This wasn't a serve video: This was a serve CLINIC!!!!! One of the best I have ever seen!!! I coach high school tennis in Salt Lake City. Rock solid advice, and I am sure to use it; not just for my players, but for me😏 Thank you!!
Top notch, as usual. Practical, no fluff, real tips. Could you please expand in one of your future videos on the last point - controlling serve placement and consistency with spin and other a bit more advanced approaches.
Your videos are always top notch. Follow your videos and your stations etc. and there is no where else to go. I am a 4.5-5 player and you are helping me fine tune stuff I never knew. I am 65 and you make it so easy to understand and then implement. And zi have looked at hundreds of videos in the last 2 years. I never had a lesson before I started using RUclips, so I can't say that anymore. Thanks so much.
Thank you Coach Ryan, 64 y/o 4.5 player and have struggled with toss consistency. Your idea to turn palm sideways absolutely has helped with consistent placement of my toss on first and second serves, flat, kick, and slice so I am more balanced after hitting the serve, too.
Holding the ball like a water glass improved my toss consistency tremendously. Great tip on the sequence for turning your shoulders before the toss. Thanks for the tips.
Something my coach had me do way back in high school was get down on one knee and then throw millions of balls over the net. He insisted that to be a good server, you needed to understand that you are hitting up on the ball and that the spin is what brings it back down. What's interesting though is that he never taught the coiling motion. I did down together, up together motion for a good while, but over time it naturally evolved into the coiling motion you demonstrate in this video as a result of the throwing motion drill. By the time I graduated high school, I was serving 120 to 125 without much effort and could put the ball pretty much anywhere I wanted to put it. I'm just getting back into tennis after a 10 year hiatus, so thanks for putting this video together. Was a nice refresher for me!
Loved the tips - especially the toss and slight slice. For those of us who don’t have a kick serve, this helps the consistency of the second serve also as it’s a repeat.
Sir I am From INDIA 🇮🇳 and have started playing tennis at the age of 35, it’s been 7 days I hv strtd playing and after applying you tricks and techniques this game looks so easy. Just want to thank you for these wonderful videos.Stay Healthy and Stay Blessed 🙏.
I'm a beginner and I constantly hit the ball a little beyond the service line. Any tips on improving that? Maybe a whole video about it :) Thanks for the great work, Ryan!
Something I struggled with that everyone should be aware of: it's easy to think that since we want to hit the serve forward, we should also attempt to make the racquet travel forward at great speeds. This isn't wrong, but I ended up exaggerating the forward component of the racquet speed and forgetting about the very important upward component. If you are struggling to clear the net, maybe your racket is not traveling upwards enough to meet the ball. Something that helped me to fix this is to look at the ball in the air and keep the tossing arm pointed towards the ball until the split second before contact.
I didnt use a birthday hat but as soon as I tried to slice over my head my serve just unlocked. It felt like I was throwing a lasso, so it was very weird but apparently it look correct and the serve just came in the box way more easily. Great stuff.
Thanks for your great video. Really like the two tennis ball tip to make me coil. Wondering if you could do a lesson on the ideal height of the toss and best location for toss.
@@2MinuteTennis I was able to record my serves and have been serving with pronation now (was doing flat or surnation this whole time) and feels much better. Didn't realize I was doing the waiter pose until watching the recording- couldn't figure out why it was impossible to hit the birthday hat. Making great progress, thanks!
Your teaching technique is awesome. I wonder if you have some advice on how one can hit the ball at the highest elevation. I find myself hitting that ball when my arm is not fully extended. Tx.
Great video, Ryan. I've learned a lot from your other videos and this one is no exception. I plan on trying out the "water glass" toss technique. BTW - I believe the guy in the blue shorts on the next court can benefit tremendously from your tips - I hope he finds this video. No more waiter's tray! (13:31)
Appreciate valuable tips. You may also add whether the tossing arm must be outstretched or flexed, and at what angle with respect to base line the tossing arm must be stretched. Height of the ball release is also crucial.
Great tips. Love the water in glass example. Been playing for years and stuck at 3.5. My toss , my arm motion , my body motion is wrong. I wish I had some training when I started. So hard to unlearn wrong things when they are in muscle memory. I will keep trying though.
It feels like all the tennis topics have been covered to death in the tennis instructional youtube world but havent heard anyone tackle this one. Could you do a video on how to identify your opponents grip (continental, eastern, semiwestern and western) from across the court. I cant seem to figure out what my opponents grip is from so far away - so maybe some tips or tricks to quickly identify the grips they are using on say on groundstrokes, volleys, overheads and serve. Then relate it to what the inherent advantages/disadvantages of that grip is so you can come up with a gameplan as to how to better attack them based on that information. Love the channel. Thanks!
This helped a lot. Lots of things to think about in just a second so practice is needed! Especially when you start older I guess... oh yeah, what I always ask my opponents after the game: what was the least worrying about my game? Things to work on!
Very useful tips as usual. I´ve been practicing your checkpoints and my serve got better in two weeks. Serving became more easy and relaxed. But I need to confess that I´m making too many doble fault and I think is because, after 30 years serving the wrong way, I have to adjust my timing. I have another question and I didn't find the answer in your lessons. I´ve noticed that pro level players extend their tossing arm for a long period. Should I try to copy this kind of movement? Thank you very much!
I cant coil very much... my lower and side back starts to hurt . From where do I get the power if I cant coil all the time and all the way ? Love the videos, stay healthy
It's been a while since I last done tennis lessons and I have no idea when I will again if I even do so, but if I do, hopefully this will help me hit less stupid double faults, though I can still pull a rabbit out of my hat in some of those service games in which I double fault in.
I tried both and I like Stan Wawrinka's serve better because it is very simple to do. But if I want to hit a powerful serve like Sam Groth I would definitely coil more to get more energy and speed.
Hi Ryan this is Jay I love watching your videos and I also play tennis. You videos serve really helped but did you know that I can serve perfectly like Stan Wawrinka. When we serve he always put his hands up together. He does not coil at all.
good video, my biggest problem is racket drop does not happen naturally, I have to do it, and my arm drops the racket often independently before I can get shoulder to turn, I hit my back often in my drop, try to keep grip lose and arm, sometimes not so bad, but lack any consistency. And I try to do your swing path, hitting shoulder and elbow does not lead, can you do a video for this issue? I just start my serve from trophy position and palm stays down
For the toss I adopted the Feel Tennis toss and slightly improved on it. I had very little success with the full water glass method just feels tremendously awkward. So what I do is cup the ball on the base of the fingers (squeezed together) while gently squeezing with my thumb and pinky finger for added control of the spin. I can loft the ball motionless but resist the tendency to roll the ball off the fingers when placing your toss deeper into the court. I had a huge argument with a hitting partner about tossing the ball high ala DelPotro fashion. Years later to this day we still disagree. Point being whatever works best for you. Man can I ever increase pace on my serve when I toss into the court. Takes plenty of practice but worth it.
I've subscribed to your channel and bought the Top Spin Pro through your affiliate link. Can you tell me the name and number of your indoor facility there? I'm possibly going to build one here in my city and I need to ask for some advice from someone who has done it already. Thanks in advance.
Hey Ryan, I don't quite understand the initial turn. I start my serve like Fed, facing the side already and toss parallel to the baseline. So I don't understand why you need to face your target and then turn away if you start like I do. Thanks.
Thank you for your contents. I have seen your tips from 1 week before in Korea! It seems for me to be very useful such as birthday hat, rotate, the meaning of pronation at impact etc. If possible, please insert some important moving actions with slow video version. that would be more effective understanding to some peoples of foreign countries like me. ;; ^^
I'm doing so many double fault and frustrating. Seems like I have a problem in tossing and placing in the wrong side. What should be the eye ball Contact during serve ? Pls help
about the toss, i usually toss alot higher than you do, is there a right or wrong in this? I noticed that your contact point is at the apex of your toss, and when I serve, because I toss the ball so high, the contact point is when the ball is alreay falling.
A deep drop isn’t the most important thing of the serve. Is long as you’ve got the grip, bday hat knock off, and on edge going up to the ball you should be good. 👍
Yes and No - the "coil" action should not be overstated. The majority of power and torque come from the lower body drive. You mention pitching: please watch a Tom Seaver or Nolan Ryan for examples of large leg muscles generating power.
Hey thanks for the messages. Unfortunately the legs supply a small percentage of serve power. If you’ve ever tried serving on your knees you’ll see how faster you can serve without legs. I’ve served 97mph on my knees. I’m not saying leg drive isn’t important. But to say the “majority of power and torque come from the lower body drive” is simply not true. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to serve 97mph on my knees.
And I can can hit a golf ball 250 yards from my knees with fancy modern equipment...that doesn't mean the lower body isn't still the most effective and efficient generator of repetitive kinetic power. Physiologists and exercise therapists all understand that the leg muscles are FAR more reliable as levers. Watch the classic service power of a Stan Smith or an Edberg. The only time the legs "supply a small percentage of serve power" is when the service action itself is under-optimized and "muscled" at the expense of a total body motion.
ALthough I am a beginner.. your stuff is fucking good.. As I never listen to conventional coach.. as they still believe that he globe is square...from the book..
Just watched Sara Errani (and her notoriously odd serve) in her latest match. I was looking for her to "knock off the birthday hat". Not. Even. Close. Send her a hat?
This was good until you showed yourself serving the whole motion . ..but too quickly. I couldn’t see the party hat being knocked off. It is all a blurred motion, Please provide a slow motion shot of party hat hit…..otherwise it’s no help at all for me . Thanks
Hi Christine. Thanks for watching here’s a video that shows it in Slow motion. Skip to the 16:40 mark of this video. ruclips.net/video/Ggwb3C46CsA/видео.htmlsi=iykBAfVf_Kx-Ips5
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5 Common Serve Mistakes (How to Fix Them)
You have a gift for teaching! Your use of analogies and tools (ie hat) make concepts easy to understand.
This wasn't a serve video: This was a serve CLINIC!!!!! One of the best I have ever seen!!! I coach high school tennis in Salt Lake City. Rock solid advice, and I am sure to use it; not just for my players, but for me😏 Thank you!!
so good hey
One of the best service videos I've seen
Top notch, as usual. Practical, no fluff, real tips.
Could you please expand in one of your future videos on the last point - controlling serve placement and consistency with spin and other a bit more advanced approaches.
Your videos are always top notch. Follow your videos and your stations etc. and there is no where else to go. I am a 4.5-5 player and you are helping me fine tune stuff I never knew. I am 65 and you make it so easy to understand and then implement. And zi have looked at hundreds of videos in the last 2 years. I never had a lesson before I started using RUclips, so I can't say that anymore. Thanks so much.
Thank you Coach Ryan,
64 y/o 4.5 player and have struggled with toss consistency. Your idea to turn palm sideways absolutely has helped with consistent placement of my toss on first and second serves, flat, kick, and slice so I am more balanced after hitting the serve, too.
My son has a waiters tray serve and your tips on how to fix it plus the ball toss are fantastic
In my opinion, Ryan is one of the best out there. I have taken my game to the next level just by watching him.
Ashish
Wow thank you so much!!!!
agree...amazing and great to listen to
Holding the ball like a water glass improved my toss consistency tremendously. Great tip on the sequence for turning your shoulders before the toss. Thanks for the tips.
Glen I’m so glad to hear that tip helped you. 👍
Something my coach had me do way back in high school was get down on one knee and then throw millions of balls over the net. He insisted that to be a good server, you needed to understand that you are hitting up on the ball and that the spin is what brings it back down. What's interesting though is that he never taught the coiling motion. I did down together, up together motion for a good while, but over time it naturally evolved into the coiling motion you demonstrate in this video as a result of the throwing motion drill. By the time I graduated high school, I was serving 120 to 125 without much effort and could put the ball pretty much anywhere I wanted to put it. I'm just getting back into tennis after a 10 year hiatus, so thanks for putting this video together. Was a nice refresher for me!
Loved the tips - especially the toss and slight slice. For those of us who don’t have a kick serve, this helps the consistency of the second serve also as it’s a repeat.
I’m so glad you liked the video. Have a great day!!!
Hey , i really struggle to hit flat serve on the ad side of the court with this continental grip , can you please help me to get it fixed.
Sir I am From INDIA 🇮🇳 and have started playing tennis at the age of 35, it’s been 7 days I hv strtd playing and after applying you tricks and techniques this game looks so easy. Just want to thank you for these wonderful videos.Stay Healthy and Stay Blessed 🙏.
I'm a beginner and I constantly hit the ball a little beyond the service line. Any tips on improving that? Maybe a whole video about it :)
Thanks for the great work, Ryan!
Wonderful way to teach the service motion. Coiling and not the other way.
I am a tennis coach in India and will incorporate this drill.
Thank you
Great communicator - fast-paced and full of great information - many thanks
Wow. Thank you Dale. What a compliment. Thank you so much!!!
Something I struggled with that everyone should be aware of: it's easy to think that since we want to hit the serve forward, we should also attempt to make the racquet travel forward at great speeds. This isn't wrong, but I ended up exaggerating the forward component of the racquet speed and forgetting about the very important upward component. If you are struggling to clear the net, maybe your racket is not traveling upwards enough to meet the ball. Something that helped me to fix this is to look at the ball in the air and keep the tossing arm pointed towards the ball until the split second before contact.
Love it James. So important. Thanks for the comment and support!!
Thank you Ryan, a great tip for the erratic toss!
Some of the best tips. Not just this video. Big Fan. Thanks.
Omg the birthday hat trick SAVED my serve!!
I thought the cone was the goofiest cue ever till I tried it today--sir. I'm about to start wearing birthday cones to matches. BRILLIANT.
Perfect instructionvideo Ryan, your explanation skills are impressive!
Wow thank you max
Fantastic. I will try especially Nr. 2 and 3.
Excited to try all of these tips!
I didnt use a birthday hat but as soon as I tried to slice over my head my serve just unlocked. It felt like I was throwing a lasso, so it was very weird but apparently it look correct and the serve just came in the box way more easily. Great stuff.
Great tip. Pros do this as well in reference to spin on the first serve.
I'm having problem with my toss, this video really helps.
Thanks for your great video. Really like the two tennis ball tip to make me coil. Wondering if you could do a lesson on the ideal height of the toss and best location for toss.
Def. making a toss video this week! Thanks so much!
Great video, been wanting to reconstruct my serve and your videos are helpful, thank you. The thumbs down came from viewers that are also unicorns.
Haha great comment about the thumbs down. Ha. Thanks and let me know how your serve goes. 👍
@@2MinuteTennis I was able to record my serves and have been serving with pronation now (was doing flat or surnation this whole time) and feels much better. Didn't realize I was doing the waiter pose until watching the recording- couldn't figure out why it was impossible to hit the birthday hat. Making great progress, thanks!
very amazing thanks... my serve have improved very fast
Your teaching technique is awesome. I wonder if you have some advice on how one can hit the ball at the highest elevation. I find myself hitting that ball when my arm is not fully extended. Tx.
Great video, Ryan. I've learned a lot from your other videos and this one is no exception. I plan on trying out the "water glass" toss technique. BTW - I believe the guy in the blue shorts on the next court can benefit tremendously from your tips - I hope he finds this video. No more waiter's tray! (13:31)
Ryan, great ideas. Keep it up.
Thanks so much!!
Good fixes, esp. in addressing the use of the Cone hat for the waiter’s tray problem.
Appreciate valuable tips. You may also add whether the tossing arm must be outstretched or flexed, and at what angle with respect to base line the tossing arm must be stretched. Height of the ball release is also crucial.
Congrats for your work. Really amazing tips.
Wow. Great Tips . Thank you very much
Great tips. Love the water in glass example. Been playing for years and stuck at 3.5. My toss , my arm motion , my body motion is wrong. I wish I had some training when I started. So hard to unlearn wrong things when they are in muscle memory. I will keep trying though.
It feels like all the tennis topics have been covered to death in the tennis instructional youtube world but havent heard anyone tackle this one. Could you do a video on how to identify your opponents grip (continental, eastern, semiwestern and western) from across the court. I cant seem to figure out what my opponents grip is from so far away - so maybe some tips or tricks to quickly identify the grips they are using on say on groundstrokes, volleys, overheads and serve.
Then relate it to what the inherent advantages/disadvantages of that grip is so you can come up with a gameplan as to how to better attack them based on that information.
Love the channel. Thanks!
Thanks a ton Ryan You actually taught me the right way the right steps coz I am a beginner
This helped a lot. Lots of things to think about in just a second so practice is needed! Especially when you start older I guess... oh yeah, what I always ask my opponents after the game: what was the least worrying about my game? Things to work on!
They all do this. Here Zverev is showing it ruclips.net/user/shortsmE-0qg7kD4w?si=8MvMyalLaQn9KdQc
It sounds smart. I'll try them as soon as I can. Thank you
Thank you so much!! Keep me posted!!!
Super tips om een constante service techniek je eigen te maken👍👍👍
Very useful tips as usual. I´ve been practicing your checkpoints and my serve got better in two weeks. Serving became more easy and relaxed. But I need to confess that I´m making too many doble fault and I think is because, after 30 years serving the wrong way, I have to adjust my timing. I have another question and I didn't find the answer in your lessons. I´ve noticed that pro level players extend their tossing arm for a long period. Should I try to copy this kind of movement? Thank you very much!
Wow congrats on the improved serve! Yes, keep your tossing arm up until the legs drive up/you knock off the birthday hat.
Great job in overall presentation. keep it up!
Comme toujours, une excellente vidéo. Thanks
I like your videos first by default, then watch them..because I know for sure they will be good
Thanks for a great video!
I cant coil very much... my lower and side back starts to hurt . From where do I get the power if I cant coil all the time and all the way ? Love the videos, stay healthy
Don’t worry about the coil. You get her plenty of speed if you can’t be loose and knock off the bday hat.
It's been a while since I last done tennis lessons and I have no idea when I will again if I even do so, but if I do, hopefully this will help me hit less stupid double faults, though I can still pull a rabbit out of my hat in some of those service games in which I double fault in.
My arm usually hurts after serving, so I hope these tips will help me....thanks
I tried both and I like Stan Wawrinka's serve better because it is very simple to do. But if I want to hit a powerful serve like Sam Groth I would definitely coil more to get more energy and speed.
Genius
Hi Ryan this is Jay I love watching your videos and I also play tennis. You videos serve really helped but did you know that I can serve perfectly like Stan Wawrinka. When we serve he always put his hands up together. He does not coil at all.
Really struggling with my first serve
Excited to try it out tomorrow
This video helped a lot
Today was a much better day on court
Serving consistent first 7/10 times
Thanks for the great tip
super good explanation thanks!
Thank you so much!!
good video, my biggest problem is racket drop does not happen naturally, I have to do it, and my arm drops the racket often independently before I can get shoulder to turn, I hit my back often in my drop, try to keep grip lose and arm, sometimes not so bad, but lack any consistency. And I try to do your swing path, hitting shoulder and elbow does not lead, can you do a video for this issue? I just start my serve from trophy position and palm stays down
For the toss I adopted the Feel Tennis toss and slightly improved on it. I had very little success with the full water glass method just feels tremendously awkward. So what I do is cup the ball on the base of the fingers (squeezed together) while gently squeezing with my thumb and pinky finger for added control of the spin. I can loft the ball motionless but resist the tendency to roll the ball off the fingers when placing your toss deeper into the court. I had a huge argument with a hitting partner about tossing the ball high ala DelPotro fashion. Years later to this day we still disagree. Point being whatever works best for you. Man can I ever increase pace on my serve when I toss into the court. Takes plenty of practice but worth it.
Thx. Many good tips.
Another great video, thanks! PS. The sound drops at 11mins...
holding the ball like a glass of water really helps, thank you
I’m so glad to hear that!
I've subscribed to your channel and bought the Top Spin Pro through your affiliate link. Can you tell me the name and number of your indoor facility there? I'm possibly going to build one here in my city and I need to ask for some advice from someone who has done it already. Thanks in advance.
Hey Ryan, I don't quite understand the initial turn. I start my serve like Fed, facing the side already and toss parallel to the baseline. So I don't understand why you need to face your target and then turn away if you start like I do. Thanks.
Thank you for your contents. I have seen your tips from 1 week before in Korea! It seems for me to be very useful such as birthday hat, rotate, the meaning of pronation at impact etc. If possible, please insert some important moving actions with slow video version. that would be more effective understanding to some peoples of foreign countries like me. ;; ^^
I'm doing so many double fault and frustrating. Seems like I have a problem in tossing and placing in the wrong side. What should be the eye ball Contact during serve ? Pls help
Thanks ...how do i know how high to toss?
Wow, where were you 2 years ago when we started playing tennis ? :-) Great tips !
Very helpful thx
about the toss, i usually toss alot higher than you do, is there a right or wrong in this? I noticed that your contact point is at the apex of your toss, and when I serve, because I toss the ball so high, the contact point is when the ball is alreay falling.
I bought a birthday hat to try this out but ended up knocking my head off 🥺
So glad t know the birthday hat worked for you.
Holding ball as glass of water works for me, I picked that tip up from a You Tube video by someone else.
What should you do if you're knocking the birthday hat off in this way but still not developing a deep racket drop?
A deep drop isn’t the most important thing of the serve. Is long as you’ve got the grip, bday hat knock off, and on edge going up to the ball you should be good. 👍
can you always add a slow motion with your lesson please. thank you.
Yes and No - the "coil" action should not be overstated. The majority of power and torque come from the lower body drive. You mention pitching: please watch a Tom Seaver or Nolan Ryan for examples of large leg muscles generating power.
Hey thanks for the messages. Unfortunately the legs supply a small percentage of serve power. If you’ve ever tried serving on your knees you’ll see how faster you can serve without legs. I’ve served 97mph on my knees. I’m not saying leg drive isn’t important. But to say the “majority of power and torque come from the lower body drive” is simply not true. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to serve 97mph on my knees.
And I can can hit a golf ball 250 yards from my knees with fancy modern equipment...that doesn't mean the lower body isn't still the most effective and efficient generator of repetitive kinetic power. Physiologists and exercise therapists all understand that the leg muscles are FAR more reliable as levers. Watch the classic service power of a Stan Smith or an Edberg. The only time the legs "supply a small percentage of serve power" is when the service action itself is under-optimized and "muscled" at the expense of a total body motion.
Ok
ALthough I am a beginner.. your stuff is fucking good.. As I never listen to conventional coach.. as they still believe that he globe is square...from the book..
Just watched Sara Errani (and her notoriously odd serve) in her latest match. I was looking for her to "knock off the birthday hat". Not. Even. Close. Send her a hat?
Haha not sure what her serve looks like. I’ll have to check it out!
never try to shoot a skunk with a plunger
This was good until you showed yourself serving the whole motion . ..but too quickly. I couldn’t see the party hat being knocked off. It is all a blurred motion, Please provide a slow motion shot of party hat hit…..otherwise it’s no help at all for me . Thanks
Hi Christine. Thanks for watching here’s a video that shows it in Slow motion. Skip to the 16:40 mark of this video. ruclips.net/video/Ggwb3C46CsA/видео.htmlsi=iykBAfVf_Kx-Ips5
Great thanks. That’s perfect !! @@2MinuteTennis