5 Exercises To Fix Your Serve Toss...

[@khairilfa09]

your method is easily uderstood and applicable for me after 11 year absence in tennis...now i restart to hit the stick again thank you from Banjarmasin

[@khurshedmehta2264]

Probably the best video I have seen on the very "ignored" subject of the ball toss.

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[@robertonunez1085]

Listening from Rosario, Argentina.I ve been watching your videos because you are one of the best tennis teacher in youtube.Thank you very much for your work!!

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Thanks for the kind words Roberto :)

[@raidraid6672]

Comprehensive and complete instructions about all the elements of the serve in one content. Also very good visualisation advice to improve technique. Well done!

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thanks for the feedback!! :)

[@orlandogori8609]

That's the best lesson I've never seen... My compliments and I hope to see other videos of the same level. You're a great teacher...

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thanks for the kind words!! :)

[@stevenalbertini2762]

excellent serving lesson, love the breakdown and explanations Silver Spring, MD

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thanks for the kind words Steven!! :)

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I'm watching from Inverness, FL!

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Greetings!! :)

[@ronribman2274]

Listening from Corinth, Texas and looking forward to trying this lesson out tomorrow. Thanks.

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Let us know how it goes :)

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Thessaloniki, Greece! Thank you, you are doing an amazing job!

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Watching from Los Angeles, great lesson, thanks coach.

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I’m watching from Toronto, Canada

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Excellent... very Interesting! I am watching from Montreal, Canada

[@georgebarry5484]

Watching in Sacramento, CA, USA. Great lesson!

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Greetings George!! Thank you for the kind words :)

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Greetings and many thanks from Tokyo, Japan.

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[@shrinkescu]

Watching from Limassol, Cyprus. Great advice!

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[@williamthompson1360]

Greenville south carolina. Great stuff ! Always room for improvement on the server but need to get all components synched and then PRACTICE service action

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Thanks for the feedback William :)

[@GeorgeAKruse]

Minnesota...great lesson.

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thanks George!! :)

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Watching from McLean, Virginia! Thanks!

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it's great to have you here Rob! :)

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Listening from Chicago. Great video!

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Greetings!! I love Chicago :)

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Watching from Fredericksburg, Texas!

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Texas is on my list of places to visit! Do you have any suggestions on the best places to see whilst i'm there?

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Bruxelles.... thanks !!!

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viewing from Minnesota

[@blaskbla]

Slovenia Thank you for very instructive lesson!

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Thanks for the feedback :)

[@karl-heinztuckfeld8493]

I have watched this excellent video from Sydney, Australia 🏁

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thanks for the feedback!! :)

[@My_handle243]

Greetings from the greater Orlando FL. Good quality technique, though completely straight tossing arm, to me, affects the body, and a curling toss puts more demand on the ball placement, it's an additional motion to control, though the ball stays longer in the hitting zone, of cause travels through a curve right to left. That produces many points (right-left and low-to-high) where you can hit the ball, but the ball will be hitting so many more points on the court after each serve due to the hitting zone formed as a curve. That adds up to the service errors and affects accuracy of the serve. There are pros and cons.

[@RobAbiusi]

Boca Raton, Florida USA. Thank you!

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I love Boca Raton Rob! :) taught a clinic there a few years ago

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Watching from Berkeley, CA

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Greetings Scott :)

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Thanks much.. very helpful Watching from Frisco, TX

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Watching from Lapeer, Michigan.

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Welcome Ray :)

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Kansas City, MO. Home of the best sports teams in the world.

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love it!! :) Wales is Home of the Worst Weather all year round haha

[@ursmuller1173]

great stuff! greetings from Switzerland

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I am watching your video from Mexico City

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Savannah GA. Thanks for the Vid!!!

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I'm watching from sun valley Idaho great video

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Thanks for the kind words :)

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Good video! Lots of good information! Good job! Wilbur

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Thanks so much!! :)

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Watching from Bangalore, India

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Greetings from Rzeszów,Poland

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Greetings!! :)

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I'm watching from Lima, Perú

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Greetings!! :)

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Watching in Gdansk, Poland

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Greetings :)

[@brucezwecker8750]

Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA (James, are you in Wales?) The video is excellent, as usual, but “completing” the toss, i.e., getting the toss arm to (or near) vertical, could be emphasized more. This also encourages keeping the head and shoulders up, as well as swinging up.

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Yes Bruce, I am in Wales :) yes agreed, that is also very important

[@DavidBevilacqua-d9s]

Vancouver Canada, thanks

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greetings David!! :)

[@chrisbolinger74]

Scottsdale, AZ

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Greetings Chris!! :)

[@Lucian86]

In guess the problem with the toss is that you do it with your non-dominant arm so it requires more training and repetitions. I tried tossing the ball just like that with my dominant arm and it was so much more consistent by not doing anything special.

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great point Lucian!! Yes I would agree with that

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watching from Munich

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Love Munich!!! :)

[@milivojklobucar1173]

Croatia, Zagreb ❤

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awesome!! :)

[@40love_tennis]

Great lesson! I'm watching from Seattle. I have a question - the moment you release the ball is your body weight mostly on your back foot or front foot? In other words, do you start to toss when you rock backward or when you rock forward? Thanks!

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great question!! So general guideline, when you are releasing the ball... the weight distribution will be roughly 50/50. however, at the point of the release... the body weight is shifting slightly forward. Let me know if you have any further questions.

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Trappe, Maryland, USA

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Del Mar, CA

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Denver, Colorado

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Hemet, California

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From New York

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Near Brighton

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Love Brighton Steve!! :)

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Sebago, Maine

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Long Island NY

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Riverview New Brunswick Canada.

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Greetings Trisha! :) has winter hit Canada yet?

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Coronado, California

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What's the weather like with you Joe? we actually have sun here in Wales today :)

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West Palm Beach, FL

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Mississauga, Ontario.

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Toronto Canada

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São Paulo / Brazil

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Escondido, California

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Sydney, Australia

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St. Louis, MO

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Providence,RI

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Ontario, Canada

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[@rexxengineering8333]

Finger toss doesn’t work for me at all. Older people with back issues often get very twitchy response from the fingers. As soon as one finger releases the ball earlier than others, the ball is sent off course. This can send the ball in all directions randomly with zero control. Palm grip all the way with just the thumb gently securing the ball and fingers fully extended beyond the ball.

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Atlanta USA

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Reading, Berkshire

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Austin TX

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