How to Get More Height on the Kick Serve | Tennis Technique
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In today’s video, I explain how to get more height on the kick serve. It’s a complex tennis technique that can be simplified with a few small adjustments.
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slow this down to .25
The biomechanical term for up or down at the start is "projection angle".
"The projection angle, i.e. the angle between the initial trajectory and the horizontal, determines the shape of the parabola described in flight by the object or body.
So simple yet so informative. It’s a clear explanation of: “if you do this, this will happen, if you do this, this will happen.” Thank you!
ONLY the greatest teachers are able to do that, because after they completely understand the subject they apply their genius'.
Man…I watched this video last week and tried a higher kick for the first time ever today (and it was in match), and it went over my 6’ tall opponent’s head!! Didn’t hit a rock or anything! Unreal
This explains why my kicks seems higher when just warming up and in matches I was losing height from tossing the ball into the court without staying vertical. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Some days I hit a good kick serve, other days not so good. Looking back, I was doing many things right. I was throwing the ball in front of my body, BUT I was not under it enough. I often hit a serve with topspin but not a high bouncer. Now I can hit a hard high bouncer most of the time if I get under the ball. Nikola cleared up my problem.
Great job!!!
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I lost my kick serve over the years, this is a useful refresher. I remember I used to have the mentality of forcing myself under the ball no matter how far into the court I tossed the ball, and resulted in nice heavy kicks. I haven't thought that way in years, it could be why my kick hasn't been very good as of late. great insight like always.
I never understood Edberg's launch until this video.
Edberg explanation is very interesting. I figured it out by accident. Can't wait to practice it with purpose. thanks.
You are the only coach who knows what he is talking about.
This is the best tennis teaching channel I have ever known!
This lesson cleared up a few things I just didn't get till now. Somehow I missed this racket must be vertical thing. Duh.
Wow the lines at 2:15 have been the most helpful thing I’ve ever seen in any tennis video. Great vid and can’t wait to practice my servers tomorrow!
Nikola, this is super technical "intuitive tennis"... :):):) Excellent on everything. Thanks.
Stefan Edberg serve and volley!
Great video Nick! 😀
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I remember Stefan getting called out for foot faults on occasions . Great advice, thank you Nikola
Great video, but with practice you can get the best of both worlds. The serve at 7:39 was the best of all of them. You were leaning in for power AND got a great kick.
Now I understand why Edberg got more foot faults than any other player on the tour ever!😉 Thanks for a great video
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Wow this is expert tuition. The best video I've seen explaining how to do the kick serve. Broken down well too. Cheers!
Awesome demo. Thanks Nick!
Amazing tip. Edberg knew what he was doing with the kick serve. Most players don't
Clear, concise instruction and demonstration, thank you Nick.
Brilliant lesson Nick on a very nuanced aspect of the kick serve. To gain extra margin without losing power.
@Nikola so I tried the Edberg tip out. Works great. What help the most was the tip about still toss it in front lean in but get under the ball. That helped execute this style of kick with forward momentum. 👍👍👍Thanks.
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Excellent analysis
great camera angle at 2.16 min , toss well inside the court . well done i never saw a serve footage from this view
Thanks for the instructions! This is very helpful!
Excellent video! The problem I always have is that half of the time it goes to the net.
The most useful video i've ever seen on kick serve. I tend to throw behind. I'll work on that.
This is the answer i was looking for. It’s much more difficult to do in real life. But thank you
I always liked Edberg and never knew he does these benign adjustments. Thanks coach Nicola for explaining the technique. Best video on TH-cam ever.
edberg seems to leap into the court like crazy
I’m not entirely sure that’s how you use the word benign…
Excellent video explanation. Thx!
Thank you. Excellent advice as usual. Well explained.
Wonderful advice on the Edberg technique for height and power!
Just commented on a recent video about how I realized I lacked hight in my kick serve, and now I saw this video on YT home page suggestions. YT algorithm may be scary, but at least it has been convenient so far.
Also, thank you Nik for making this video, it is literally what I needed right now and I find that your guidance is much more helpful than any other tennis player / coach I've met! ❤️🎾
Keep going mr cool and thank you
Great description
1. Do not hit up
2. Do not open face
3. Throw little in front of baseline and about 12 o clock
4. Get body underneath
5. Be tall A F
12 o’clock relative to what? Baseline?
@@richieortiz5 relative to your head, so inline with your head but also INSIDE the court
Edberg also used an extreme grip on his serve, that is, not continental but almost an Eastern backhand grip. I use it too often on my second serve but you can even hit heavey flat serves with it if you just pronate enough. That grip makes it a lot easier to get over the ball to hit high kicking slice serves, just like Stefan did.
another great lesson. thank you, teacher!
Great video. I was wondering why some of my serves skidded on and some bounced higher. Now I know.Thank you.
Great tips thanks.
Thanks Nikola this is great !
awesome explanation
It's just amazing how you break down technique. Biomechanics is the most important thing and you really help us understand in what positions we should put out bodies in order to achive this without nonsensical tips.
Totally agree, cudos Nikola.
Great video
Best instructional video contents on utube.
Top5, maybe Top3 for me
Excellent video. I've struggled with the balance for YEARS lol
Nice, i wil try it tomorrow😀
3:40
"You pay attention to the trajectory and the height of the ball"
Me paying attention to how the earlier ball is still stuck on the fence even with the cover lmao
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VERY GOOD TUTORIALS.. THANK YOU SIR..
Fantastic video, i was doing the lean leading to a flatter trajectory
Great video and instructions. Personally I would love to see you collaborating with Jeff salzenstein on kick serve topic. I feel you two would put together the best lesson ever on the kicker. Well done, really good explanation and different view angles. 10/10
Really excellent!!! Thanks so much!!!
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so true , you are Tennis Doctor , I learned a lot from you, Thank you very much, It works
I will give this a go!
Thank you coach, for clear explanation
Man the video I needed
总结：扔在头顶触球（而不是身前，影响回弹高度），拍面略关（太开会飞），身体往前压（扔在身前可以通过前探身体实现头顶触球）
Wow... hit at these Boynton courts 3x, roughly the week you filmed it. Had friends playing the Boca Lago open, that have lived or played in Atlanta events. Even Holiday Park was packed. Great instruction. Back at MiamiOpen.
Thank you very much very good lesson professional logical thanks a lot
Studiram kick ovih dana, video je tako jasan i poučan. Jedva čekam primijenit tvoje upute na terenu.
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Edberg's way is my favorite
My fav is using the topspin of it to place it like a foot from the net on their outside. It looks like I’m going to try and slice down the T but it actually pounds into top of service box and then off court
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Stellar camera angle and explanation ! Appreciate it. Would you say the optimal position to contact the ball is still between the ears and the shoulders ?
cool. I should easily be able to make this tweak
Very useful...most or coaches make you throw the ball behind tour head and It doesn't work. So toss the ball in front and put the body underneath could be the optimal solution. I'll Try it soon!
Hmmm. Interesting will try the Edberg version out.
Thank you .... your follower from Iraq
Thanks
Nicola thanks for your lessons.
You are very good showing and correcting.
In fact, especially at serve videos, are distinguished good.
I'm surprised that you don't mention spin service. If you right handed, kick goes to right, slice goes to left, flat straight Infront and slice jump in front.
Could you comment?
It's all in the small détails.
I really believe that your coaching videos are great for beigginers. I would appriciate that you post some of them inverted since for lefties like me is kind of hard to get the same movements right and there aren't much left handed videos on youtube.
Put it in the mirror. ^^
the professional kick serve! and the tips to avoid the confusion from others which weaken the serve.
so your toss will likely give away the kick serve intention?
That was a phenomenal lesson. Nowhere else do I see such advanced lessons on the subtle nuances of our great sport, Pickleball! (just kidding) But seriously, this is some high caliber stuff. Do you coach competitive players/teams? If not, YOU SHOULD. Thank you for all the work you put in to making these superlative videos!!!
Thanks, now I know what I was doing wrong - no more hitting up!
it completely depends on your height....this is NOT good information....yeah maybe if you're 6 5' you'll always hit your kick down, but what about if you're 5 5' ?
Caloosa Park Boynton Beach FL nice ! great spot for hard court tennis in so Florida
I was taught that the toss has to be at 11 o’clock at least in order to work. The thing with Edberg is that he tossed the ball at an insane 9 o’clock and still managed to get it in. If I did that I would be in traction for a week.
😉👍very nice
Omg, he can easily hit a serve directly to the fence without leg power, amazing.
Hi Nick,
Great videos! Thank you so much for the tips! I just have a question. When you toss in front with the kicker and then get under the ball, it feels like all of my body weight is on my left (non dominant) foot. That seems a bit unatural. Usually, I also load on the back foot too. Is there something going on with my normal serve, or is it just my kick serve?
Thanks,
Andrew.
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Thanks for help now my kick serve is going to be deadly
I never could see the mistake i made until i record myself serving. I suggest everyone who has kickserve problems to record themselves in different perspective to analyse their body and racquet motion. Practice on the toss a lot too to get a consistent toss everytime. I find it tossing is half the process to finding your right serve but not many people talk about it.
Hi Nick,
My serve looks similar to yours. I saw your serve in slow mo in this video.
My serve is fluid and has continuous motion with no pause in trophy position. I think a lot of pros have got a continuous flow as well.
My serve is quite big and is div 1 level where I hit quite a lot of aces easily. Kick serve is as good as first with forward momentum and not easy to return either.
My question is that my legs start loading while my racquet is still low and then of course there is no pause or a typical trophy position too which we see normally in Federer and a lot of other pros. And coaches told me to reach the trophy position as well.
But i guess i picked this up over time naturally.
Is it all good if the racquet is still down while you start loading your legs or should I delay it and start bending when racquet is little higher than my waist level?
I hope you see my comment. By the way great work and love your videos and they make lot more sense than anything i have seen on TH-cam.
Cheers.
Loading should start when the racquet begins to travel upwards to trophy phase (on lag serves) 👍
@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you so much. Will check it out in slow mo and if i am loading too early, i can delay it of course.
Great lesson as always, clear instruction and great tips. Wow that serve at 7:20, can I have it please?
The kid in the red shirt at the start of the video hit a true kicker in that when it landed it kicked away from the court and high to the back hand. This fellow hit what looked like heavily top spun serve that even though they bounced high, they didn't break away from the receiver. Another thing is why do they all demo the kick serve from the Ad court? Lets see the effect of the kick serve from the deuce court.
an absolutely perfect explaination! if only more pro players listen to this advice.... we would have far better matches..
Noche video .. you can do a video about foot. Feet. In serve. Flat slice. An cick ... I see you put diferent front foot
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I have never seen anyone stick a ball in the fence THROUGH the windscreen before! 😶
😂😂 that was weird
@@IntuitiveTennis you must be doing something right.
7:16 Nice.
Ive noticed with the rf 97 it helps to build as much energy as possible. I can rely on a smooth swing path to transfer sufficient power even without a lot of effort on my part so it open up a lot of pacing options for me
Is it possible to hit kick serve at 12? I can toss consistently at 12 but not 11.
12 works
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just finished and wow...you're solved the mystery for MANY MANY MANY PLAYERS!!! THANK GOODNESS...YOU, SIR ARE A TENNIS PROFESSOR!!! THANK YOU!!!
I tried this and did seem to get more height sometimes. But had way more doubles. Most into the net which i rarely do. I was trying to hit down vs normal hitting up. Help
Don’t hit down
@@chrain2.080 ok but he said not to hit up on the ball and says the hand goes down. The trajectory is down he says.
It helps to be tall too
I'd like to watch your tennis shoes history. Maybe next video?
😂😂 that would be a two hour video
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Summary
now i know why stefan edberg foot faulted frequently.
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What if you’re 5’3” or 6’3”. The biomechanics change to get the same result.
Twisted instruction
" Former Top 20 Junior In Germany" any comparison of how tennis is learned and honed in europe vs north america?
Big difference
@@IntuitiveTennis i mean, can you do a comparison video for us :)
Absolutely