Critique my serve (video)

[AsgerHO]

Just took some new footage of my serve

Any critique are very welcome indeed - I´m sorry for the rather poor video quality
Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWfak3JuKCs

 

[NiteFly]

I don't have any critique for you, but I can say it looks like you have a good consistent serve!

 

[TnTBigman]

Nice service motion. High toss, not too far infront or under you head. Good finishing motion moving foward. You look like a 4.5 or more rated player. The only thing I noticed twice was a slight tendency to twist the left front foot when bending to hit the serves, you might have a tendency to foot fault. But, really nice service motion.

 

[LeeD]

Good... nice swing, toss, prep, and trophy.
Bad... rocking onto your heels can cause you to footfault when going for wide slice serves on important points. Try not to.
Bad... poor forward movement towards the opponent. You end up basically ON the baseline ready to play a defensive shot....but you are serving!
Bad... tendency to serve as if you're just going thru the motion, rather than to concentrate on the motion FIRST, then go into your motion. Take some time between serves! Notice the top players, for important points, tend to stand really STILL, bounce the ball lotsa times, THEN go into their motions. Every serve should be considered in "important" point since you can win with it, cause errors on the return, or cause the opponent to set you up with a weak return. Take your time!

 

[drake]

Just took some new footage of my serve

Any critique are very welcome indeed - I´m sorry for the rather poor video quality
Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWfak3JuKCs

Not much to critique. Looks like whoever coached you, ironed out all the hitches. Very smooth and fluid, nice work.

 

[Tennis Dunce]

There's a lack of a follow-through that will affect your service percentage and a tad bit of power.

Other than that everything looks spot-on.

Try to focus on pointing your butt cap towards the net at follow-through.

 

[tennis_balla]

hahaha @ the 4.5 rating, gotta love this forum sometimes.

Dude you're ahead of what the majority of this forum can comprehend in terms of skill, help with strokes and so on. What level in Denmark do you play at?

 

[LeeD]

OK, just watch almost 1/3....
Bad, more inconsistent footwork. Sometimes you pivot off your left heel, sometimes you don't, sometimes you step back and don't pivot whatsoever, sometimes you move around...all bad, inconsistent.
Bad... you footfault lots, maybe one in 4.
Bad... your trophy is also inconsistent. You start with a straighter elbow, then bend it sharply at different time and different amounts. Bad for consistency.
Really try to get that trophy position with 90 degree elbow bend every time.
Bad... height of your ball leaving the racket shows some shots really high, some really into the bottom of the net. Need more practice, to get consistent depth control.
You are a very good athlete with natural skills, but need work on getting the prep and movement down to an exact science.

 

[coyfish]

Looks pretty solid. Only thing I see is you seem to be a little off balanced sometimes. You want to be moving forward and sometimes you fall a little too far left.

 

[Nellie]

For constructive criticism, I believe that you are rushing the back scratch/shoulder rotation slightly. If you watch great pro servers, there is a split second where the racquet is still going down in the back scratch position, but the legs are starting to extend up. The momentum of the racquet going down keeps it moving in that direction as your body and shoulders are moving up. This motion stretches the muscles in the shoulder like a rubber band so you can get a little more pop on the serve (5+MPH) The best way to feel it, is to try to delay the shoulder rotations and arms from firing for a split second because it gives a second for the hips to fire up. You will see this movement, for example, in the Olympic javelin throwers. You don't want to fire the hips too early because then you lose the muscle stretch.

For example, if you watch this slo-mo of Federer at 13-15 seconds, the legs are straightening to left the body up but the racquet are still going down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZ5r_YHV0

 

[BullDogTennis]

it looks like you need to swing through your serve...after you hit the ball, your just stopping the racquet.

notice in the federer video posted above that when he hits his serve he doesnt just abruptly stop his serve motion, he lets it follow though.

 

[Ajtat411]

it looks like you need to swing through your serve...after you hit the ball, your just stopping the racquet.

I wonder if this is because he is more of a baseline player. This would allow for more setup time if the ball is returned deep in the court.

Overall, very nice service motion and power. Only advice I can give is to keep your eye on the ball until contact before looking to see where the ball lands. This is usually why the ball hits the net. Also, a little more knee bend could provide additional power for driving through the ball at contact.