Gael Monfils Practicing his Serve

[Shodai24]

Wow, nice environment. Now I really want to see America. xD

[Pyroninja85]

how the hell does he serve so well with the sun practically in his eyes?

[Habs4life1212]

@Pyroninja85 he is so used so doing his serve thats its all about timing. At that stage, he doesn't absolutely need to clearly see the ball to know where it is :D

[michelleinmke]

How far apart are his feet and are they even?

[RoKr93]

wow, i've been looking for a pro to watch closely whose serve style is very similar to mine and boy have i found one! i bring my racquet back the same way, space my feet the same way...damn near everything. of course, monfils's serve is a wee bit better than mine, hahaha

[bhallic24]

man if only I could serve like that I'd be killing my opponents when I play.

[Anon1352]

I really really like his serve motion its very fluid and spot on as far as form is concerned the only thing that bugs me is his left moves just a tiny bit as he's tossing ... maybe its just because he's warming up but otherwise awesome serve to learn

[xXxWontonxXx]

Darn i think i watched this to much

i can't serve with my feet apart must be close together with left slightly in front of right

[chroobyc]

Gotta love his serve. It's fluid, powerful, consistent. I like the way he stands with both feet closely together instead of pulling up the right leg during the service motion.

[dura1mater]

I would crush these serves.

[rapter9800]

@dura1mater Surely you realize that due to the fact that it's only just warm-up, Monfils isn't serving at his full pace? Apparently not, some people just lack the requisite intelligence to make basic observations.

[dura1mater]

@rapter9800 Like I said I would crush these practice serves. I guess it takes requisite intelligence to know I was talking about crushing these practice serves.

[AceGuitarR7]

@dura1mater i doubt that...... unless your at least college level. these are arent fast but they are accurate and have alot of spin

[xXxWontonxXx]

dude i wish i had these serves hehe

[GaelMonfilsAwesome]

best serves

[jugadeez]

monfils sorta looks like nick cannon. just wanted to put that out there haha.

[chrisbahen]

The silhouette on the wall behind the net is handy, really demonstrates how much the serve spins out. :)

[dodododa]

Man... this guy would have such a massive serve if he used proper mechanics. What a waste.

[mysteriekiller]

He has a massive serve with really good mechanics.

[dodododa]

Do I really need to walk you through everything that's wrong with this serve? He's mostly relying on his long arm (which is probably the fastest arm in the (tennis) world).

His takeback is flawed, I know it works most of the time, but when under pressure it's more likely to fall apart because of that extra little movement where he quickly takes the racket from beside his face to behind his back. Good form would be to already have it behind his back so the fast movement is simplified.

[mysteriekiller]

He serves great under pressure actually, i don't think you watch a lot of his matches but he is serving really well under pressure consistently. And what can we say about his serve apart from the fact that it is huge and that he has a lot of variety. He hits a lot of aces. In his matchups against Roddick, he is always outacing Roddick.

[affenkeks]

Well hes got the Roddick serve.. cant be bad right?! ;)

[y2jandy]

goddamnn those kicks down the T, i gotta have that

[vmntmn]

ahh if you're referring to the 1:10ish area i think those are slices but im not sure lol. it doesnt kick in the correct area.

[darthtau]

i think those are slices because i remember him serving against Giles Simon in a tornament once- the same in the T serve- and the commentary said it was slice. i think Monfils aced Simon twice with that serve for his service.

[FairwayJack]

I like his twist serve to the add court. Difficult to reach when he's close to the center line.

[semitdark]

look at the background OMG where is he paradise or something

[honkiemarge]

Look at the name of the wall lololol

[Charusho]

he's so tall, he doesn't need to jump, great serving!

[borisncfc100]

He isn't that tall it's just how he does it.

[Charusho]

He's pretty tall compared to the average player.. see him in the flesh and then you'll know what I'm talking about.

[pauloolem]

@borisncfc100 he's 6.4 tall actually!

[STFOX543]

@borisncfc100 maybe the fact that he jumps with both feet

dunno just sayin

[LeafVillItachi]

nicee serves i need to work on mine lol

[nen6425]

the 4 serves after 1:03 are magical haha

[dassmanen44]

@nen6425 HAHA XDXD

[watsnot2adore21]

@nen6425

haha. i agree. i wish i could serve like that!

[alexryderr]

@nen6425 I think the third is out, but anyway nice serving ^^

[orientaltony]

look at the background... man, California is beautiful

[sharpasaneraser]

@orientaltony i live close by and it's just a bunch of mounded brown rocks. it also gets as hot as mars for about 6 mos/yr. can i interest you in some cheap desert real estate?

[sharpasaneraser]

@sharpasaneraser ummmmm, i think i meant mercury not mars.

[Gman6755]

I love tennis but I hate watching this guy play a match. His hair alone drives me crazy!!!

[jyy82993]

That's a dumb reason to not like him.

[gradius55]

did he change his service motion? it used to look like roddick's but now it looks more natural.

[paulkielsmithdotcom]

seems like he reduced his knee bend. also his right leg seem to go more to the right on impact and after, compared to other pros

[mansuliu]

can someone tell me the benefit of serving with your feet that close together?

[aznheadinbed]

i think you get more air when you jump into your serves

[mansuliu]

i thought about that but i don't think its true cos ur legs cannot be that close when you jump

[aznheadinbed]

well think about it, when you want to jump really high dont you put your feet together?

look at basketball player when theyre shooting baskets, their feet arent too spread apart and the closer your feet are together the more you can load on your knees for a bigger jump

i sorta do this with my serve too, when im about to serve theyre far apart then right when i throw the ball i drag my back foot closer together with my front and i push off to hit the serve

[assailant85]

yeah: it looks like monfils :D

[lastlifecast]

he copied roddick wen he was younger dats y he plays like dat

[nateypoo]

so consistent

[blubird243]

love the kick at 1:05 :)

[jasonxseo]

you mean the slice...

[paulkielsmithdotcom]

@blubird243 you mean slice and flat. no kick up the middle on the ad court at 105

[blubird243]

yes... its a slice that kicked to the right...

[assailant85]

i don't believe that this is possible for a righty :)

[blubird243]

what do you mean? thats what he did.. lol did you watch the video?

[assailant85]

yes i did. which serves do you mean? I think u meant the ones like 1:16 didn't u?

But i've never heard (or seen) a slice with a side-spin to the right by a righty and could not even imagine how that could work.

[martin8768]

uhhh wow this is the simplest slice serves ur ball should be going to the left if u use side spin right handed

[assailant85]

yeah, I know that. but the other guy said sth about a spin to the right! I don't know anything about that

[jeewalk]

its not a different location

[FYB2007]

Most of our footage is from the BNP Paribas Open. A little bit is from World Team Tennis.

[tennismaster321]

amazing!

[MacPr0xnxx0]

where is this

[jeewalk]

indian wells, CA at the BNP Paribas open

[MacPr0xnxx0]

@jeewalk nice i want to play there

[yoimcrazy]

I'm going to play there for USTA sectionals this December.(:

[suiekou45]

beautiful!