kick serve

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I've been developing and practicing my kicker on a hard court (asphalt). And managing to get a nice high kick on it. However when I deploy it on artificial clay it doesn't have the same kick. It has a decent pace and dips nicely but doesn't spring off the surface like it does on a hard court. Is...

To single frame on Youtube - stop video, go full screen and use the period & comma keys. This video has an excellent discussion and overhead camera display of some kick serve tosses. Often this is poorly described as 'For a kick serve toss, the ball over your head.' But that comment often...

Hopefully everyone has seen this great twist serve. I am trying to recreate it and am failing miserably. These are the 2 closest: Guessing I need more height and improved a ton on that today BUT the vid got trashed so I will need to keep trying. Increased height seemed to totally nix...

Updated Video Below Hey all, just looking for any advice on my serve. I’m generally really happy with it, it’s effective and I win a lot of free points on it and it’s always been a strong part of my game. That said I’ve always felt I take my height (6’ 7”) for granted and I think I can get more...

Please give me tips on how to improve my kick serve. Thanks.

What do you think about Karue's kick serve advice in this video? 3 things he said that I don't agree with 1) you should try to make the ball go "up" from contact. 2) you should let the ball drop more than a flat serve before making contact 3) you should stay sideways Intuitive Tennis Nick...

I feel like I am not transferring energy into my serves properly: -I am curled up at the point of extension -Follow through is broken -idk if I am jumping too early -it is prone to breaking down when matches get tight (both 1st and 2nd serves) I would be interested in feedback based on these...

This is a recent video from Essential Tennis. Questions - 1) Is the player doing a kick serve, topspin serve, slice serve, or slice/top hybrid? 2) The player appears to have very little spine flexibility. Would you discourage develop of kick serve or topspin serve for this player in order to...

Serious question.

I have recently developed a kick serve that keeps me out of most of double faulting troubles. However, being new at it, I am still improving at it and suffering “childhood diseases” with it. One such “disease”, in competitive play, is its low depth and slow, loopy arch. I spin it up to get it...

I have used both growing up and changed between the two positions a few times in juniors. As I've gotten older and played college/futures/MOpen and League tennis I stuck with the Pinpoint as it was able to make me feel more fluid with my serve motion/weight transfer. I've seen some tennis...

I have played players that "lick their lips" when they see a topspin or kick serve. They CRUSH these high bouncers upon their return. I am not very good at disguising my serve as I toss the ball all the way to 11:00 am on the clock dial (I am right-handed). Now I need to play a player who has...

I commonly like to watch tennis videos of pros in court level view. After watching videos of Andy Murray play I wonder why he flails his left arm up after serving (second serve). He doesn't always do this. Is it for balancing purposes or something else?

I'm a 3.5/4.0 tennis player and I've been trying to increase the rackethead speed and spin on my serves. I mostly hit slice serves and need to develop a good kick too. I am looking for some feedback on my serve technique. I think i know i need to work on the areas below based on youtube...

As a tennis coach, I know the serve is one of the hardest topics to teach the students. It is also the most satisfying moment to see your players executing the correct serve and getting points for their serve. So I became obsessed with helping tennis players to improve their serves. I’m...

Hey folks. I am not affiliated with this video at all, but I discovered it the other day and after implenting the recommendations, I am hitting kicks that are twisting and jumping 5-6'. Even though I have a strong 4.0 game, my second serve has been keeping me at a 3.5 level for a while. This...

I've got a huge match coming up in the next week so I don't want to make any huge changes, but I've struggled with my toss for years and especially with the 2nd serve. Looking online shows a ton of videos and instructions on where to toss for the kick serve, but not how. With my slice serve I...

Filmed my buddies playing each other in consolation at the TX Sectionals, 4.0 division. Enjoy!

Feel free to give me a follow and help with pointers to improve my game!