Tennis Serve Myths | More Power and Consistency

[@JeffLewistennis]

Have you been victim to any of these serve fallacies?

[@pango4425]

Yup. Pancake grip since I first started at 16. 22 now. I've made a functional serve out of it, but I'm sure that adding spin will get me more aces.

[@JeffLewistennis]

@@pango4425 It’s a tough one to change. I have noticed I can get grips pretty far over to get spin. You just have to really unextend your body.

[@livefreeandhappy4892]

I was fortunate enough to attend Vic’s tennis college in the 1990s. He was the one that taught me how to serve properly. He also said if you do what he teaches, he will guarantee that you will be serving 70mph when you are 70 years old. I am 71 and my serve is clocked at 68 to 70 mph. Thank you Vic !

[@JeffLewistennis]

Beautiful! Must of sat through 50 of his class lectures. Picked up something new every time.

[@cjcycledude]

Great job Jeff. Vic Braden's book "Tennis for the Future" was the book I used to really learn the game back when it came out in the 70's. I loved his tennis spots during tournament broadcasts back in the day; he was so entertaining! I'm thankful to guys like you and Steve Smith (and so many of his proteges) who have kept preaching the truth all these years.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Vic is the GOAT!

[@dhat1607]

My coach told me on the 1990s to think about throwing a ball, similar idea. Keep the racquet head above your head with your hand in the ready to throw position, when you uncoil the racquet drops behind automatically. When you hit don’t do it with a straight arm but bent as though throwing a ball. Low toss helps as well.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Yup sounds like you had a good one!

[@JamesYoung-ui9nz]

I have been a huge Vic Braden fan since the 70’s. I learned tennis from his segments on PBS with Bud Collins. I am a tennis pro and USPTA member and I still use Vic’s tips in every lesson!

[@JeffLewistennis]

@@JamesYoung-ui9nz Vic's the Goat 🐐!

[@practicalmoderntennis4368]

There is a lot to be learned from the past players and coaches to guide and instruct for the present and future. Braden, Van de Meer are excellent examples of coaches. To this day no one slices like Rosewall, volleys like McEnroe...

[@JeffLewistennis]

Definitely. So many great coaches from the past that we can learn from.

[@paleodude]

This video is evergreen, Jeff. You cover the foundational concepts clearly and so helpfully. Why watch another serve video? Thank you!

[@JeffLewistennis]

Wow! That’s really nice of you to say! Thanks for commenting!

[@paolomontemurro2569]

I'm a Vic fan too, from Italy, I bought his book at the beginning of '80s .

[@JeffLewistennis]

@@paolomontemurro2569 Nice! Way ahead of his time.

[@kklin7]

Very good summary tips

[@fromoz3154]

Excellent Jeff, clear explanations and good suggested drills to show that it works. Maybe you could do a Braden series on all strokes just to showcase Vic.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Thank you! I’m sure at some point that is inevitable. Want to do a book review soon!

[@nathanmiller6051]

Awesome! Love this! Thanks Coach Jeff 🙏 appreciate

[@JeffLewistennis]

Thanks!

[@nathanmiller6051]

@@JeffLewistennis 👍🙏

[@swalterstennis]

Great analysis.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Thanks for the comment Coach!

[@haroldho19]

Great video. Very good information . I am a new fan to your channel. Can you please do a short video on first phrase of serve loading? I need to learn it. Nice courts, Where is located ? Thanks.

[@JeffLewistennis]

Thanks so much for subscribing! Glad you're enjoying the content. I'm in Little Rock, AR at the moment. Will put "loading" on the serve in the queue!

[@America2gether]

Awesome vid....thank you

[@JeffLewistennis]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting!

[@kdoublec973]

Braden the legend

[@brentonlewis9701]

Fun video bro

[@JeffLewistennis]

Thank you sir!

[@dietrichpeter3839]

Great video with a clear reference to Vic Braden ' s research. This is fair.

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

Jeff all whites for wimbledon please No black shoes Cotton all the time Great teaching

[@silviosarunic3234]

just study best server in tennis history-- ROGER FEDERER!! he said everything!!!

[@Chris-ln9cz]

I’m fairly certain Andy roddick has a better serve than Federer

[@andreyofdoom]

@@Chris-ln9cz it's faster but Federer has more variety and laser like placement. On the all time record lists Federer is ahead of Roddick on first serve percentage, first serve points won, more aces, etc.

[@Chris-ln9cz]

@@andreyofdoom fairly certain most of those stats is cuz he had a longer career

[@andreyofdoom]

@@Chris-ln9cz percentage cancels out the difference in time. It means you did it during the whole time whether long or short. He consistently did better on serve than Roddick. Roddick served faster period but Federer won with placement and variety. People who could return fast serves handled Roddick because he didn't do much outside serve compared to Federer

[@paolomontemurro2569]

Sampras moves much better the elbow compared to Federer