This is the best video I've seen on serving second serves! I struggle with my second serve and I believe I've found the solution in the different "racket drops" between first and second serve. There are so many teaching videos out there but no one else is explaining it so clearly!
Thank you for making it 100 pervent clear that there is a difference between a KICK serve and TOPSPIN serve. Popular misconception on Reddit that they are the same when they are not. Coaches use the term in a lazy way, saying kick as a general statment of spin
Great! Please remember to let me know how your practice goes! Net clearance needs to be as high as possible. The whole aim of the second serve is to brush the ball as high as possible to clear the net by at least 1.5m. I teach my students to brush the ball from baseline to the back fence. This way, it works on getting the height. The one condition, though, is not to open up the racquet face to the sky. Keep your strings facing forward and try to brush the ball to the opposite baseline or back fence.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by thinly... I'm going to guess and say you mean you either get a lot of spin or a lot of power but never together? If this is the case, I recommend working on keeping the ball toss above your head (not in front & not behind). Work on brushing and pronating more. Don't use the full body load (trophy position) until you can comfortably brush and pronate with just your wrist and arm. Lastly don't force the spin or power. Stay loose! This will increase the momentum (whip action). Let me know how it goes
This is the best video I've seen on serving second serves! I struggle with my second serve and I believe I've found the solution in the different "racket drops" between first and second serve. There are so many teaching videos out there but no one else is explaining it so clearly!
Thanks for the kind words!
Nicest color graded tennis video! so nice to watch.
Would be nice if you hit some serves at the end to show the kick and height of the ball?
Thank you for making it 100 pervent clear that there is a difference between a KICK serve and TOPSPIN serve. Popular misconception on Reddit that they are the same when they are not. Coaches use the term in a lazy way, saying kick as a general statment of spin
Thanks for watching! I am glad it was easy to understand.
The racket drop is one I was missing I guess. Will try tomorrow! Thanks！Can you talk about the net clearing height for the 2nd serve?
Great! Please remember to let me know how your practice goes!
Net clearance needs to be as high as possible. The whole aim of the second serve is to brush the ball as high as possible to clear the net by at least 1.5m. I teach my students to brush the ball from baseline to the back fence. This way, it works on getting the height. The one condition, though, is not to open up the racquet face to the sky. Keep your strings facing forward and try to brush the ball to the opposite baseline or back fence.
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Can you hit some serves during
I try to brush up from 6 to 12 o clock but i hit the ball too thinly. How do i strike a balance between spin and forward momentum?
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by thinly... I'm going to guess and say you mean you either get a lot of spin or a lot of power but never together? If this is the case, I recommend working on keeping the ball toss above your head (not in front & not behind). Work on brushing and pronating more. Don't use the full body load (trophy position) until you can comfortably brush and pronate with just your wrist and arm.
Lastly don't force the spin or power. Stay loose! This will increase the momentum (whip action). Let me know how it goes