The NEW spin serve in pickleball: THE SCREWBALL SERVE

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    How to serve like a pro. The screw ball serve for pickleball.

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  • @CareyFan
    @CareyFan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I actually thought this was one of your best videos yet! Not just because of the content (i'm excited to learn it), but because you explained it very clearly. You're improving as a content creator and it's exciting to see!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I appreciate this! Glad it was helpful!

    • @gentlehorst
      @gentlehorst 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I use this serve since a while and I can say he did a great job explaining it for all to learn.
      Well done. (therefore, in hope to see something new ... I subscribed)

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I appreciate it! More to come

  • @grantaumua303
    @grantaumua303 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love that serve one of my favorites awesome to see you break it down and makes it so much easier to achieve thanks man

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to help! Thanks for the comment ❤️

  • @willeckrich5365
    @willeckrich5365 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Austin, great how to video! I appreciate the time you took to discuss it as you broke it down. That serve's output is exactly how my screwball serve looks (it's SO much fun to watch opponents not even swing at the serve as they thought it was going out and can't react as it curves back in) but I use my standard continental grip. I will try the backhand eastern grip to see if that adds any power. Anyways, thanks again for a great video! :)

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad it was helpful! The grip will add more spin actually. Power will be the same! Enjoy

  • @mfanatic325
    @mfanatic325 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I was legit yelled at by a rec player at the local park that this serve was illegal. He was so competitive that he wouldn’t allow me to use this serve. I guess he thought he was losing only because of the serve, but I still beat him pretty badly with a regular topspin serve 😂

    • @157von
      @157von 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think it is illegal

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Play in a different group hahaha

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It is not 👍 @157von

    • @HCaulfield115
      @HCaulfield115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SDV208why? Pickleball is fun but it’s not nearly as fun as tennis especially since you say you’re a 5.0 player

    • @unholywarrior9007
      @unholywarrior9007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He starts up then down then to the side . Arnt you sepose to start from down to up then do the side crap

  • @user-yh9fh9wb4l
    @user-yh9fh9wb4l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I've been doing this since my table tennis days and into my pickleball 1st year. This is very effective in pulling the returner wide and thus creating a gap between the two opponents in doubles. Used it just effectively in single as well to open up the court. Glad you made a tutorial video to share with everyone ... thumbs up !!! ps... I do this with my backhanded kick out wide serve on the even service box as well.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s what many have said! Awesome serve!

  • @michaelhutton6927
    @michaelhutton6927 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video! Returning this serve is tough, I've been able to return it when I recognize the type of serve and do a pickup close to the ground as opposed to letting it gain height and spin out on me. Suggestions on returning this type of serve successfully are welcome, Tx

  • @spaznickermeyer3507
    @spaznickermeyer3507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best spin serve tutorial I've seen so far. 👏

  • @RickLeBeau
    @RickLeBeau 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just hit a couple hundred of these yesterday (practicing alone). Wish I'd seen this video prior to that, but I am excited to work on this serve using the tips provided in your video.
    Coming from a competitive frisbee background, I liken the motion to that of a forehand grip sidearm throw in Ultimate or disc golf.

  • @user-dg6qh1wf1m
    @user-dg6qh1wf1m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've used that grip for forhand and backhand since the early 80's. It's seriously overlooked in all racketsports except Badminton where they use it a lot. It was useful in racquetball to hit backhands flat, but took some adaptation for forehands. This was in the day when racquetball was the pickleball of the times and they let the manufacturers turn it into a goofy silly game with bigger and bigger rackets and ever faster balls. It was called the frying pan grip in racquetball as it is like picking up a skillet on the stove. In sports like squash and pickleball where you want spin it is also an effective forehand drive if you flex the head of the racket foreward, it creates a rifling spin with that is extremely accurate and a low skipping bounce that is difficult to field

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that’s an impressive amount of time!

  • @virginiaprograsser
    @virginiaprograsser 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just subscribed to your channel due to this excellent instructional video. Nicely done!

  • @SultanKhan66
    @SultanKhan66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

  • @dangarson8461
    @dangarson8461 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video. I'm going to try and add this to my game. I would have liked to see some instructions on the stance/foot placement for this.

  • @I.BRO86
    @I.BRO86 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video! Been practicing this and I think it would be super helpful if you could tell us at what point you make contact with the ball. I find if I make contact too low at the bottom of the paddle it spins way out to my right, and if I make contact higher up with more paddle, it stays low and/or hard and often hits the net or goes out.. 🙏🙏

  • @SnapShot83
    @SnapShot83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great breakdown, thanks Austin!

  • @michaelfinney5317
    @michaelfinney5317 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have to say this was a very good description of exactly how to do this serve. So many videos show the motion or what to do but don’t break it down in simple terms. Well done!

  • @bryguy87
    @bryguy87 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video man. The strategy/purpose of the serve, breakdown, hand placement/paddle position… great coaching and I didn’t cost me 50$/hr
    I needed more serves to add to my arsenal, definitely gonna practice and make this screwball serve a go-to. Thx G. 🤙

  • @user-yc8ny3ss2s
    @user-yc8ny3ss2s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Try the same stroke except to the left side service court with the opposite spin. Been doing both ways for 5+ years. Both are very effective. Once you get your opponents leaning to the outside of the court, serve it down the middle with the opposite spin, so it corkscrews into the non receiver.

  • @pedrogutierrez1518
    @pedrogutierrez1518 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brutal!!! Thank you Austin...

  • @michaelwang8195
    @michaelwang8195 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's fun to have the on both forehand and backhand sides (need to do drop serve for backhand) then you can pull returners off the court on both sides.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I need to practice the backhand side! Would be cool to pull out

  • @jlevey
    @jlevey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for sharing this video with me on IG. This is an excellent tutorial for learning the screwball serve in pickleball.

  • @JohnKeeling
    @JohnKeeling หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    excellent video and explanation. i have been working on this serve to add to my arsenal when i am serving from the left/ad court so i looked for some on line instruction . I didn't try the grip change, that makes a lot of sense. BTW, i think it is worth noting that this may be more effective when using an open stance. Agree? i use a closed stance for my basic serves and have been slightly opening it for the screwball. Maybe i need to open it more.

  • @HKStephen168
    @HKStephen168 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been doing that exact serve since they outlawed the pre-spin. However, my success rate has been low so I don't use it in competition. I am going to try switching to the eastern grip and see if that would help. Thanks for the tips.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just make sure it’s eastern backhand, and not eastern forehand and you’ll do great!

  • @andyapsay8220
    @andyapsay8220 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good stuff! Thanls for the tips!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad you enjoyed! Let me know how it’s coming along 😄

  • @anyamaboy1
    @anyamaboy1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've used this serve for a few years along with a couple of others. It definitely throws people off when I start with a bland serve. This grip is how my tennis coach taught me to serve in tennis way back in middle school.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woh, your coach was on drugs hahahah continental should have been what was taught

    • @anyamaboy1
      @anyamaboy1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pickleballplaybook Haha, she probably was... This was in France... And that's how I remember it, I could certainly be misremembering 25 years later...lol

  • @artchung357
    @artchung357 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’d like to know where to place my feet - parallel to the baseline or perpendicular (as you did when serving lefty from deuce side)?
    In addition, if using a drop serve, where do you drop the ball - in front of right foot?
    Thanks.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In front and slightly to the right of you with a drop serve. I stand open stance because I am right eye dominant and righty. When I serve left it makes more sense to stand closed stance because it puts my right eye in the front when serving to the right side. My right eye goes to the front when serving on the left side with an open stance. Hopefully that makes sense!

  • @Holden_P
    @Holden_P 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video- great explanation

  • @user-sj7rr2wi1d
    @user-sj7rr2wi1d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I save this serve for the final
    Point. I just get it over the nvz line and out the side. Love it!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s impressive if you can hit that spot consistently! Nice work

  • @TheLetsboogiedown
    @TheLetsboogiedown 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I finally got it, thanks to you! You earned this sub 😊

  • @craigmilkowski2805
    @craigmilkowski2805 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been using this serve occasionally for a while. It can really catch the returner by surprise and delay them getting to the kitchen. A little disguise of what you are going to do doesn't hurt either.

    • @craigmilkowski2805
      @craigmilkowski2805 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, it helps target the backhand serving from either side if an opponent struggles with that stroke.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly! It’s a good change up

  • @MichaelPickleball
    @MichaelPickleball 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've used the serve for a while. Bottom line is it works on lower level players, but maybe once on a 3.5 or higher player. They are not that hard to return. I use it in a mix of serve types, but would not depend on it. A fast deep serve still works best.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting! 🧐

    • @HKStephen168
      @HKStephen168 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I guess when you said it worked you meant winning the point with the serve. In my experience, even 4.0 players would get surprised by it and hit a sloppy return which gives me an advantage as a server.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah it’s a good change up! Can catch people off guard

    • @CWK090
      @CWK090 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not hard to return if you anticipate the bounce bit it does open a gap if your partner doesn't close the gap.

  • @kimleith1378
    @kimleith1378 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great addition to any serve routine if you can master it. That serve will tear up that paint grit on your
    LUXX really fast.

  • @daveharter6469
    @daveharter6469 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a lefty and have this serve, but I did not know why? Tks for explaining it. to pull them off the court. Also, have a serve, not thinking anyone is doing, maybe I just have not seen it. It is a backhand brush of this forehand. I drop it on the ground and brush a backhand across the ball. With the added serve, I can kick them out off the court on either side. 10:11

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Smart! Yeah that backhand side can be super helpful to get it to spin the other way

  • @tristanwilhelm9600
    @tristanwilhelm9600 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this, serve, and have been doing it for quite a few months now, I actually just aced a guy the other day when I was serving from the left side and went hard right angle, just outside the kitchen, he called illegal, serve because he could not get to it

  • @rockdrummersrock
    @rockdrummersrock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a lefty, thank you at least making the attempt

  • @SageAustin
    @SageAustin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Btw I’ve been doing this serve recently and it works. It’s awesome. Need to keep practicing it for my upcoming tournament.

  • @courvilleg1
    @courvilleg1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How much difference does a high end paddle make. I have a head radical pro and get some spin but maybe 6-1 2 inches only.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It makes a big difference on spin. Rpm’s wise it goes from about 900 (cheap paddle) to 2000 (high end paddle).

    • @courvilleg1
      @courvilleg1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks

  • @Flula49
    @Flula49 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great tutorial! Will this be as effective with a drop serve?

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Probably much easier to do with a drop serve. I’ll try it out when I’m on the courts Monday!

    • @artchung357
      @artchung357 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also have the drop serve question.
      I’m addition, I noticed that when serving right handed, your feet (toes) are parallel to the base line. But when serving left handed from the deuce court, your feet are perpendicular to the base line. Please explain. 0:48

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t know how to serve lefty haha. Just was doing my best honestly

  • @nibs9945
    @nibs9945 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great looking serve. Not having tried it yet, but looks like this serve is more conducive from a closed stance vs. open? Or is this not the case? Not that this is an issue, other than telling the opponent what serve is or may be coming. However, if executed correctly, still gives them issues.

    • @thetornadoboy4101
      @thetornadoboy4101 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have done this serve for my entire pickleball career (which started after the spin and chainsaw were already banned) and dont have a telegraphing problem. I recommend that you do all your serves starting from a closed stance, and then if you elect to do this one, line your routing up the same, but step your front foot 2 feet to open your stance right before the drop. This should be done almost instantaneously. It lets you pull through the motion a bit with your body and completely removes the ability to read your serve prior.
      I am not a tournament player yet, but I can still manage to get aces sometimes and weak returns frequently from verifiable 4.5+ opponents. This should be done as a change-up, particularly after one or two really effective deep, topspin serves. You will see your opponent change their lineup and that's where you either hit it short, spinning out or deep, up the center line spinning into them.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’d say it’s much easier to achieve with an open stance cause it keeps your legs out of the way of your sideways movement 👍. I hit with an open stance on almost every serve

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I use open stance for all my serves. I find that I get more power that way. The best server in the world also uses an open stance. If done correctly it can be lethal

  • @maximusstrength157
    @maximusstrength157 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I love that serve!! I save it when we have a comfortable lead because it's either an ace, or we loose the point shortly after and I get the look from my partner LOL

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hahaha exactly bro! It’s a make or break for sure

  • @2musiclover534
    @2musiclover534 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting. Been doing this serve with regular continental and there is a ton of spin and side jump. Wrist snap makes a real difference.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! You can get tons of spin and even more spin the further over you hold it

  • @davidandrews4655
    @davidandrews4655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I use that serve and I also vary my speed to keep my opponent off balance.

  • @billboz1
    @billboz1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Check your stance difference between your right and left serves. I suspect if you address that and have a little practice you will be able to serve well with your left hand :)

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Okay cool. You said check my stance but didn’t give any instruction. What should my stance be? Thanks in advance 🤝

  • @patricksnyder3446
    @patricksnyder3446 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For some of us who started serving like this from the beginning it has never gone away or been declared illegal! Try using the bounce service to hit spinning serves as well as backhands

    • @chandlereyre8792
      @chandlereyre8792 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you can hit backhanded serves on a volley as well.

    • @patricksnyder3446
      @patricksnyder3446 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@chandlereyre8792 yes you can I've been working on that. I have always dropped until now!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not illegal 👍

  • @KDemosh
    @KDemosh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love the grip explanation! The bevel system is where it's at!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the feedback! Will continue to do this

  • @frank88ster
    @frank88ster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mm?? Never thought to shift hand grip to 'eastern grip'. Must try this.. thanks heaps!!

  • @jeffreinardy7570
    @jeffreinardy7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very well explained. Are you using the Luxx invicta? If so how do you like it? Do you have a review on it? What are your likes and dislikes? Thanks

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love it and yes it’s the Invikta! Favorite paddle I’ve ever used. Only thing I don’t like is that the spin wears down over time.
      www.selkirk.com/products/luxx-control-air-invikta?sca_ref=4516571.n0z0Xqk6sI

    • @jeffreinardy7570
      @jeffreinardy7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@pickleballplaybook Did you find the power to be satisfactory? Did you add lead? Thanks

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Power is great. I’d say it’s very similar to a 16mm paddle. It doesn’t feel 20mm. I add lead to help with control, not power. The resets and dinking feel like a walk in the park

    • @jeffreinardy7570
      @jeffreinardy7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pickleballplaybook Thanks, I have the Invicta Air and being a pretty new-ish guy controlling the dinks at the kitchen can be a bit of a challenge.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Invikta are is the most advanced paddle of all of them. If you have a ton of practice and want more power, that’s the one to go with! If you’re struggling with control, I’d strongly suggest the control air 👍

  • @ewob52h74
    @ewob52h74 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is awesome. Unfortunately I drop serve. Hope this method works with that.

  • @moishepromosexclusive7863
    @moishepromosexclusive7863 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I often use this same spin a return a serve, it causes the 3rd shot (the server) to pop up the ball and leave an open space for my teammate to put away with a slam.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s cool!

    • @JohnKeeling
      @JohnKeeling หลายเดือนก่อน

      i dont understand why it causes the returner (the server) to pop up the ball. spin continuation causes a ball hit to someone with cut spin , or underhand spin, to gear down against the paddle, not gear up. try hitting topspin against the wall and then cut or underhand spin against a wall. the former makes it climb up the wall and the latter makes it climb down after impact. one person i play against tends to hit hard drives ,, but without much topspin imparted, he often hits my returns into the net when i cut under the ball to him. he gets frustrated playing me , because he gets away with flat drives more often against players that are hitting topspin returns to him. i dont think he understands spin continuation and doesnt adjust to those returns. cutspin makes the ball sit up more (bounce higher) when it hits the ground, i think because it opposes the forward momentum of the ball, whereas topspin makes it grab the ground and tend to "get sticker to the ground " becuase the spin is similar to the momentum

  • @iKumala
    @iKumala 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm gonna try that tonight. So basically your thumb is on top? Hate going into games without practice though. Nice video!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely get some practice in! It’s hard to master. Very effective serve 🤝

  • @larryenglander8735
    @larryenglander8735 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting that you change grip…I can execute this serve with a continental grip and hit a pretty nasty corkscrew that moves at least 2-3 ft

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Impressive! If you change grips your paddle becomes at a greater angle for more spin. Try it next time and let me know how it goes!

  • @billdavidson3848
    @billdavidson3848 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If I was playing against you, that grip is a tell that you are going wacky spin, and I would adjust accordingly. However, I am definitely going to work on this one.😄

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very true. It’s all about the disguise!

  • @dangottlieb726
    @dangottlieb726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you hit that serve as effectively from the right side?

  • @stevenlevy3460
    @stevenlevy3460 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can this be done with a drop serve?

  • @drincmusic2769
    @drincmusic2769 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can do the opposite spin too where it goes right to left. But that's me as a tennis player talking

  • @TheTradosaurus
    @TheTradosaurus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What does it matter if you don’t get two bounces from the serve?

  • @tleparskas
    @tleparskas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Eastern Backhand. Is that not the same as a Western grip. I'm from tennis.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s the same as “Full Western” in tennis 👍. Full western you are hitting a forehand, eastern backhand you’re hitting a backhand. I do not recommend full western to anyone. Will most likely result in wrist problems

    • @tleparskas
      @tleparskas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! Been working the spin serve in - but haven’t thought about the grip. I’ll try again tomorrow in our mixed session.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice! This should help!

  • @26realmc
    @26realmc 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I get even more spin by using the drop serve. Throw it in maybe once a game and often gets success.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That actually makes a lot of sense! Why do you think that is?

  • @garygorgo3600
    @garygorgo3600 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why when I try it the ball goes high in the air? Can't make it go straight.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Put your paddle face outward and forward more rather than upward 👌

  • @taylorcaraway5729
    @taylorcaraway5729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I play 3.5, and I hit a really good screwball serve. Every other time i play, there are people who insist the serve is illegal. When I ask them why, some of them say I’m hitting the ball with a sideward motion instead of an upward motion. I never know what to tell them, so I switch to a drop serve.

    • @NathanBrantley
      @NathanBrantley 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This happens to me every serious rec game. But I'm accused of spinning the ball. They simply are unaccustomed to receiving a left handed top spin serve, it's really nothing more than that.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Haha they are people I wouldn’t want to play with!

  • @guslevy3506
    @guslevy3506 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a simple serve for anyone who’s played serious tennis in the past…it’s essentially the drop shot motion with a lot of spin.
    The one thing not mentioned in this video that will help master this serve for many people is to lessen the grip when “loading” the serve and keep it light until the swing is finished at the high point. The loose paddle will allow it to accelerate faster through the ball, which will generate the spin to make the serve effective..

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love it! Thanks for the added instruction. Very helpful

  • @mcrider333
    @mcrider333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was doing this serve 5 years ago.

  • @Antiqueexcavator
    @Antiqueexcavator 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a pretty good tennis player back in the day as well as a nearly unbeatable ping pong (table tennis) player. When I say unbeatable I mean I very rarely lost in my basement against all comets as well as vacation tournaments. That said, having never played pickleball and many of my fairly athletic friends boasting about how great they are at this new game, I borrowed a paddle, learned the basic rules while hitting some practice volleys and then beat every one of them pretty handily. I’m not how good they are but all were shocked and told me two of them regularly win local tournaments. I might have found a new game!

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Interesting. Thats cool. Would love to play you in pong. I think I’d smoke you ;)

  • @devinlugar8273
    @devinlugar8273 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First, also love your videos and the great friendly tips! 👍🏼

  • @dardar267
    @dardar267 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey yo, I hit it the first time - I admit though, that I have a few years of tennis experience so that probs helped

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hey that’s awesome! That tennis background definitely helps 🤣. In tennis I would always practice hitting the edge when doing a kick serve and I could never seem to hit it. It always helped me get crazy kick on it though 🙌

  • @user-xo7gh4zi7l
    @user-xo7gh4zi7l 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is a problem getting it to go very far. About the only significant jump to the right is when it is short.

  • @bobdoe4689
    @bobdoe4689 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like this serve but no pros are using this serve, why?

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s a great question. I’d say cause it’s newer. Once they practice it, I think we will see it more as a change up every once in a while. Right now the best serve you can have to create an error is a deep, high, and fast serve.

  • @jeffmorehouse5458
    @jeffmorehouse5458 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is not a new serve. I have been serving this way since 2018 with plenty of aces.

  • @ThiccBoi23
    @ThiccBoi23 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "New"😂

  • @johnkoepka3354
    @johnkoepka3354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've used the screwball serve for a few games, however, my opponents have been citing the serve being illegal because of the stroke's downward motion instead of upward motion...

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nice! I really like it and that is definitely not true. It is for sure legal 👍

  • @kiwithehusky
    @kiwithehusky 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Backhand eastern? You mean continental grip?

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No. Backhand Eastern is not continental. You need to be in backhand eastern if you have a one hander

  • @greatscott88mph
    @greatscott88mph 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You need to be stepping into the shot and turn your body more… you will get a better result….

  • @wadejensen6829
    @wadejensen6829 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this is hard to replicate lol

  • @dotjai330
    @dotjai330 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i already do this serve without all the instruction

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why’d you watch the video then 🧐

    • @dotjai330
      @dotjai330 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pickleballplaybook wanted to see if your technique was any good ...

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting 🧐

  • @adamh7947
    @adamh7947 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was called the "squib" serve in tennis. Michael Chang used it in the French open. Now tennis players are using it all the time. In pickleball it is new to people who never played tennis.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I started playing tennis at age 11. I only heard of Michael Chang recently but have definitely seen Nick Kyrgios do it a ton. I always thought Nick was the first to do it, so this is interesting 🧐 thanks for the comment!

    • @amybusch5899
      @amybusch5899 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/users/shortsw-PJ30M5Dno?si=jMmI55SlGaMM_g6g

  • @WorldTraveler222
    @WorldTraveler222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    New? Been around for a long time

  • @BrianKillick-ud9kn
    @BrianKillick-ud9kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I look at you serving it seems to me that your forearm is either going down or flat prior to contacting the ball regardless of the upper arm movement. I believed that all components of the arm must be moving upward prior to contact which would make your serve questionable unless you hit the ball with a straight or unmoving elbow and wrist and the ball would have to well in front of your shoulder on point of contact. Then there are issues with below waist and paddle face being below wrist. Argh it’s these questions that make me want to eliminate volley serves. It would be interesting to see the serve from a side view.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In order to get your serve to go over the net you’d have to be hitting up and the point of contact. Hopefully that helps clarify 👍

    • @BrianKillick-ud9kn
      @BrianKillick-ud9kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would disagree. A larger factor is the angle of the face of the paddle married with a forward movement. A downward chopping of your arm, and I see it in backhands especially, can still allow the ball to be propel forward and up over the net. The arm isn’t a simple lever but three levers making the rule that the arm must be moving upward more complex a requirement. I’ve recorded corkscrew serves from the side and I rarely see all of the arm moving upward. But I must confess your paddle grip might make a difference. Got to try it out. @@pickleballplaybook

    • @jonathansmith9946
      @jonathansmith9946 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BrianKillick-ud9kn His arm is moving up and to the side. Any downward motion is in his wind up before any contact with the ball.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting 🤔

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct! ✅ thanks friend

  • @nilkamals
    @nilkamals 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seems too slow and shallow that an athletic player could return it and be upfront pretty easy?

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If they’re expecting a deep topspin serve, it’s a great change up! Like I talk about in the video, it’s not the serve that you should do every single time 💪👍

  • @margarethansen6991
    @margarethansen6991 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hit it 3 times on the outside edge. HAHA

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re impressive haha

    • @margarethansen6991
      @margarethansen6991 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ironically, I can't hit the screwball serve yet but your video was really helpful. I'm going to try again.@@pickleballplaybook

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You’ll get it! Just keep practicing

  • @garypearson8198
    @garypearson8198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You changed the grip part way through. There was much less spin when that happened.

  • @kb8978
    @kb8978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like your explanation of techniques. I did laugh when you said, "Without the load, you're not to creat enough power to get it over the net."
    Then proceeds with a perfect serve with no load. Lol. Not a criticism, just made me laugh.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Haha true. When you’re as good as me, you rarely miss. Regardless of what you do ;) just kidding 😂

    • @kb8978
      @kb8978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pickleballplaybook Hahaha. So true. Hahaha.

  • @drincmusic2769
    @drincmusic2769 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like I could really hit hard in pickle ball. Idk why. Probably because everything looks so slow.

    • @larrysee7306
      @larrysee7306 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Play with an experienced player and it doesn’t seem so slow😊

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No doubt!

  • @shaggyb9599
    @shaggyb9599 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey, yo, I hit it!

  • @rdeanpeterson1100
    @rdeanpeterson1100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Yo I hit it

  • @flukyreview9128
    @flukyreview9128 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In tennis we call this an underhand slice serve. Pickle ball is so behind😂😂😂😂

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s why pickleball is cooler my friend. Cooler names 🙌

    • @flukyreview9128
      @flukyreview9128 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@pickleballplaybook let me ask you this. Why is an overhead smash is allowed in pickleball but overhead serve is not?

  • @robinrobine8100
    @robinrobine8100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why do you think this is new? I use it and variations from when I started about five years ago. It is a side spin, not a screw ball serve. And besides, have you not watched any tournaments for the past several years or the thousands of other instruction videos?

  • @albertcamus5970
    @albertcamus5970 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How is this not an illegal serve. Just because you finish high. You can easily finish high on any slice shot.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s not illegal because I am swinging low to help high prior to contacting the ball.

    • @going2Mars
      @going2Mars 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How is it illegal? There is NOTHING in the current 2024 rulebook that makes this illegal.

    • @albertcamus5970
      @albertcamus5970 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@going2Mars swinging high to low is not legal. Its in the rulebook

  • @ClintReynolds-pl3tw
    @ClintReynolds-pl3tw หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am told this is on a legal serve due to downward motion

  • @zwood92
    @zwood92 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey yo, I hit it

  • @osint6372
    @osint6372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's risky....

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Any shot is risky if you don’t practice it 💪

    • @TDeslip
      @TDeslip 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just takes a bit of practice. I can hit it 100%, but I do understand that some will never be coordinated enough for these shots.

    • @osint6372
      @osint6372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s inherently risky. You can only do so much with this. A skillful opponent will take it apart if you keep on doing the same thing.

    • @kento1957
      @kento1957 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@osint6372 That's true of any shot if you keep doing the same thing.

    • @osint6372
      @osint6372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kento1957 sure. I prefer a bit more pace and top spin instead of this. To each its own.

  • @user-jv9qz2bu1r
    @user-jv9qz2bu1r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Toddler Tennis

  • @gpenrod5221
    @gpenrod5221 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wouldn't call that a screwball serve. That's a slice serve with the forehand. I do that serve all the time. If I could ever master getting some backspin on to it too I can get it over the net and it barely bounces up at all making it an extremely difficult server to return. I have finally figured out how to do it with my backhand serve too and have great success with it as well. The backhand serve works very well against left handed players. And again, it's not a corkscrew serve, it's a slice serve.
    One I'm trying to master is that serve (and he showed in one of his example serves) where you aim it into the court on the left and it slices and bounces in the right court. It's kind of freaky to see it coming at you wrong, then slices into your court and you have to deal with it. And again, this isn't a new serve. Several have been doing this type of serve for years now.

    • @kento1957
      @kento1957 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If the ball kicks to the side, it's a screwball serve. A simple slice serve doesn't have side kick.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💋

    • @spelunkerd
      @spelunkerd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think the origin of this word comes from baseball. In baseball, pitchers will tell you that a screwball curves in the opposite direction compared to the classic baseball curve. With a classic baseball curve, there is dominant topspin and the spin comes over the top, breaking a little to the non throwing side. The baseball screwball rolls off your fingers to move the ball to the throwing side. The difference between the baseball screwball and the pickleball screwball is the axis of rotation, which tends to make the pickleball screwball jump to the serving side after the bounce. So, the jump is enhanced if you put some lob into the ball. It's a novelty surprise for beginner opponents but most learn to recognize and anticipate the direction of bounce based on the swing.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

    • @jonathansmith9946
      @jonathansmith9946 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In Pickleball it is called a Screwball serve, and the spin is actually side top spin not back spin. It is top spin because with his grip and paddle angle as his arm moves up he is striking the back side of the ball driving the spin up and to the side.

  • @jimzimmerman5288
    @jimzimmerman5288 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The swing is supposed to start in an upward motion. Your swing starts in a downward motion.

    • @joshrockwell1470
      @joshrockwell1470 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where's the rule that says that?

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The swing doesn’t have to start in an upward direction. Everyone’s topspin serve starts in a downward direction as they draw a C and then finish upward.
      The rule states that the arm must be moving in an upward arc when it makes contact with the ball. It’d be impossible to hit the ball over the net without it moving in an upward arc, it’d simply go down and to the side of it didn’t go up 👍

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @joshrockwell1470 No rule says that 👍 False info

    • @joshrockwell1470
      @joshrockwell1470 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pickleballplaybook lots of false info out there. Keep up with the great videos! And you may have finally convinced me to try the Hesacore.

    • @kb8978
      @kb8978 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's supposed to CONTACT in am upward direction. You can start the swing however you want.

  • @157von
    @157von 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thought a spin on your serve was illegal now?

  • @88joshuajohnathan
    @88joshuajohnathan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wait. This dude was crying about how the serve shouldn't be a weapon.
    Yet here we are. A video about making the serve a weapon.

    • @pickleballplaybook
      @pickleballplaybook  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m glad I’m famous in your eyes. Keep commenting to grow my channel my guy 💋

    • @jeffreinardy7570
      @jeffreinardy7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@pickleballplaybook 😆

    • @fernandoherranz4095
      @fernandoherranz4095 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh yes, that's right. I remember another vid mentioning he was in favor of banning the bounce serve and that's when I remember him saying he was against using the serve as a weapon. But everybody wants an advantage in the game, right?

    • @jeffreinardy7570
      @jeffreinardy7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@fernandoherranz4095 Well there ya go then, a very well explained screwball serve as a weapon in the arsenal.