journey ❤
Thank you for watching and commenting! 😃
I think your videos/channel is great and you come across really well. Would love to do see you do a serve instruction video though with what you think are the key checkpoints and particularly TIMING of the different movements (if you have time or not bored by that idea!)
Thanks so much! Great suggestion. I will definitely do something like this in the future. 😃
JMO, you have to gradually work from the abbreviated position step by step until you get to the full position. I’m guessing you have better than average range of motion in shoulder external rotation. Those of us with more limited range have no choice, we have to supinate first to get a decent racquet drop relative to our ROM.
I think you might be spot on here! I do have a bit of extra range/flexibility to most people. A lot of time it provides benefits, but here I think it was losing me power on my serve. 😃
Great video bro and by the way when you are going to play ITF tournaments?
funny thing is that I made exactly opposite change I used to knock the birthday hat but didnt really like that type of movement and change to that more open racket drop and I just like it more, maybe its a personal preference
That’s interesting! Yes for sure. Like I said in the video I think it’s all about experimentation and finding what works best for the individual. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! 😃
Really good looking serve. This may not help, but for me, I turn my shoulders parallel to the net in the lading and I look at the left side of the ball and come at the ball from the left to the ball and I get a lot more snap. I try not to come from the back of the ball. Somehow it works. This is not a slice or kick.
Thanks so much 😃
Very interesting. From my analysis of my own (far inferior serve) over the last three years of intensive work (after 50 years of serving awfully) I can attest to just how difficult is to change one's serve, I know what to do but I can't do it!
I came to a similar realisation recently about the importance of leading with the elbow and having a very relaxed arm in the loading position. You are basically trying to crack a whip above you. I noticed in your abbreviated progression, you appeared to be muscling it. Forgive the criticism, but you were squatting more in the loading phase, but by the end of the video you weren't. The idea is that you are meant to keep your tail tucked in during loading which then allows greater elastic loading of your trunk when you turn your shoulders more than your hips. I wonder if the hyper angulation of your arm was to compensate for the lack of trunk loading?
The other point you raised about letting the racquet drop from a more vertical position rather than pass over your head seems to generate more whip too. Jeff Salzenstein calls it "breaking the plane" which is an energy leak.
I love using the whip analogy when I am coaching the serve. It’s a great way to really visualise leading with the elbow. I definitely think I was muscling it before and this is something I’m still working on.
I think maybe I was trying to force the loading position a little before whereas when I shifted the focus to the upper body I still had good weight distribution in my but didn’t try and force the position with the legs.
That’s interesting! Seems like lots of people prefer the racket drop behind the head. As I said in the video, I think it’s all about experimentation and discovering what works best for the individual… as long as you have the fundamentals.
Thanks for sharing some great insight! 😃
Hi Cameron, I'm planning to buy a PA98 . Can you tell your weight setup or what is the best setup for PA98. Especially for more power and control.
Is that little waiter tray movement really a problem? I think Federer Sampras also had loose wrist --> waiter tray, thats not really the same as waiter tray that amatours have cause it happens later on, wrist opens app a bit cause its loos right? I dont see a problem really
There are some players that open up their wrist on the racket drop. But, the majority of these players maintain a good elbow positioning. If I didn’t have the hyper angulation I probably would have left it. But by working on this movement, it helped reduce the elbow going past the shoulder which was the main focus. 😃
My biggest issue was the toss. Somehow it sorted itself out over time 🤷♂️
Yeah the toss is really the key for serving well in matches I think! Definitely something that still needs work for me. 😃
Which racquet have u got !? Whats the head size?
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