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Tennis Modern . How to serve 2017 – 7 Steps To Correct Serve

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    Hey I'm Andy with tennis warehouse and
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    today we're going to learn how to hit a
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    serve. The service arguably the most
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    important stroke and tennis it starts
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    every point and when used correctly it
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    can give you a tactical advantage in the
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    point. I'm going to highlight the five
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    key elements that every high-level serve
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    should have. FIRST it's very important
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    that you're serving with a continental
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    grip. Many people when they start out
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    playing tennis use their forehand grip
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    to serve. This is called the frying pan
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    grip and a pancake grip and people can
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    produce some pretty effective serves
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    with it but it's going to limit how good
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    and consistent your serve can be. If you
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    watch the pros every player is serving
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    with a continental grip. The easiest way
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    to find your continental grip is to take
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    the racket in your opposite hand like so
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    Take the V of your dominant hand and
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    work it down the beam of the racket all
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    the way down to the grip and that should
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    be your continental grip. This should be
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    the way that you would hold a hammer and
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    the V of your hand should rest on the
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    left bevel of the grip. This is the most
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    universally used Griffin tennis. Next the
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    tempo of your serve is very important
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    you always want to think slow to fast.So
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    when I'm starting my serve
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    I want to start very calm and balanced
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    and you want to start with a ritual that
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    you can repeat every single time you
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    serve and what that's going to do is
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    help you get focused and balance before
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    every server. For example I like to
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    bounce the ball seven times before my
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    first serve and three times before my
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    second serve and I want to do so with my
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    feet lined up so that. If I were to draw
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    a line from my back foot and some to my
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    front foot it would point at the net
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    post in front of me. So remember think
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    slow to fast come still and balanced at
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    the beginning and fast and explosive up
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    into your contact.
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    NEXT I want to get to the most important
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    aspect of the serve which is the toss a
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    consistent toss will lead to a
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    consistent serve while an inconsistent
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    toss will lead to an inconsistent serve.
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    Start with your arms straight doesn't
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    have to be locked out like that, but just
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    nice and comfortable there with the ball
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    in the tips of your fingers and what
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    you're going to want to do.
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    You just place the ball up above you.
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    Instead of flinging it out of your hands
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    You don't want that ball to spin as
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    you're tossing. Toss location is also
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    extremely important for your servant may
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    vary slightly from Player to Player also
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    depending on what type of server that
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    you're hitting. But a general rule of
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    thumb if you picture me and the position
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    of the toss is like a clock you want to
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    be tossing right at twelve o'clock
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    position directly above you.
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    Some people may move their serves their
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    toss slightly to the right for a flat or
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    a slice serve or slightly to the left
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    for a kick serve but generally you want
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    to be right around that twelve o'clock
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    range. Your toss height should be not too
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    high but not too low. Your top should be
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    high enough to allow you to not have to
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    rush your motion and get fully extended
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    for your contact position yet you don't
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    want it too high to where the ball is
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    falling more than a foot or two from the
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    apex of the toss and be higher than that
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    when the ball drops a few feet from its
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    Highest point your toss may be too high
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    After you toss the ball you're going to
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    want to move yourself into a loading
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    position getting ready to explode up
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    into the ball and it's important here
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    that we remember our slow to fast tempo
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    we want our energy to build during our
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    motion as you do so your left arm should
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    still be fully extended from your toss
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    that's going to help keep your left side
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    of your body up and your knees should be
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    bent ready to explode up into the ball
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    with your legs they can they can be one
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    of two ways here to do it either way is
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    right or wrong they're both widely used
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    on the Pro Tour you've got guys like
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    Roger Federer are Pete Sampras that use
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    a platform stance where their feet are
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    still apart their weight is evenly
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    balanced between their two feet and
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    they're going to jump up into the ball
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    without moving their feet. Other guys
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    like John Isner, Rafa Nadal, myself
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    actually use more of a step-up stand so.
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    I may start a little bit wider at first
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    and then step up into my loading
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    position now my feet are together my
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    knees are together once again my weight
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    is balanced evenly between the two legs
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    and I'm ready to explode up into the
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    ball so your knees are nice and bent
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    you're ready to explode up into the ball
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    Your left arm is extended and now the
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    position of your racket is extremely
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    crucial here
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    so with that let
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    storm up you want your racket to be
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    really close to your face right here and
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    what that's going to do you want to get
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    your kind of in a position where you
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    would throw a baseball or football. If
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    you didn't have a racket in your hand
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    kind of right by your face there and
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    when that's going to allow you to do is
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    really generate lots of racket head
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    speed up into the ball.The most commonly
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    taught mistake here is to get into that
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    loading position with your racket
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    scratching. Your back okay and you'll
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    eventually get to that point but you
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    don't want to load to there because now
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    you've got no momentum up into the ball
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    and you can't generate racket head speed
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    you want that racket right here so that
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    as you explode up you're going to drop
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    the racket and generate racket head
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    speed up into your contact FINALLY we're
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    ready to explode up into the ball for
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    contact your in your loading position
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    and now this is going to be the fastest
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    part of your motion as you go up into
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    the ball
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    Your arms are going to exchange
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    positions now so your left arm will drop
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    into your chest your right arm should be
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    loose and explosive your wrist should be
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    very loose and right at your contact
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    point at the top. You're going to want to
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    get a nice wrist snap down into the
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    court one thing that's also extremely
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    important.
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    You want to make sure your eyes are up
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    at contact and you want to try to see
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    the ball actually make contact with the
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    strings. As you're at full extension with
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    your arms there to reach up at contact
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    your legs should explode up into the
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    ball and into the court that's very
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    important.
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    You want to get your body going into the
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    court as opposed to behind you. When you
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    do so you're going to explode up land on
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    that front leg there and your back leg
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    will kick up behind you and that's going
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    to kind of counterbalance you make sure
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    I'm really balance from that point
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    you're going to want to recover quickly
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    and get back into your ready position as
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    quick as you can for your next shot and
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    that's the basics of the serve. Be sure
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    to check out our youtube channel for
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    more tennis Warehouse Academy videos for
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    more helpful tips. Thanks for watching.
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Tennis Modern . How to serve 2017 – 7 Steps To Correct Serve
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