Full Service Motion
The eighth and final progression of the serve is to hit the ball using the full service motion. That said, you’re going to start slow. You’re going to work up to the baseline.
At 30 seconds in the video I begin from the service line. I use the “down together, up together” motion when I toss and take the racket back. The rest of the mechanics are the same from the previous videos. I’m still hitting the tennis ball very softly. I want the ball to bounce three times before it gets to the baseline.
Once you’re mastered, you can move back to the baseline. I do this at 1 minute in the video. You can hit with a little bit more juice, but I’m still sort of moonballing it at this point. I’m still focusing on the technique.
When you’ve got the motion 100% locked down, then you can hit the ball with some real power. I do this at 1:30 in the video. You can see that I’m hitting a pretty good serve using basic / uncomplicated mechanics. From this foundation, you’ll be able to take your serve to the next level.
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i love this site. just getting back into tennis and this site is a big help.
This is a great website.
What are the steps to take the serve to the next level?
This is by far the best tennis video instruction web site.
Thank you, Will!
Thank you very much for these lessons. I have played tennis a lot at a young age, but my weak point was always my serve. After watching your video’s I know why my serve used to be rubbish. Again, I thank you very much. I now enjoy playing tennis again. Because a bad serve can be really frustrating and ruin the game.
-Taco
(Holland)
Great video. I am an intermediate player and have taken alot of lessons. I have never seen anyone break the motions of the serve down as well as you have.
Thanks.
Fred
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