Another excellent analysis Nick. The knee bend and the ball toss were the two elements that took me years and years (over 40 years) to get right. My knees would sometimes go in opposite direction and the ball would go everywhere and reach ridiculous heights. Then 4 weeks ago, I finally realized what I was doing wrong. Two things I was doing wrong. Using too much arm muscles when I brought the racquet up and back and I was moving my head and looking upward too early. So what I told myself was to look at a point on the net for as long as possible as I raised the left arm. When the arm reached 80-90% from vertical was when I would look up. When I did that, to my surprise, the knees naturally followed suit and went down in the same direction ,, the racquet went up and back naturally into position effortlessly and the ball was exactly where I wanted it.
How can I come to your lesson again and again? Listen, watch. Then try. You once said about studying the elements of the service that this is not a simple marathon, but with additional difficult obstacles in completing the distance. After your lectures, I couldn’t resist and reposted it on Facebook for my friends and strangers. With respect to your creativity!
Haha I'm a double knee bender. Just filmed myself and saw this, I also don't bend backwards. Good to have found this video to get instructions on how to fix it. Thanks.
My daughter still has that double knee bend, in Germany we call it "Hofknicks" (like bending to the aristocrat). I see so many female players do that, even at a respectable level.
Stich had what I call a corkscrew set up. Like ivanisevic, but the back foot pulled to the outside. Interestingly only the tip of the back foot dragged forward. On pin point serves in general knee bends tend to be in more natural positions
How would start with both knees pointing backwards. then in the trophy the front knee would straighten to parallel to baseline and then he’d start leaning and the knees would straighten out. Very complex serve even though it’s looks simple.
Agassi would flare both knees. Especially the back knee would be facing towards the back fence. Not as extreme as your example but he was definitely doing that. Jeff Salzenstein does it too.
Dont have any of the errors mentioned on my platform serve, but still struggle to find the depth of my bend. So sorry to say this but learnt absolutely nothing on this video!
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Another excellent analysis Nick. The knee bend and the ball toss were the two elements that took me years and years (over 40 years) to get right. My knees would sometimes go in opposite direction and the ball would go everywhere and reach ridiculous heights. Then 4 weeks ago, I finally realized what I was doing wrong. Two things I was doing wrong. Using too much arm muscles when I brought the racquet up and back and I was moving my head and looking upward too early. So what I told myself was to look at a point on the net for as long as possible as I raised the left arm. When the arm reached 80-90% from vertical was when I would look up. When I did that, to my surprise, the knees naturally followed suit and went down in the same direction ,, the racquet went up and back naturally into position effortlessly and the ball was exactly where I wanted it.
Great analysis.
How can I come to your lesson again and again? Listen, watch. Then try. You once said about studying the elements of the service that this is not a simple marathon, but with additional difficult obstacles in completing the distance.
After your lectures, I couldn’t resist and reposted it on Facebook for my friends and strangers.
With respect to your creativity!
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Thank you for this video. Nick❤. Serve is usually what most of us rec players lack the practice in.
Good job
I have a habit of leaning forward too early exactly as described. Nik is the goat
Me to.
Great advice!
Great advice! I've been getting pain in my right knee from serving, I need to work on my technique more.
Haha I'm a double knee bender. Just filmed myself and saw this, I also don't bend backwards. Good to have found this video to get instructions on how to fix it. Thanks.
I know this is not supposed to be funny. I always giggles when you demostrated it 😊
Hello Nik, wondering if you think Sabalenka has adjusted the serve timing that you discussed in a video a couple of months ago?
She is still serving with that hitch and mistiming the back foot pull up
So many things to think about 😢
3:20 the Squat & Crap Serve.
Avoid the French waiter double frog leg serve!😃😁😃
My daughter still has that double knee bend, in Germany we call it "Hofknicks" (like bending to the aristocrat).
I see so many female players do that, even at a respectable level.
Crab service, we’d call it
what about michael stich serve?
Stich had what I call a corkscrew set up. Like ivanisevic, but the back foot pulled to the outside. Interestingly only the tip of the back foot dragged forward. On pin point serves in general knee bends tend to be in more natural positions
how about Agassi's bend?
How would start with both knees pointing backwards. then in the trophy the front knee would straighten to parallel to baseline and then he’d start leaning and the knees would straighten out. Very complex serve even though it’s looks simple.
Agassi would flare both knees. Especially the back knee would be facing towards the back fence. Not as extreme as your example but he was definitely doing that. Jeff Salzenstein does it too.
I didn't see that at all
I have an issue with my footwork on my serve
ain’t no way anyone serves like the first pic in the thumbnail 😂
3rd mistake is me 😂😂
And i do have platform stance! I might be a 4.0-4.5 but my serve is the weakness of me 😅😅
Easy fix
Dont have any of the errors mentioned on my platform serve, but still struggle to find the depth of my bend. So sorry to say this but learnt absolutely nothing on this video!
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