How to Hit a Kick or Slice Serve in Tennis

Learning to serve with spin is an important goal for any serious tennis player. Itโ€™s also something many players fail to achieve. A slice serve and a kick serve will take your game to a whole different level, allowing you to hit with more consistency, accuracy and pace.

Today, youโ€™re going to learn how to get more spin on your serve. Weโ€™ll teach you how to hit a reliable kick serve. Then, weโ€™ll cover each step for an effective slice serve.

The reason many players donโ€™t know how to hit a kick serve or slice serve is that serving with spin takes slightly different technique than a flat serve, along with lots of practice and patience.

However, the rewards on the tennis court are well worth it.

Letโ€™s take a look at the best way to add these skills to your arsenal, but first, letโ€™s really understand what we are trying to do.

Note: We recommend you go through all the videos on this page in order. If you master the slice serve first, it will make learning how to hit a kick serve much easier.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FLAT, SLICE, AND KICK SERVE?

The primary difference between these three important tennis serves, is the spins.

As its name implies, a flat serve has very little spin. In other words, the ball is not really rotating in any direction, which makes the serve fast but with a small margin for error.

On a slice serve, the ball spins sideways and produces as sideway bounce. This very useful for pulling the opponent off the court.

Finally, on a kick serve, the ball spins forwards like on a topspin groundstroke. This provides the server with a very large margin for error with high net clearance, an ideal way to hit a second serve.

The following video will provide you with a simple way to understand how to hit each of the different serves.

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