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Excellent!

Can you please do other strokes as well - drop shot, lob, slice etc

What happens if you leave your heels down? I tore my calf a year ago so Im cautious about coming up on toes. No pain now just careful.

Ik heb een probleem met de grip. Ik verkies lichte backhand greep maar automatisch ga ik naar eerder forehand greep. Hoe los ik dit op?

Very comprehensive, thx!

No other coach on line explained the base ball serve in such a detailed and understandable way as you did.

You demostrate in more details, simpler and practical advice among other coaches.

This is the only coach explained why the racket will point backward when executing top spin serve!

Thank you for making complex things simple. Your channel is a real gem!

Thanks for the video! Is the grip eastern or continental?

Hi Dominic. Thanks for the valuable advice. How do you train, if you train at all, deep half volley? In terms of rhythm and timing. After all, we don't wait for a bounce there.

When doing a topspin second serve, is the motion still the same throwing motion? Just trying to stay on your side and not rotate toward net?

I finally understand the logic of topspin serve, can’t wait to practice this idea on the court, thanks always Dominic

Hola, en donde das clases de tenis? saludos

This is the best analysis on the kick serve that I have watched! Well done.

Exercise - a) throw a football/soccer ball against fence b) do it with this racket but left arm up c) keep heels on ground while doing b

@bmtspain6839 I have played with weak and strong eastern, semi-western, western and hawaiian. I've also experimented with straight arm and bent arm structure. I've finished over the shoulder, under the shoulder, hip, lasso reverse "buggy whip" finish and semi reverse finish. I have realized all coaches teachings have a place. Grips and your intention are a major factor in the finish. I notice you're using more of an eastern grip which makes it more natural to finish over the shoulder. If you stick out your arm straight 45 degrees from shoulder to shoulder line and do internal shoulder rotation, you'll notice the racket head will go below the shoulder. It's not exactly what the pros do but that's the basic idea on some pros such as Nedal's forehand. Also if you look at Medvedev who finishes over the shoulder, he finishes below the shoulder on wide short balls to impart more topspin. So maybe in the beginning only finishing over the shoulder is good (as you have suggested in this video), but the higher you go all finishes should be part of the arsenal.

I think this is sometimes where cues need to be in full context. Total beginners have no idea to lag the racquet and the explanation by the Tennis Doctor and Meike are good ways to start learning how to lag the wrist. But I also think you are right that the wrist does make adjustments to help with ball tracjectory. For those who naturally lag, this cue is unnecessary and may lead to mistakes. So the lag cue can be helpful to create lag but if taken to extreme you'll have a locked/stiff wrist and that will take away power and possibly control as you suggest.

Hello BMT, what racket are you using?

I don't think finishing over the shoulder is either necessary or wrong. It's a good educational device in order to have a full swing path, as the area over the shoulder allows for more follow through. But it really depends on the swing path and its purpose. If you are hitting excessive topspins Nadal style, you might finish over your head rather than the shoulder. If you are hitting slingshots like Sinner, the whipping motion might finish around the left arm. Even Federer, who had one of the most beautiful and effective forehands of all time, rather finished around the shoulder than over it. Of the big 3, Djokovic is probably the one that has the most traditional swing path, over the shoulder. So yeah, nothing wrong with it, unlike what this self proclaimed Tennis Doctor says, but also not absolutely mandatory, as you can see from some of the best players ever.

Medvedev has not followed the doctor’s advice.

that tennis "doctor" 🤣 not the first time when he's misleading the audience

Beautiful instruction. I was just trying today with 3 fingers (with 2 I feel I might lose grip and the racket will fly) and my serve was getting alot of power and it was fun.

When I first saw this video, I thought this was horrible advice. It seemed all backwards and focusing on turning the hand against the ball seems to go against all the conventional wisdom--keeping the contact zone stable and not wrsiting the ball. But, in fairness I thought I'd give the concept a try--maybe out of desparation. But turning the hand helped me focus on my contact point, drive better throught the ball and added weight and depth to the ball. It's not that you are making the stroke wristy, you are letting the momentum of the swing carry through at that point. And he is right, once you get a feel for it you can then incorporate it into a hip driven stroke using the kinetic chain. Another plus if you are late, off balance or on defense just execute the turn of the hand and you'll be amazed at what happens. Good advice despite my disbelief.

That Tennis Doctor guy is a real specimen. I think he also made a video that swinging low to high is a myth!

Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, the best tennis pro. so far etc are all finished over the shoulder.

As you describe and demonstrate so well.. The great Oscar Wegner was way ahead of the curve on instruction..unfortunately American tennis was led by the USTA and there ilk.. thank goodness for instructors like you 🙏🏼

I also disagree with some of the advice from theTennis Doctor, for one his execution of the single-handed topspin backward looks awkward in terms of fluidity & racket finish

Ik heb de indruk dat de pinpoint meer kracht ontwikkelt maar ik kom niet uit met mijn pas. Is het de opgooi en rechtervoet bijzetten tegelijkertijd?

Finally, an instructor who tells it like it is. So many other instructors are in denial, claiming you should not flex the wrist at all just prior to contact, hitting the ball with a fully lagged racket. But when you view their demo videos in slow motion, you will see them flexing their wrist just prior to contact. Others claim that the racket acceleration just prior to contact should be "natural." Nothing natural about it. When i arrange for the racket head to accelerate just prior to contact, my body caused it to happen either by slowing down the wrist allowing the racket head to catch up or by actively snapping the wrist. I have also found that I get more spin from flexion

Clear and concise instruction. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful illustration Dominic

thanks for the video. Glad to see your demonstration of the serve on the deuce side as most ppl just focus on the ad (for righties). I have been aiming my serve by turning my body to change the orientation... so the serve was moving in a straight line from my shoulders (still careful not to open up early), but I will try to hammer differently and see... my concern is that it'll turn into a jumbled slice serve when I go down the T, though I saw your T serve had great kick.

These are great tips and exercises. I need to rewatch your last video on how to aim the serve.

You lost weight? Looking good

Good exercises, I will try them today!

Clear explanation step by step. Love the slow motion part

Have to finish above the head....i tried its not easy 😢

You are so awesome!!! Gracias coach

Is it ok if to first learn the flexion way and then move to the pronation way later on? Thank you for this video! Very easy to understand. I'm excited to try it out.

I'm happy TH-cam recommended this video. I've been trying to get this serve since last year. Thank you, Sir! Subscribed

All your videos are great! Thank you for posting.

Good to se you back. Gran video, buena information, concisa y facil de asimilar. Gracias Dominic por tu videos y tiempo en hacerlos. Tu canal es de gran ayuda. VAMOS.

Great Video. Could you compare and contrast against a flat serve, which also starts with a hammer and ends with pronation.

Excelente explicación, hermano. Y si luego añades el impulso desde el piso, caderas, y hombros...boom!

Excellent

Excellent.

Seems to me that on a proper relaxed serve, with continental grip, both pronation and flexion happen to a certain degree. But pronation is more pronounced. Which technique allows the most powerful serve?

in my opinion instead of volley ball serve motion - much better analogy would be HANDball 7m penalty throw. Let me know what you think!

Thank you very much. I repeat myself, but you deserve way more subscribers and clicks.