The Toss

A consistent toss is one of the most important aspects of the serve. Here you will find several ideas to help you improve your toss.
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Improving your Serve through the Right Focus

Everyone understands the importance of watching the ball in tennis but many people wrongly believe that this does not apply to the serve. Here is ...
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Learning to Use the Continental Grip to Serve

As beginners learning to serve with a forehand grip is easier because the motion does not require any pronation of the forearm. However, when changing ...
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An Easy Way to Understand How to Spin the Serve

Understanding what it means to spin the serve and how to make the ball rotate is not easy. Here is an easy way to experience ...
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Using a Target to Practice the Toss

Using a target on the ceiling or a target on the ground are two excellent ways to practice and improve your toss. Take a look!
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An Easy Way to Practice the Toss

An accurate, consistent toss is essential to develop an effective serve. Here is an easy way to help you practice your toss.
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The Ideal Elbow Position on the Serve

A common mistake is to drop the elbow too low on the power position, which will lead to inconsistencies and loss of power. The video ...
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Understanding Spin on the Serve

In this video you will understand how to hit the three different types of serve: flat, slice and kick. The video will use the analogy ...
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The Backswing on the Serve

The video describes in detail the best way to take your racquet back to serve and emphasizes the importance of getting to a clean “power ...
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The Correct Footwork on the Serve

The video will describe the two acceptable stances to serve: The platform stance and the pin point stance.
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The Ideal Serving Grip

The clip will explore the best way to grip the racquet to serve, explaining the importance of changing your grip from a Forehand Grip to ...
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Learning to Serve by Throwing

Serving is nothing else than throwing the racquet at the ball. The building blocks for a great serve are throws. Here are a couple of ...
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Teaching a Spin Serve with a Continental Grip

Teaching a player to spin the serve by changing the grip from a Forehand grip to a Continental grip is always a struggle. Here are ...
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Checking for Balance on the Serve

A great way to check if you are serving in balance is by checking the landing. If you are able to land on balance you ...
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Where to Toss the Ball

The ideal toss will put the ball in a spot...
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Developing a Smooth Serving Motion

Developing a fluid serving motion will help you improve the effectiveness of your serve allowing for a better transfer of forces. Here is an exercise ...
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Using the Wrist to Achieve a Better Contact Point

Many beginners have a hard time achieving the ideal contact point on the serve because they lock their wrist, which does not allow them to ...
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Learning to Use the Wrist to Improve the Spin Serve

The proper use of the wrist is essential to develop an effective spin serve. Here is an exercise to help you understand how the wrist ...
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Serve up not Forwards

Making contact with the ball totally stretched is ideal at the serve.
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Learning to Serve in Balance

Learning to serve in balance is essential to develop a solid serve. Here is an exercise to help player develop a sense of balance on ...
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Control your Body for a Better Toss

Many times problems with the toss are related to a lack of balance or to an incorrect shift of the body weight, rather than to ...
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Learning to Rotate the Torso When Serving

Learning to serve with more upper body rotation is frequently a bonus for the advanced player, allowing them to serve with more power, disguise and ...
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Keep your Eyes at Contact

The importance of tracking the ball to contact is well known to every tennis player however, it is mostly forgotten on the serve. Here are ...
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The Ideal Timing on the Serve

Timing the different segments on the serve is extremely important. Even the best technique will suffer when the timing is not right. Here a few ...
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