How to increase the power of your serve
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Join coach Patrick Mouratoglou as we dive into key strategies to boost the power of your tennis serve! In this video, we'll break down essential tips to improve your technique, accuracy, angle, and power, helping you serve smarter and more effectively on the court. Don't miss out on these expert insights to elevate your game!
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What is one thing you want to improve on your serve?
Consistency 💯💯
Consistency and placement. Too many double faults
Correct waiter tray serve
Placement for sure
My toss consistency when going through the entire motion and learning to lead with my elbow not my wrist. Oops. That’s two things. 😁
I have commented this many times, I think people get confused by the instruction "just the wrist". It's actually NOT "just the wrist", but rather internal shoulder rotation (and partly forearm pronation) that generates tons of power, that is transferred through a relaxed wrist to the racket. There are no big muscles in the wrist, to generate much power. If we keep talking about the wrist, people will think they somehow need to activate, and DO something with the wrist, which is not really the case. Trash me if I am wrong, I can take it.
I think the point is most of the players no issues generating power from shoulder, however, if the wrist is not relaxed as you mentioned they cannot transfer the power to the raquet. I guess today lot of players struggle to relax the wrist
I dunno if this advice is useful at all. I had nobody tell me to use the wrist as well and I do use it anyway.
I also didn't tell my kids, but they also do/did (my son is still playing, my daughter favors volleyball).
And when I told my wife to do so, she used it proactively and wrong (too early in the swing motion). That's why I didn't tell my kids.
I think there is a line between native tennis kids and late beginners. Both of them don't need this advice. Kids do it anyway, late beginners use it wrong.
But of you are sitting right in that Line or miss something, you may find help with this.
You couldn’t be more right. The power is generated by the body and is released via the wrist.
Most people are having problems in using power from shoulder or arm pronation for power. It comes natural. Patrick knows this but he shortcuts it by focusing on wrist action which is key in popping the balls. Arm and shoulders shall follow? You cannot teach three mechanisms at the same time. Arm, shoulders and wrist movements. LOL
i think what he's trying to do is tell people to relax their wrist to allow for maximal racket speed, what you are saying is true but i guess what he's saying is that players aren't transferring the power from the body into the ball because they are keeping their wrist too tight.
I studied serve with the master Tommy Tucker (who trained Navratilova for a while) in CA, but he didn't talk about the serve like this. What you say is very helpful for me. Thank you.
Instantly applicable to all games and what I was looking for. Thanks Patrick.
Best coach in the world.
Most people are having problems in using power from shoulder or arm pronation for power. It shall come natural. Patrick knows this but he shortcuts it by focusing on wrist action first which is key in popping the balls. Arm and shoulders shall follow? Other coaches try to teach three mechanisms at the same time. Arm, shoulders and wrist movements. But who can apply it? Keep it simple......
yes very true. they also tend to teach complex body mechanics in terms of "still frames" or "poses" that represent different moments during the movement, rather than showing the movement as a whole and giving the student an understanding of the way the energy flows from the body to the racket to the ball.
I recognize it in my own serve, but I attribute it differently. When I serve "too stiff", it's because I am hitting the ball too early in my service motion, there is more racquet head soeed AFTER I hit the ball. When I feel I am hitting the ball late in my service motion, the body is no longer "pushing" to accelerate, but is relaxing at maximum speed (for the swing effort), and the ball has more pop. An added bpnus is that I am more ready for the returning ball because I am not using up as much time involved in finishing the swing motion and getting in balance.
Agree. Once I start slowing down on the second, that's when they start sailing long.
This is a great video , i really need this sort of guidance to improve my national ranking
Took some learnings from here! Thanks
Can you do a video on improving accuracy of serve shots? I have enough power to send the ball but it’s way past the service box. Thank you in advance!
@@5MaTu5 oh wow I haven’t thought about that 🙂
It might seem trivial, but what helped me a lot (I’m still a beginner so take this lightly) was envisioning exactly where I wanted the ball to go. I always knew the phrase “aim small, miss small” but it really did help me. Now I’m told I have the flat of around a 4, which is a crazy compliment considering I’m about a month in.
belle amélioration en volée de coup droit!
Thanks every time. :)
Comme si cette leçon était pour moi. J’ai le même problème que le jeune homme sur le service. Merci Patrick!
Thanks!
Awesome Videos and Instructions. Can u make a video or better series about Players like me who haven’t playing for ages and want to get in again. So the Technique is rusted but quite okay and especially physical fitness footwork lacks. What are the perfect drills to get back in shape game and body again! Thanks that would be awesome
nice !
Best video
for the flat serve the racket comes in on edge and the forearm pronation/wrist snap makes it flat onto the ball right before contact. for the slice at 9:21 it seems almost as if this last pronation step is minimized so the racket stays more on edge than flat and the resulting follow through is also different. is that the case or is there something else going on with the slice (apart from maybe slight ball toss variation)?
Super!
The boy body languages did not want to practice.
6:05 let it free.. sakit omm haha
Finally i understood how i have to make a real volley!!!! Thanks
please do a video specifically on how to time the jump at the end of the serve. I have an ok serve for a short guy but i have never been able to figure out how to incorporate the jump into my serve so i am stuck on the ground.
Think of it this way: it's not about actually actively jumping, it's the movement up toward the ball that brings you into the air. Search "passive leg drive intuitive tennis"
@@CostanzaTP thx!
you dont jump on serve. you explode with your knees up and forward. do it and try to hit the ball in the hightest possible point, and the jump comes alone. it is more like, you stretch your body to hit the ball in highest possible point.
As others have said, you're not jumping. Your body is like a whip, it contracts as you load up for the serve, while you toss and prepare your swing, then you go for the impact. At this moment, you drive up towards the ball, releasing all that energy through the body into the racket, which goes into the ball. The airtime is just a consequence of driving up to meet the ball. Rather than thinking of jumping, just think of meeting the ball at contact, as high as you possibly can (everyone has a different height at which they make contact)
When will it happen in GA again?
7:14 that's where my form goes wrong... causes ache shoulder and wrist.
What’s with the beeping in the background, otherwise great video!
Poor dude, you can see he's introvert and nervous from the cameras haha
Poor extrovert, uncomfortable with introverts.
Beep 🚨
Is it a hidden brother of Sinner?
Wrong!! He confuses wrist and forearm pronation. Very bad advice
My serve is much more accurate when I flex my wrist.
Flexing the wrist gives that bit of extra power.