Surfy111
Rookie
This is a video of my serve.. can you'l judge and tell me how it is?
This is my first serve btw!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG27biso5jg
This is my first serve btw!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG27biso5jg
others can chime in, but a quick observation is that you dont complete the follow through with arm/body rotation.. your racquet ends up on the right side of your body instead of the left side.. see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZ5r_YHV0
dont know if this inhibits the serve, but when watching most great serves, they do a full body rotation with racquet wrapping around the body
You’re pulling your left shoulder down and opening up too soon. Stay sideways longer and focus on hitting up, with the hitting arm swinging more toward the right netpost.
You have a very good racquet drop, but are not making full use of its potential. I especially like the birds singing in the background . . . India?
MG
dont know if this inhibits the serve, but when watching most great serves, they do a full body rotation with racquet wrapping around the body
Well, noticing the lack of follow-through is one thing. It's another to actually see what might be causing this issue. I think that the OP is not accelerating through contact, but rather letting up as he approaches the ball. Since his swing is decelerated, his follow-through is shorter as well.
The follow-through in itself does nothing. You don't hit the ball with a follow-through. How you finish your swing is determined by what you do up to contact. If it looks strange, it should be taken as a warning sign that something else is in need of attention.
Matt
That's a good point. I'm guilty of doing the exact same thing. From now on I'm going to concentrate on accelerating through contact instead of worried about just making contact.![]()
It's easy for me to worry about just getting the ball to drop in the box, but I'm just cheating myself out of MPH's without the acceleration. Thanks!
your young so you can still fix this...
it seems like your initial wind up is only half way (thus less power)
your form is fine...
learn the "wrist snap" as this can improve both your power and accuracy as you gain more experience with your serve
there is no problem with his forearm pronation, other then as MG pointed out he tends to suffer from deceleration through contact, but if you look at his finish position he has definitely pronated through til the butt cap points skyward
if you mean his "wrist snap" yes there is nothing wrong wd it. I mentioned it coz he can incorporate it in his practice further. if you were referring to his "wind up" > notice his shoulders start @4oclock > he can go further to @7oclock (put your elbows past 6oclock at least) and get more oomph before ball impact also his toss is too well inTO the body. I think he should focus on tossing infront of him...
what do you mean. "put your elbows past 6oclock at least" ????
what do you mean. "put your elbows past 6oclock at least" ????
Surfy...
Basically, you are just pushing the ball into the court with an overhead motion.
Your trophy is too high, and too close to your right ear.
Your swing is too slow, too short, and the followthru everyone mentioned.
You don't turn enough on the prep, so you don't get rotation.
You DO move into the court, but that's only one part of 10 done well.
Lengthen the whole movement. Become a baseball pitcher rather than a baseball catcher (throwing motions of).
Maybe extend tossing arm higher, to get the full archer's bow.
Shorter guys need all the physical parts to serve fast. IvoKarlovic only needs hand speed.
some pts brought up similar to mine. but more informative +++points on that >
Djokovic4life > yes I agree with you in not overcomplicating the motion (range of motion) + other factors but better now than later. like I said he is young and you have to be critical with them coz these are the skill sets they are going to have to up their level as they progress. either way should be fine for the OP / gradual changes could be more beneficial...
question
to surfy >in the vidz > are you trying to do a "flat" or "spin" serve?
some pts brought up similar to mine. but more informative +++points on that >
Djokovic4life > yes I agree with you in not overcomplicating the motion (range of motion) + other factors but better now than later. like I said he is young and you have to be critical with them coz these are the skill sets they are going to have to up their level as they progress. either way should be fine for the OP / gradual changes could be more beneficial...
question
to surfy >in the vidz > are you trying to do a "flat" or "spin" serve?