Fixing My Serve (Plus practice tips)

[@watcher687]

I’ve always thought a wide platform stance is a bad idea. Look at Bautista Agut’s serve. Smart guy!

[@buzmez01]

It’s really fascinating how you focus on your knee position because I’ve always seen it and I’ve always told myself I shouldn’t do this on my serve. Great video 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lizspanner1332]

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve just had a practice session and served really badly. It knocks my confidence, I tense up and get frustrated. I’m recovering from injury so unable to practice for more than an hour so hearing that 30 mins is optimal is just what I needed to hear. And to relax! Thank you your content, I appreciate it very much 😊

[@bojack3827]

Your Nerd interview was excellent. Really interesting hearing about your background and philosophy on tennis etc.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks Bojack, Jonas is great to chat with!

[@jamieh7788]

I’m developing my serve as a beginner and I have the exact same problem with my right foot. After filming myself I could see my knees were all over the place! But I’m working on it….😅

[@omarsultanov362]

Tremendous. Comparable only to Tom’s TPA TENNIS though very very promising. Lucky me I bumped into this channel 🎉

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks for stopping by… I hope you enjoy my other videos too!!

[@coffeedude2024]

You have a very strong looking serve Ashley! Nice practise routine. Thanks for sharing👍

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks Grant!

[@federicotown8052]

I am struggling with my serves at the moment, so needed that !

[@ccsdk]

Love this video...love your serve. You make it look so easy..

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks 😊

[@tenniscoachliam4444]

Great improvement on your serve Ash! Out of interest, what would you attribute as most important element for serve speed?

[@lyndseyandandrew5771]

Hi Ashley, I did a serve workshop with Mark Kovacs last year, and he really emphasized the importance of back leg loading before you transfer your weight into the court gradually throughout your motion. I'd be curious to measure whether you were generating more force out of that back leg when you cleaned up your stance and knee position. You said your serve felt bigger so maybe that feeling was coming through?

[@southwestcoyoteproductions1479]

I was waiting for this from your backhand video! Thank you!

[@TheTennisMentor]

💪💪

[@tennis47]

Very good detail insight!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@federicotown8052]

Cool and very useful at the same time !

[@remedypath5941]

serve looks better Ashley - nice work

[@olliepearcetennis]

When you said I’ve got some ladies as targets I thought they were your side of the fence initially 😂😜

[@TheTennisMentor]

😂 I went for it too!

[@anonymous4711_]

Where did you get that rebounder from? Only products I find are those little nets.

[@Jomacor]

Great video! Many thanks from Valencia (Spain), if you ever happen to come by I will be more thanks happy to play with you! I will pay for an incredible paella!!!

[@kkarx]

Same problem. I've found out just recently. I tried to solve it exactly like you but I have issues with my right leg and standing like that and bending my knee puts a lot of pressure on it and it feels like it could break. But I solved it by standing just on my back toe. Then it doesnt put any strain on my knee and it doesnt feel weird at all. It actually feels very natural but my serving preparation is a bit different than yours (I would say it is close to what Agassi used to do).

[@federicotown8052]

Good tips !

[@Ali.gatorr]

On a platform serve would you say you push more of your front leg or your back leg? (50/50? 40/60? 80/20?) I struggle a lot about this.

[@TheTennisMentor]

You should load more on your back leg… I actually made a video on this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIG3gY2ra9CajqMsi=XwdOnI44eANa_HeQ

[@Lunchpgap]

if you don't mind me asking, where did you get your glass frames? i have a similar shape frame, but haven't found the right design yet. i like the way yours look.

[@livelove6797]

any tips on how i can work on correcting my serve's big flaw? (my toss arm drops too early, before i unload/push up from the ground!) thanks :)

[@twinwankel]

this is a great video. thanks.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks for watching!

[@zetristan4525]

7:00 I think Pete Sampras' back foot would point somewhat backwards, and he was praised for it. Not the fastest, but yes the greatest server of all time. (yes, I know Isner and Karlovic took it to new heights and angles at the zoo🦒🦒)

[@kingtubby999]

Great vid, Out of interest, how tall are you? That is good speed

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks! I’m 5ft 10 (177cm)

[@spinshotballmachine]

I typically gain form the longer i practice, does that make it acceptable to go past thirty minutes?

[@TheTennisMentor]

Yes!

[@CH-yp5by]

So you asked, what you have done wrong in the warm up. I have noticed you raise your racquet and ball toss at the same time which means you have to rush your trophy pose and racquet drop too much, as a result you do not get to load your right hip properly where your left side of your hip is higher than the right side which means you are not coiling correctly and losing a lot of power.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks for the analysis. It’s always interesting hearing others ideas! I realised after filming that it wasn’t easy to see my main fault during the warm up due to the angle and that for most of my initial serves I wasn’t using my full leg drive! What did you think of my ‘after’ serve?

[@CH-yp5by]

It was really good after you fixed those funky feet, I too record myself serving and have suffered from the UK wind you need one of those mini sandbags to put on the tripod foot! @@TheTennisMentor

[@robertoperez7395]

Hello Tennis Mentor. Here is my thought. I think you have too much weight on your front leg, Left. To have a better weight transfer, going from back leg to front leg could be more beneficial. This in turn might help you with the back leg and knee not turning so much. Having your shoulders coil the way you do, transfering weight this way will make it a more explosive serve. My two cents worth. Thank you and all the best.

[@martinreyes3893]

A question what measure does rebound objetive have

[@vectorthurm]

Ha… My 1/10 serve: racquet drops very nicely 2/10: Less nicely …. 10/10: NON-EXISTENT TOTAL WAITER TRAY😖