Tennis Serve Rhythm and Smoothness Drill

[fayskelley]

I am going to go out and do this today !

[plstrom]

the main problem in beginners serve is ball toss. maybe you should adress that in a video.

[EssentialTennis]

@plstrom I did, take a look at the rest of my videos 

[JohnRasmussenAnyBody]

I am wondering whether a racket with a cardan joint mounted just next to the handle would be an even better tool. It would enable the player to actually hit the ball, but only if he gets the motion right.

[JohnRasmussenAnyBody]

That is a super-fantastic idea. Did you come up with that? There is solid biomechanical principles behind it. A good serve is essentially a kinetic chain motion in which you concentrate momentum in the racket head. However, it is also possible to do with less quality with joint moments, and a lot of players do that. The socks force the student to cultivate a kinetic chain motion because they are non-rigid and therefore do not allow you to use joint moments.

[RodrigoSKJ]

This should be called the giant testicles service motion dirll

[Rambolena]

So to get smoothness on your forehands and backhands u just do the same thing but with the forehand and back hand swing?

Good Videos by the way:)

[EssentialTennis]

@Rambolena Good question....it's a very similar feeling/sensation but I wouldn't recommend actually using the socks to practice, they're just too long for groundstroke technique, good rhythm is definitely different than a serve.

[BweltaCaille]

Full Metal Jacket! when they use that on the poor guy

[stevekinslow]

this is great! even just thinking about smooth has really helped me this week!

[gamaplayer3]

thanks i will try it ,nice drill

i am looking for some good topspin and spin drills and good second serve topspin serve if you have any that will be good

[jallenuga]

picked up my racket and just practiced the counting tip. that alone was worth the video. can't wait to pick up some soccer socks and practice the drill. thanks so much. your videos rock!!!!

[EssentialTennis]

@jallenuga Awesome, great to hear! Let me know how you do :)

[jack592285]

OMG Ian... That haircut!  Yikes!

Good tip though.

[EssentialTennis]

@jack592285 Haha, seriously? What's wrong with it??

[alzahir]

And, when you are done with the drill, you put on those socks and try kicking some balls at that soccer goal behind you :) Now seriously, with the podcast and now the videos, you provide some of the best tennis instruction on the Internet, and I have looked around! Good job, Ian.

[EssentialTennis]

@alzahir Hey thanks, I really appreciate that very much!

[CountryClubPride]

Great video would using socks with something a little more weighted inside give added benifits? (ie... racquet head speed)

[EssentialTennis]

@CountryClubPride I've never tried that to be honest, but I'm sure it could help!

[micahtouchet]

Thanks so much, Ian!!

[EssentialTennis]

@micahtouchet You bet!

[MrChacha77]

nice~~ helped a lot

[EssentialTennis]

@MrChacha77 Thanks for watching!