How to hit a good kick serve

[@redgy80]

I improved so much since I've been watching your videos. You are the best Patrick

[@guillermoeduardogatto7513]

excellent session !

[@Jazzcodes]

Fascinating session! Thanks!

[@MP4Ever2020]

Here are my comments to control the ball toss. Please correct me if I wrong: **Kick-Serve (Right Handed):** Toss the ball around 12-18 inches above your head (for right-handers). In order to control the toss, keep your hand outside the baseline or towards you or keep your hand in parallel to the baseline so ball toss will go over your head. **Flat Serve (Right Handed):** Toss the ball slightly in front of you (at 12:30pm on the clock) and slightly to the right (for right-handers). In order to control the toss, keep your hand inside the baseline or towards the net at 12:30pm on the clock **Slice Serve (Right Handed):** Toss the ball slightly in front of you (at 1:00pm on the clock) and slightly to the right (for right-handers). In order to control the toss, keep your hand inside the baseline towards the ball post at 1:00pm

[@fredlada1634]

He tossed it on the left 50 times, still didn’t get it. Bad habits are hard to shake off but this guy doesn’t understand the assignment. He always tosses the ball to the left which ends up having him bend to the left creating less control and less spin at the point of impact. I mean what Patrick is saying is very simple to understand. The guy still has a good enough serve but man was it painful to watch.. hopefully the guy checked the video to see his mistake because long term his bad habit will hurt his spine

[@grapefruitsyrup8185]

Where is the correct place to toss?

[@fredlada1634]

@@grapefruitsyrup8185 above the head, just look at any top 10 atp tennis player, look at Federer serve, Tsitsipas, Sinner, Djokovic and Carlos, whoever you think has a great serve look at the trajectory of the ball upon impact, they all hit the ball when the ball is pretty much in the same axis as their heads. You should always toss the ball so that it is straight above your head. If you’ve watched the video that’s what Patrick tells him 20 times in a row, to throw the ball in front of himself as straight as possible, but he always makes a curve in his throw and he hits the ball while bending to the left. Go look at any atp player, look at a few of them, they all hit the ball when the ball is in the same axis as their heads, but this guy hits the ball while it is in the axis of his left shoulder, he will develop spine issues overtime

[@DoDo-lf2gw]

@@grapefruitsyrup8185 Above your head or a bit to the right so that you can generate most power and spin.

[@ruciferu93]

@@DoDo-lf2gw so 12 oclock or 1 ?

[@DoDo-lf2gw]

@@ruciferu93 Try it out and see what is more comfortable for you.Somewhere in between also works.

[@MK-------]

This guy is the dutch champion under 16

[@lordbyron3603]

One problem is the way he holds the racquet as he tosses . He makes the same mistake as recreational players do. The right arm should be lose but it’s not. He’s holding the racquet to his side which tenses arm muscles instead of simply letting it dangle to the side with the tip of the racquet head pointing down towards the ground !

[@federicotown8052]

Great !

[@marcreveillaud]

Great ! (better without music)

[@erandeser5830]

Some slow motions is useful

[@awangsafrisafri476]

Thank I try

[@jamesduffy5019]

Patrick is the best, but I didn’t like the music in the background! 🤔

[@johannkriz5138]

So what was the student doing differently at the end of the video? He still tosses to the left and still couldn't serve out wide from the ad-court. The only good part was moving him back from the baseline so he hits more up at contact point - now my question is: how much was the lesson? Every Pro with very limited teaching experience could have told him that.......

[@TennisDK-hy7hr]

This server is quite tough. I have trained several years I still can not do it with confidence

[@LennytheBeater]

I think the main Problem with a toss to much to the left side is that the opponent knows where you serve. I find it really hard to keep the toss consistant to one spot or movement and be able to serve where you like and not only wide. Maybe you can share some advice.

[@louisedyhlen3234]

if you wanna be able to serve all serves from same toss it's all about how you position your body before you hit the ball.

[@jchan810]

​@@louisedyhlen3234I don't recommend moving your body while tossing

[@louisedyhlen3234]

@@jchan810 lol i'm not telling you to do it while tossing, it's when you swing you adjust the right body angle to where and what kind of serve you wanna get, that's how some people can do all serves from the same toss(sampras, tsitsipas etc)

[@jchan810]

@louisedyhlen3234 the pros use their wrists to place the serve where they want. They don't use their bodies to direct the serve.

[@louisedyhlen3234]

@@jchan810 bruh i'm not talking about placement for the third time: i'm talking what type of serve: kick, slice, flat, topspin - body positioning determines a lot in what type of serve it will be, and your racket angle is also effected by wrist angle, acting like your wrist isnt a part of your body is insane lmao

[@mrlukmansp]

i really want to attack backhand with powerfull kick serve from Deuce side

[@danyeldenfer5543]

Comment recrutez vous les jeunes joueurs ? Quel est le coût pour les parents ?

[@ErrolVoogt]

The kickserve is more in the wrist not very easy serve it helps for second serve

[@gxyxy1012]

bro went back to serving too far left towards the end.

[@Folkstone1957]

“How to hit the perfect serve” is something you hear from a used car salesman.

[@watcher687]

My back hurts watching his serve. Toss soooo much to the left and what’s the result? Zero kick. What’s the point then? Might as well try to hit a topslice serve instead.

[@inars3578]

at 5:30 is great one for 16 years boy. Kick need much more power, hurts back and shoulder more too :)

[@peterkavanagh64]

Maybe tje tension.si.weights..that might be less.ise say a relaxing.a hamd wjat does the ar.and jamds demand ..sleep.fppds accitaye clean.and rclothing to help.this stay

[@chris_bc]

was with it until he started talking about that eye dominance bs again

[@michaelwalsh8053]

Why is it bullshit?

[@drgyt2469]

I think that the eye dominance is not that important for the serve.

[@Dev_Ranipa]

Shut your mouth buddy, it is extremely important for all circumstances in tennis

[@heliosdefendi]

It does not seem that is very good and capable of doing a good kick serve and constantly. He will improve trying and trying again.

[@arthurknight6236]

Mouratoglou knows nothing how has he scammed a living 😂