Tennis Serve Rhythm and Smoothness Drill

http://www.essentialtennis.com/ When you hit your serve does it feel like you're trying super hard to accelerate the racket but you don't actually get much out of it in terms of power or spin? If so you NEED to try this drill, it's designed specifically to weed out parts of your stroke that may be quick and jerky, killing your potential for racket head speed on your serve.

All you'll need is:

-A pair of soccer socks
-Four tennis balls

Make sure to watch the 2nd half of the video where I give tips on how to accelerate your motion and still maintain good rhythm and fluidity!

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[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

[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.

[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 :)

[fayskelley]

I am going to go out and do this today !

[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

[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!