Tennis Serve & Return Tips : Tennis Flat Serve

[joshwesthill]

@14Jbaez

it's 'swung', not 'swang'

[ZZR1400GREY]

I'm 6"2 and I use the flat serve for first and kick serve for second but in a 3 set match I make about 10 double faults, to many I know! The first serve percentage is about 50% but I hit it over 110 mph every time.

[st3nkobe]

i serve hard as fuck

[almondavid]

@st3nkobe I fuck hard as serves

[Insler66]

Bel servizio il nostro dimostrratore!!!

[pimpekfun]

sick!

[InsanelyAwesome98]

Im 12 this year, i've been playing for 5 years. Im not 5ft yet. but i can play. So don't think that u have to be tall to play. Don't underestimate us either :)

[JoshuaMari]

Don't complain guys, I'm 5'3".

[TheLeilisa]

how tall are you ?

is 5'10 good for Tennis?

[Killawolf95]

@TheLeilisa height doesn't matter in tennis it's how you can move around the court and your strokes that will really matter..I took up tennis becuase I was to small for other sports. you are taller then me so your fine if your worried about it.

[coolcat6116]

@Killawolf95 Height doesn't matter for club tennis, maybe. Now look at the top 3 players on the ATP world tour; they are all above 6'.

[Killawolf95]

@coolcat6116 Yes they are above 6' by 1-2 inches big deal you don't have to be tall to play tennis may help but you don't have to be tall. Nadal 6'1 Djokovic 6'2 and Federer 6'1

[claus1225]

@coolcat6116

they are not so much above 6'.  nadal is just a bit over 6'.

[XxZpain13xX]

SHUT THAT BIRD UP!!!

[7daniel49]

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[hattrickster33]

well most people don't hit a complete flat serve because it requires more skill to get it over the net and in, personally i always use a grip that's a bit more eastern so that i get some topspin but not too much

[lkjkhfggd]

I can hit a mean flat serve but its accuracy is extremely small, it alway seems to hit just barely outside the box, and when I try to adjust, I end up hitting right into the net.

[jewbinson]

@lkjkhfggd how tall are you? Federer is 6"2 and can only just hit flat serve so If you're 5"11 (I think) or under then you might have to put at least a little bit of spin on the ball to dip even when hitting a flat serve

[lkjkhfggd]

I'm 6"1 so I am definitely capable of hitting flat, but I learned recently how to hit topspin and slice and both of those shots have much more accuracy so I like using those much more.

[hattrickster33]

@lkjkhfggd you know a lot of people never hit flat serve, they hit big kick serves for first, and slice or kick for second

[lkjkhfggd]

@hattrickster33 yeh maybe I should do that... my serves are so bad its unbelievable. In fact, I lose games because of my bad serves.

[hattrickster33]

@lkjkhfggd Yea it's happened to me too. That's why I started working exclusively on kick serves.

[lkjkhfggd]

@hattrickster33 haha I practiced serving for hours and hours and it doesn't pay off in game. I remember one day where I was practicing serves after weeks of horrible ones, and that day I finally got it, my serves that day were all going in, all had great form, all were awesome. that was the best day of my life. the next day though, I forgot what made the serves go in or something, since I just kept on missing serves in real games. I don't know what to do about it either.

[hattrickster33]

@lkjkhfggd damn...well after my coach broke down the serve into 6 components, and going back to basics (starting above your head) I realized what I had to do to improve my serve and then I practiced that. It might be worth getting a coach to show you although it will probably cost a few bucks; really helped for me

[7daniel49]

@lkjkhfggd haha, that was me. just keep serving and trying new things. it will come back. mine stays with me now. just practice. its muscle memory

[TheFatKid128]

@lkjkhfggd lol thats happened to me so much, i would either be able to put a certain spin and a hit, or do a backhand or a type of serve, but then a day or 2 later, everythings gone, and i still havent gotten my backhand back either....

[portbou]

I made notice at Gustavos highly placed elbow at for exemple 0:57, 1:03, 1:11, 1:17 and the of course the rotation and pronation. But somehow I feel that this high placed elbow in the beginning gives him a good launch hight for his flat serve. In an short movie on french tennis school I saw a teachet lift the students elbow with his racquet in the serve beginning. What do you think? Please comment!!!

[utahgs]

Great video

[adamsx01x]

when i do a good serve it always hits the top of net why ?

[scarface7361]

great video

[Canton1668]

those venezuelans can serve!

[supertrex2]

do u toss it more inside the court?

[ohnoazn139]

yes

[alfiedj]

Nice!

[portbou]

huge serve from gustavo!!!!