Im a uspta pro, and find you teaching technique very good, teaching the leg bend with the toss as progression in not normally done, but I think you correct to teach it. Great job, Brad
Hi Joseph!! You are the best tennis instructor in the world =D D D D D your video is getting so many views :) can't wait to play tennis with you soon! :)
Your video has helped me a lot this season. My serv has improved so much I even reached the final in the club tournament this year which shouldn´t be possible. Next year I am going to take it to an even higher level, Thanks for the tips :o)
There are millions of videos on teaching abt tennis serve...but , THERE IS NONE that CAN COME EVEN CLOSE' to this. You are the best. These two videos are the best. I showed this to couple of my friends kids, and their serve improved a lot. I can see they are very confident on the steps you showed in your videos.
really helpful. i usually play with family and friends and never took a lesson, but seems most of the game isn't hard to figure out (at least at a novice level :P) except the serve. been hangin around some more experienced tennis players and my serve's really been holdin me back, but these tips should help alot :)
Thanks! Good luck! When you practice the hitting part, don't bend so much at first, and concentrate on tossing and smacking. I know I bent my knees a lot when hitting in the video, but the important thing is to toss right, and get the right hitting motion. Remember, shoulder back, then twist, swinging your shoulder around into the ball... I hope it helps.
Thanks for the lesson. I think this should help me. I didnt actually know how and when to bend the knees. but now i think this would improve my knee action. you didnt mention about the height of the toss and jump during the hitting.
@tenishotshot - Maybe the best video on serving progression I have seen on YouTube. And I have seen a lot of videos and am a tennis instructor. I'm going to share this on my Facebook. Well done man!! Your assistant is really cute too...made me laugh.
Well, continental is really safe and standard for serves, volleys, and backhands. I use a conservative grip for forehand: semi-western grip. Guys lately use more topspin grips for forehand, like Western grip. Check out this website for grips. I'll edit the video information with this link.
@tenishotshot I use continental grip only for volleys and slice.Western for forehand,eastern for backhand in backhand and serve.I'm a slice server, but i often serve the first serve flat and i use bachand grip.as i know you should move your leg just centimetres to the left, or a bit more, but i'ts wrong putting the leg next to the other leg and far from it.I tell you that because when you do that your body is open and opponent knows where are you going to serve
Actually, no, the opponent can't predict my serve from my body. The only way prediction can happen is from the position of my toss. There are many pros who have the same step as I do. Does it look like my body is open? I wouldn't be able to generate power if my shoulders were open. I always try to keep my racket shoulder back until I'm hitting the ball.
Thanks for watching! Good luck with your game. Also, a tip: When you go from practicing your ball toss, to actually hitting the ball, don't try to bend your knees so much. Concentrate on just the toss, and bend only a tiny bit at first. People usually try to bend a lot, lose their balance, and end up with a horrible toss. Just a tip, in case you might need it! Good luck! :)
How do you place your racket? If you had your fist pointing towards the floor, would you have your racket face facing the floor too or would you have it facing to the left?
great tips. fixed my horrible ball toss. i was tossing too quickly and bringing my arm down too fast. arm was never straight, toss was continuous with ball all over the place. looking at sky up straight arm is fantastic tip. also bending knees at the same time as arm goes up.
Thanks for these tips, I played today and kept smashing all my serves into the net or clipping it. Going to give that ball toss a practice, I think that's where I'm going wrong. You're a great teacher, thanks
im sure this video has helped many people get into tennis as it has improve active players, it helps newcomers get to grips with often the most difficult to master strokes, THE SERVE! which is rather unfortunately, the most necessary.
dude cool you play sc! same! go silver league! haha sorry reading the comments. but yeah hopefully this will help me a little.. im 14 and my serve is decent outside of matches but last match i choked and lost a few games for my doubles team. ill try this out next time im at the courts!
hey its great that you really put an effort in teaching them ^_^... i really hope there are ppl like you in our court here...there are many of us kids here who are just playing by experience and really wanted sum1 to put an effort in training us ^_^...guess the old ones here in us are too absorbed with their own,,>.< btw nice tut guess i;ll practice this tomorrow... greetings from davao, philippines ^_^
I hope you are giving the video assistant so lessons on the house, she is obviously a coordinated athlete and potentially your ticket to the coachs' box
Haha. She's a sweet girl. I need to pay for my tuition, but I do give her quite a good rate! I should show you my other student, a 4 year old tennis genius. We can rally from the baseline.
Hey, i play tennis at school, i guess you could say im okay, but my serving really sucks booty, it always ends up to be a fault, my coach says it's because i need to hit the ball at an angle, but she never explains what she means, do you think you could make another video and show us how you're hitting it
Hey! So, actually, I made a video for you. But I forgot to refer you to it. If you check my page, you'll see my most current video. I'm just practicing my serve over and over again. I included a clip at the beginning in slow motion, to show you the steps to think about (knee bend, toss/racquet up, full extension). Good luck!! And thanks for viewing, as always. Just remember to relax, and get a smooth motion. Act as if you're jumping up to casually high five someone!! :)
Question, do you have to toss the ball and bring your racket back at the same time, I try to do that, but it never works for me, but I bet I can get it with practice, my serve is like the first one. I have my racwuet already back, and then when i toss, my racwuet goes more back to get more power when i hit the ball. great video.
Hi! Yes, ideally you should toss and bring your racket back at the same time. Check youtube for Federer serves. The power shouldn't come from your racket reaching further back. It should come from your legs and your upper body whipping into the ball. Find the video "Roger Federer serves from Back Perspective", and carefully watch (1) his feet, (2) his racket arm.
Don't try to pull your racket back too much. Just first concentrate on the knee bend and racket up. Goodluck!!
@tenishotshot Thank you so much, i tried doing that and my serve has gotten a whole lot better. it helped me win my tennis match today greatly too. thanks so much!!!!
Thank you!! I made another video, just in case. It's just of me practicing my serve. I'm glad your serve got better! Remember, your ball toss is most important. If your motion is really good now, the only thing you have to concentrate on is your ball toss. If you're having a bad serving day, just correct your toss! Good job, again!!
Haha, thanks. All my friends made fun of that. I wasn't sure how high the camera was, so I was leaning over to make sure my head wasn't cut off.... I definitely didn't need to take a crap. Darn.
you should discuss the correct grip, it would also be good to mention the position of the feet to the line. I also like to have beginners start in throwing position with the racquet head behind the back pointing to the ground and elbow pointing to the sky. Doing this gets them into the slot position and will develop into a full serve.
Thanks. Yes, I failed to mention the grip. I answered the same question to another commenter. The correct grip is continental grip. That was the old way of teaching the serve: the "back scratch" position. I was taught that way, too. However, most kids start getting lazy because it's tiring to hold their elbow up high while practicing. My method has been more successful and resulted in stronger serves. The problem with back-scratch is that it's not the correct form during the ball toss.
thanks!! this video helped me a lot, i play tennis all the time, and love the sport to death (greatest sport ever) but whenever i play with friends i tend to ask to rally instead of play a match just because of my crappy serve:) this video should help me though, thanks again!
Hi! Thanks for watching the video. Stepping is totally up to you. Usually the step gives you more height and maybe more power. But the non-step (platform serve) is stable and very simple to learn.
Try the step. It's a great serve, and it helps me bend backwards easily when I want to hit topspin kick serves. But be careful to not make it too messy. A simple step while you're tossing the ball. Watch Serena Williams serves, because she has the perfect step serve motion.
The most standard grip is a continental grip. I don't change my grip from first and second serve, because I want to stay as consistent as possible. I can hit flat, slice, and kick serves with this grip.
It's hard to explain without pictures. If you google image search for "continental grip", you'll find good images.
This video helped me a lot. All the videos I saw so far were talking about advanced serves that I couldn't hope to pull off after only playing for a week. However this was the first I came across which methodically covers the most basic techniques. Thank you, and I'll send this to all my friends who are just getting into the game as well!
I've been getting some messages asking about the knee bend. Yes, you can practice the serve without bending your knees. However, if you bend your knees before contact, you can explode into the ball and increase the height and power of your serve.
Also, you can choose to use a step or not. I practiced the knee bend without a step, but my actual serve at the end of the video had a step. I use a step serve for extra height. It doesn't matter. I use the same windup as Federer, except I use a step.
Im a uspta pro, and find you teaching technique very good, teaching the leg bend with the toss as progression in not normally done, but I think you correct to teach it. Great job, Brad
7bstein 2 weeks ago
Thank you, sent the video to my tennis team.
chiparoc1 2 weeks ago
Thanks, you are a great instructor.
yickster2 3 weeks ago
nice
Rahulrocks1569 4 weeks ago
palm or 2 middle fingers? how about the pronation?
4fingers100 1 month ago
Great lesson! Thanks for sharing
titocasallas 2 months ago
not the greatest but it's ok...
generalnuggetsMcued 3 months ago
thx man. this was nice. hope this brings you lots of students :D
chiciu 4 months ago
bend and kill the girl with ball!!! :DDDD
luckyluck492 4 months ago
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Great videos, want more !
uyildiz 4 months ago
Any body win state using this? I think yes!
bullmster 4 months ago
Hi Joseph!! You are the best tennis instructor in the world =D D D D D your video is getting so many views :) can't wait to play tennis with you soon! :)
ydnality 4 months ago
THANK YOU! I CAN SERVE NOW !!!!
kiwi345100 4 months ago
Your video has helped me a lot this season. My serv has improved so much I even reached the final in the club tournament this year which shouldn´t be possible. Next year I am going to take it to an even higher level, Thanks for the tips :o)
Detektorshop 4 months ago
poor kid :( she must have been imported from china
trewq333 4 months ago
Excellent job. Will need to incorporate a few things in my game. Wish you had a segment about racquet - ball impact tips. (wrist pronation etc)
uvyas76 5 months ago
GREAT LESSON MY FRIENT THE BEST I'VESEEN SO FAR , REALLY HELPFULL
chesantos25 5 months ago
Lol.... I love it!
ucdnick 5 months ago
Lol step 2 "Bend and toss" ha ha I'm a pro already
anthonyblyth87 5 months ago
Nice video, you're a good instructor. That all made sense to me :)
bluntenedhead 5 months ago
This is the best tennis lesson I have ever seen.
jamesgraul 5 months ago
3:43 his hits sound like gunfire, got the cops on the run! lols
ljhmongproductions 5 months ago
Thanks for the lesson Joseph!
BlackBearTexas 5 months ago
dang so much difference between your left and right arm
akosigloc9 6 months ago
@akosigloc9
Haha, I saw that. It's not that big of a difference in reality.... the sun does me no justice....
tenishotshot 6 months ago
There are millions of videos on teaching abt tennis serve...but , THERE IS NONE that CAN COME EVEN CLOSE' to this. You are the best. These two videos are the best. I showed this to couple of my friends kids, and their serve improved a lot. I can see they are very confident on the steps you showed in your videos.
snorcle1 6 months ago
Thank you for this great lesson, it really helped me a lot. Keep up that good work, have a nice day.
Joe
Joe32942 7 months ago
Joseph - I really enjoyed this lesson - thanks so much for putting it together .
plambkin10 7 months ago
really helpful. i usually play with family and friends and never took a lesson, but seems most of the game isn't hard to figure out (at least at a novice level :P) except the serve. been hangin around some more experienced tennis players and my serve's really been holdin me back, but these tips should help alot :)
mporvaznik07 7 months ago
great and simple :) tnx
multizeroMr 7 months ago
Thanks for the great lesson. Really makes a lot of sense and I plan on using this to help my serve.
khalsted 7 months ago
@khalsted
Thanks! Good luck! When you practice the hitting part, don't bend so much at first, and concentrate on tossing and smacking. I know I bent my knees a lot when hitting in the video, but the important thing is to toss right, and get the right hitting motion. Remember, shoulder back, then twist, swinging your shoulder around into the ball... I hope it helps.
tenishotshot 7 months ago
@tenishotshot
Thanks for the lesson. I think this should help me. I didnt actually know how and when to bend the knees. but now i think this would improve my knee action. you didnt mention about the height of the toss and jump during the hitting.
drpazhani 7 months ago
@tenishotshot - Maybe the best video on serving progression I have seen on YouTube. And I have seen a lot of videos and am a tennis instructor. I'm going to share this on my Facebook. Well done man!! Your assistant is really cute too...made me laugh.
afroboyIFRS 4 months ago
One of the best lessons I've seen yet on the serve(which i am useless at by the way)
must watch this a few more times,thanks.
tippspur 8 months ago
This is really helpful.Thanks a Lot!How would you define a continental grip?Are there any other grips i should know off as a plain beginner?
The20101991 8 months ago
@The20101991
Well, continental is really safe and standard for serves, volleys, and backhands. I use a conservative grip for forehand: semi-western grip. Guys lately use more topspin grips for forehand, like Western grip. Check out this website for grips. I'll edit the video information with this link.
tenishotshot 8 months ago
@tenishotshot I use continental grip only for volleys and slice.Western for forehand,eastern for backhand in backhand and serve.I'm a slice server, but i often serve the first serve flat and i use bachand grip.as i know you should move your leg just centimetres to the left, or a bit more, but i'ts wrong putting the leg next to the other leg and far from it.I tell you that because when you do that your body is open and opponent knows where are you going to serve
debil222221 7 months ago
@debil222221
Actually, no, the opponent can't predict my serve from my body. The only way prediction can happen is from the position of my toss. There are many pros who have the same step as I do. Does it look like my body is open? I wouldn't be able to generate power if my shoulders were open. I always try to keep my racket shoulder back until I'm hitting the ball.
tenishotshot 7 months ago
Great video - thanks a lot, it really helps me!
Nathunden 8 months ago
@Nathunden
Thanks for watching! Good luck with your game. Also, a tip: When you go from practicing your ball toss, to actually hitting the ball, don't try to bend your knees so much. Concentrate on just the toss, and bend only a tiny bit at first. People usually try to bend a lot, lose their balance, and end up with a horrible toss. Just a tip, in case you might need it! Good luck! :)
tenishotshot 7 months ago
How do you place your racket? If you had your fist pointing towards the floor, would you have your racket face facing the floor too or would you have it facing to the left?
TheDoctorTutorial 8 months ago
Bend and, uh oh, whats all that white stuff on my screen? :O
jonnymojo555 8 months ago
@jonnymojo555
Thanks for being so excited about my video... I guess...
tenishotshot 8 months ago
@tenishotshot i realised that was uncalled for so i cancelled but i guess it didnt work :P
nice vid by the way =)
jonnymojo555 8 months ago
Awesome video! Now time to practice and hopefully kick some butt
HomieBreeze 8 months ago
great tips. fixed my horrible ball toss. i was tossing too quickly and bringing my arm down too fast. arm was never straight, toss was continuous with ball all over the place. looking at sky up straight arm is fantastic tip. also bending knees at the same time as arm goes up.
asifallasleep 8 months ago
Thanks for these tips, I played today and kept smashing all my serves into the net or clipping it. Going to give that ball toss a practice, I think that's where I'm going wrong. You're a great teacher, thanks
spookhetti 8 months ago
are you hitting straight down on the ball?
TheBballchamp11 8 months ago
nice babolat racket
i have the same one..but i recently but a newer one
TheBballchamp11 8 months ago
im sure this video has helped many people get into tennis as it has improve active players, it helps newcomers get to grips with often the most difficult to master strokes, THE SERVE! which is rather unfortunately, the most necessary.
senorfielseguidor 9 months ago
Which grip? Continental grip? Great video!
rserapiao 9 months ago
Great very detailed instructions on the swing. I'm subscribing and can't wait to see other lessons!!
Dan870903 9 months ago
How fast is your serve?
antoniochoi987 9 months ago
@antoniochoi987
Not sure how fast it is right now. In 2003-2003, I clocked around 90-110mph first serves and 70mph second serves on radar.
tenishotshot 9 months ago 2
SUPERB VIDEO, nothing about pronation or follow through though, 2 problem areas, for me at least
loved the video though, hitting the courts now to practice those bits, thanks alot buddy
jamiejarman80 9 months ago
dude cool you play sc! same! go silver league! haha sorry reading the comments. but yeah hopefully this will help me a little.. im 14 and my serve is decent outside of matches but last match i choked and lost a few games for my doubles team. ill try this out next time im at the courts!
ninjaguy03 9 months ago
Thanks.
alwaysrenewable 10 months ago
Great video, thank you for uploading.
Icedrake99 10 months ago
hey its great that you really put an effort in teaching them ^_^... i really hope there are ppl like you in our court here...there are many of us kids here who are just playing by experience and really wanted sum1 to put an effort in training us ^_^...guess the old ones here in us are too absorbed with their own,,>.< btw nice tut guess i;ll practice this tomorrow... greetings from davao, philippines ^_^
darkangel67 10 months ago
Great vid, thank you =P
seattle448 10 months ago
why do you have knee bend?
TripleJShotzZ 11 months ago
@TripleJShotzZ stability, and leverage
luvwrapper 10 months ago
I hope you are giving the video assistant so lessons on the house, she is obviously a coordinated athlete and potentially your ticket to the coachs' box
tenniswithd 11 months ago
@tenniswithd
Haha. She's a sweet girl. I need to pay for my tuition, but I do give her quite a good rate! I should show you my other student, a 4 year old tennis genius. We can rally from the baseline.
tenishotshot 10 months ago
Hey, i play tennis at school, i guess you could say im okay, but my serving really sucks booty, it always ends up to be a fault, my coach says it's because i need to hit the ball at an angle, but she never explains what she means, do you think you could make another video and show us how you're hitting it
TheFunYerds 1 year ago
@TheFunYerds
Hey! So, actually, I made a video for you. But I forgot to refer you to it. If you check my page, you'll see my most current video. I'm just practicing my serve over and over again. I included a clip at the beginning in slow motion, to show you the steps to think about (knee bend, toss/racquet up, full extension). Good luck!! And thanks for viewing, as always. Just remember to relax, and get a smooth motion. Act as if you're jumping up to casually high five someone!! :)
tenishotshot 10 months ago
Question, do you have to toss the ball and bring your racket back at the same time, I try to do that, but it never works for me, but I bet I can get it with practice, my serve is like the first one. I have my racwuet already back, and then when i toss, my racwuet goes more back to get more power when i hit the ball. great video.
Starpower1212 1 year ago
@Starpower1212
Hi! Yes, ideally you should toss and bring your racket back at the same time. Check youtube for Federer serves. The power shouldn't come from your racket reaching further back. It should come from your legs and your upper body whipping into the ball. Find the video "Roger Federer serves from Back Perspective", and carefully watch (1) his feet, (2) his racket arm.
Don't try to pull your racket back too much. Just first concentrate on the knee bend and racket up. Goodluck!!
tenishotshot 1 year ago
@tenishotshot Thank you so much, i tried doing that and my serve has gotten a whole lot better. it helped me win my tennis match today greatly too. thanks so much!!!!
Starpower1212 1 year ago
@Starpower1212
Thank you!! I made another video, just in case. It's just of me practicing my serve. I'm glad your serve got better! Remember, your ball toss is most important. If your motion is really good now, the only thing you have to concentrate on is your ball toss. If you're having a bad serving day, just correct your toss! Good job, again!!
tenishotshot 10 months ago
thanx, helped lots
Bdawg981 1 year ago
huuuuuuuummmm boióla
joaozinho89 1 year ago
Hah nice hairstyle, I have the same kind. Gets in your eyes a lot during tennis XD
CaptainCrunch4Me 1 year ago
@CaptainCrunch4Me
Yeahhh.. Always gets into my eyes. I wear my hat when I play tennis. Back when I was serious, I always had my hair cut short. Haha.
tenishotshot 10 months ago
Looks like you need to take a crap in the first 30 seconds : )
Trixsurfa 1 year ago
@Trixsurfa
Haha, thanks. All my friends made fun of that. I wasn't sure how high the camera was, so I was leaning over to make sure my head wasn't cut off.... I definitely didn't need to take a crap. Darn.
tenishotshot 10 months ago
Great Video
MrKhurshidmughal 1 year ago
you should discuss the correct grip, it would also be good to mention the position of the feet to the line. I also like to have beginners start in throwing position with the racquet head behind the back pointing to the ground and elbow pointing to the sky. Doing this gets them into the slot position and will develop into a full serve.
debi10s 1 year ago
@debi10s
Thanks. Yes, I failed to mention the grip. I answered the same question to another commenter. The correct grip is continental grip. That was the old way of teaching the serve: the "back scratch" position. I was taught that way, too. However, most kids start getting lazy because it's tiring to hold their elbow up high while practicing. My method has been more successful and resulted in stronger serves. The problem with back-scratch is that it's not the correct form during the ball toss.
tenishotshot 1 year ago
*Gasp* your Korean. Me too. South Korean rite? (Starcraft)
FMLRarshnarg 1 year ago
@FMLRarshnarg
Haha, hi. Yeah, I'm South Korean. I don't think it's likely to meet a North Korean. And yes, I love SC!
tenishotshot 10 months ago 8
thanks!! this video helped me a lot, i play tennis all the time, and love the sport to death (greatest sport ever) but whenever i play with friends i tend to ask to rally instead of play a match just because of my crappy serve:) this video should help me though, thanks again!
oh and i step when i serve..? should i not step?
cokkiemonstar873 1 year ago
@cokkiemonstar873
Hi! Thanks for watching the video. Stepping is totally up to you. Usually the step gives you more height and maybe more power. But the non-step (platform serve) is stable and very simple to learn.
Try the step. It's a great serve, and it helps me bend backwards easily when I want to hit topspin kick serves. But be careful to not make it too messy. A simple step while you're tossing the ball. Watch Serena Williams serves, because she has the perfect step serve motion.
tenishotshot 1 year ago
think you could tell me how you grip the raquet thanks!
DkOfTheEbonBlade 1 year ago
@DkOfTheEbonBlade
The most standard grip is a continental grip. I don't change my grip from first and second serve, because I want to stay as consistent as possible. I can hit flat, slice, and kick serves with this grip.
It's hard to explain without pictures. If you google image search for "continental grip", you'll find good images.
tenishotshot 1 year ago
Great video i learned a lot. Thanks :D
Emblem934 1 year ago
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polkadot1313 1 year ago
This is the gayest video ever.
ksl927 1 year ago
Thanks!
svahela 1 year ago
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svahela 1 year ago
This video helped me a lot. All the videos I saw so far were talking about advanced serves that I couldn't hope to pull off after only playing for a week. However this was the first I came across which methodically covers the most basic techniques. Thank you, and I'll send this to all my friends who are just getting into the game as well!
willpower101 1 year ago
@willpower101
Sorry, I'm replying so late. Thanks for liking my video and promoting it!
tenishotshot 10 months ago
Very good informational video thanks much my gamertag on xbl is Mahlmannator ifcanyone has an xbox
Mahlmannator 1 year ago
I've been getting some messages asking about the knee bend. Yes, you can practice the serve without bending your knees. However, if you bend your knees before contact, you can explode into the ball and increase the height and power of your serve.
Also, you can choose to use a step or not. I practiced the knee bend without a step, but my actual serve at the end of the video had a step. I use a step serve for extra height. It doesn't matter. I use the same windup as Federer, except I use a step.
tenishotshot 1 year ago
nice. the little girl's so cute ^^
mitmochi 1 year ago 3
Oo, awesome tips -- thanks, will practice! :D
sunw314 1 year ago