Tennis Serve Practice/Lesson

Some practice serves. Focusing on good form and relaxed motion.

My name is Joseph Lee and I have been teaching privately for 3 years. I was a USTA ranked junior in 2003-2004. I played in a couple Futures tournaments in those years as well. Now I teach as a part-time job while I am attending college. Two of my students have gone on to become USTA junior champions.

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[Ecriadinel]

Don't you lose some upper body rotation by moving your right leg like that?

Look at Ryan Harrion's serve!

[tenishotshot]

@Ecriadinel

You mean, my step? I don't lose any rotation! If you pause at the ball toss, you can see my upper body is very rotated to the point where my opponent can see my back. This is a common serve. Ryan Harrison has a platform serve, which is more stable, but I like the extra height from my step.

[dazlad92]

you drop your left shoulder far too early mate, try pushing your body more to the right during and after contact, this will help :)

[tenishotshot]

@dazlad92

Sorry, I don't quite understand. Push my body more to the right? I should not be pulling my body anywhere! And I don't drop my left arm early at all. Do you play tennis, mate? A good serve depends on great ball toss arm, shoulder rotation, and knee bend. Pushing my body, or shoulder drop (?) have nothing to do with that!

[dazlad92]

@tenishotshot hey I am trying to help you, I am a tennis coach and I do play the sport thank you very much. and what I mean is you drop your shoulder when you hit the ball, I tell students to keeper their body weight high and yours drops a bit through the left shoulder. and what i mean by pushing to the right, for example i presume you can do a kick serve? and to do a kick serve you push your body to the right, yes? if you don't understand then sorry. but having a go at me is not on mate

[tenishotshot]

@dazlad92

These are not meant to be kick serves. Why do you want me to hit kick serves in a video that I do not hit a single kick serve? I am a former US junior champ player turned coach. I appreciate good advice, but yours does not make sense. There's no sign of you anywhere that you are a tennis coach, either on Youtube or online. Do you have any online literature or former rank?

Dropping my left shoulder is not right. Feel free to watch the slow motion part of me at the very beginning.

[tenishotshot]

Feel free to check out my other videos, and also please ask questions, if you have any! I'll try to respond to your questions quickly and as well as possible. Thanks!

[kweej23]

it's crazy how you can still manage a good serve despite the strong wind !! i've just gotten around to playing tennis.. bout a year ago i think, trying to learn the serve, any way i can get advice from you ?

[michaeldbadger]

Foot Faults from crossing the center peg! Definitely not a serve you would want to teach to juniors. You are dropping your left arm and head too early.... probably a domino effect. And you say you step up to get the height but you aren't actually getting great height off the ground, you seem to be moving more toward the right. It seems to work ok for what you want to do though.

[ShinzatoTV]

I also step with my right foot, however it almost always crosses the baseline/footfault. I've made adjustments to no longer step, shorten the step, or start back 4-6 inches, but all with a drastic loss of power or placement. I have a dominating serve, but i'd like to correct this. Any suggestions?

[DBLFC321]

i'm mo expert, but your shots seem to consistantly end up near the right edge, or head towards the middle and hit the net. maybe it was the wind?

[dazlad92]

@tenishotshot it was an example of what i tried to explain. and fine you can ignore my comment, but i am not wrong. i understand why you are no longer at the standard....and of course i am not called dazlad92. this is my sons account. and yep its right, your feet and trophy position is incorect aswell mr know it all. peace out

[GonUsa1]

he has never served to the other side of the court