A few serves

[ACE123]

I stopped playing about six years ago and now I decided to pick tennis up again. Its been 4 months since I have been playing so let me know what you think of my serve.
http://vimeo.com/2583179

[ACE123]

I worded it wrong. I played competitive tennis for about 5 years and stopped when I was 15 to play basketball, baseball, and football. I just started to play again in August.

[Azzurri]

nice serve. looks like you have good control and power. Looks like you have some kick. do players generally have a hard time returining your serve?

Only thing I noticed was you could use more of your body into the serve by tossing a little more out in front.

[ACE123]

nice serve. looks like you have good control and power. Looks like you have some kick. do players generally have a hard time returining your serve?

Only thing I noticed was you could use more of your body into the serve by tossing a little more out in front.

When I am actually playing I increase my racquet head speed and I hit with more power so some people do have problems returning my serve. When I was younger my serve was my biggest weapon followed by my forehand. I am hoping to make it my weapon again. Thanks for the advice I will try that.

[mikeler]

Yep, a little more body turn will result in a great serve for you because you already have some nice power on it just using mostly your arm.

[Headshotterer]

you should bend your knees more to get more power and look more aesthetic

[ACE123]

you should bend your knees more to get more power and look more aesthetic

I noticed that too. I'm going to work on that today

[tennisdad65]

besides, the previous suggestions:

your hitting arm is tucked in too close to your side when you get to the trophy position. keep the hitting elbow up on the take back.

Easier said than done because what you are doing now is what comes naturally. Like you, I always tucked my arm in naturally, until I was told to keep my hitting elbow up.

[Azzurri]

Yep, a little more body turn will result in a great serve for you because you already have some nice power on it just using mostly your arm.

yes, more body turn. I think tossing a little more out in front and a slight adjustment in stance would really help and its not too hard to do this.

[Azzurri]

When I am actually playing I increase my racquet head speed and I hit with more power so some people do have problems returning my serve. When I was younger my serve was my biggest weapon followed by my forehand. I am hoping to make it my weapon again. Thanks for the advice I will try that.

ala Sampras!:) He never lost that serve and FH.

[RoddickAce]

I noticed that too. I'm going to work on that today

Your serve is great and wow, when you're done tweaking, your serve will be untouchable!

[ACE123]

Your serve is great and wow, when you're done tweaking, your serve will be untouchable!

Thanks....I hope so

[Thirteen]

Holy crap, how tall are you? The court looks really really small...

[ACE123]

Holy crap, how tall are you? The court looks really really small...

I'm only 5'11", lol....the camera was right behind me

[halalula1234]

your ball toss seems a bit diagonal to the right. I dont know if its the camera angle or not (try to toss a bit more in front and a bit into the court so u can leap into it. But with your big size i think u could get some really power serves with a little more explosive movement. Especially if u get your knees to bend and leap into the court transfering all ur weight into the ball, you'll be a scary server.

oh and i also notice that the finishing swing of your racket tends to end a bit to the right side of your body when its supposed to end at the left. unless its a twist serve. But other than that you have a nice serve which seems consistent

[ACE123]

oh and i also notice that the finishing swing of your racket tends to end a bit to the right side of your body when its supposed to end at the left. consistent[/QUOTE]

When I looked at it again I did notice that, so I will work on it