Improve Your Return on Serve Lesson and drills...

The return of serve is one of the most important shots in tennis if you want to be a successful player. If you can't make the return of serve you have no chance of breaking your opponent to go up in the match. In this video, I'm going to show you the most important elements to getting the return of serve back into play so you can start breaking your opponent's serve.
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[@TheDrakulie]

Best return of serve video lesson in history of KZbin period

[@ChristopherMoore1913]

Great video. Here's a better way to determine eye dominance... The racquet butt technique did not work for me, but this worked like a charm. 1. Extend your arms in front of you with your palms facing away. 2. Bring your hands together, forming a small hole by crossing the thumbs and forefingers. 3. Choose a small object about 15-20 feet away from you. With both eyes open, focus on the object as you look through the small hole. 4. Close one eye and then the other. When you close one eye, the object will be stationary. When you close the other eye, the object should disappear from the hole or jump to one side. 5. If the object does not move when you cover one eye, then that eye is dominant. The eye that sees the object and does not move is the dominant eye.

[@johnpeng6335]

Good pointers ! Like how you show the progression of each step

[@sjpark2375]

Thanks a lot Kevin!

[@Javi_C]

Thanks Kevin!

[@user-op5kg7ht1y]

Nice lesson, good luck,

[@PeterFreemantennis]

Great Video coach!!!! You are awesome

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Appreciate that! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@franciscomanrique4979]

Muy interesante

[@hypersailor]

Been following you for years so glad to see your videos progressing. Perhaps you've done this video but I sure like to see something for more mature players that are losing movement perhaps a video about anticipation pre-movement on the court? When I was 28 and thought I was a hot tennis player a 70-year-old guy who had played for 50 years never took off his sweatpants and beat me like a drum!

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Great idea John! We will get on it for you! Thanks for watching!

[@federer4ever35]

Thanks frances

[@bmanbusee3812]

God video. Implemented this in a match and had good success

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Glad it helped

[@lowellwalters]

Excellent video! I don't really understand the right eye v left eye thing. I generally start with a forehand grip unless my opponent is consistently serving to my bh. Really appreciate your "turn, touch" description, and your comment about the power coming from your legs made me recall a similar statement from an old Ian westermann video. He expressed that if the serve comes in softer than expected, don't take a bigger swing, but move into the ball more, and that extra leg push will give more power

[@Lamkins._.]

little tip for you but doesn't always feel comfortable for everyone but if ur right handed put your right hand as a forehand grip as you do but with your left hand place that on top with a backhand grip to be safe and you wouldn't have to change both of your hands in case it is a backhand but obvs if its a forehand you take your left hand off for the stroke but if it does come to your bh all you would need to do is change your right hand to a bh grip IF YOU HAVE A TWO HANDED BH but im not sure if this makes any sense but if this does it may help a little

[@lowellwalters]

@@Lamkins._. thank you. That is a good tip, and that's the ready position I taught my daughter, but I have a 1-handed Backhand. Conceptually, I think I can still do it, but I prefer to keep my off -hand higher. Thank tho!

[@ruudengelhart5127]

Thanks for the clear video. Question though. What do you do when you see that the ball comes short and fast. Do you move towards the ball first, followed by the split step + turn and push? Or do you start with a split step and then move towards the ball? I find that I am running through my returns too often in those cases, causing all kinds of faults

[@alexanderzaitlik2010]

hi kevin, could you pls provide some key settings of the TM speed, elevation, spin and feed rate

[@petrok5759]

Turning leg first.

[@plodq5839]

Hey Kevin, I know you aren't really a racket channel but I was wondering if you could give some advice on a racket I want to get .I currently have a Babalot Pure Aero and was looking for a racket with more attacking power while keeping spin and control. Is there any racket out there for me?

[@alexandre1098]

I'm not kevin but i went trough a similar situation. As a former aero user, i think it's almost impossible anything equals it in spin, it's really almost a cheat for it. you're gonna have to make up for it with your strokes. Staying on babolat, i used the pure drive for a while, it's really good. Little bit more control ant it's made for more power, even tho the aero doesnt miss out by much. I think unless you're really high level you shouldnt notice the difference too much and it'd somewhat fit everything you want. I recently changed to Head bcz i had an old radical laying around. The head is smaller, i think 97 inches, so a bit harder to hit that sweet spot but i like the control a lot better, i think it really helped my one handed backhand. A bit less powerful and way less spinny than the aero tho. I've never played with it but ppl say the Head speed is one of the best compromises of spin, drive and control, tho it focuses more on control and mobility on paper, if you have the chance to demo it I'd give it a try. You could also just use lower string tensions to improve power, when i played with the aero i always used a mid 40s tension and it got noticeably stronger when the strings started to loosen up, tho it costs control. Another good alternative is adding lead tape to your stick, a little bit of extra weight on the head should improve the power considerably (if you add it to the top it keeps more spin but less control, to the sides more control but less spin, considering it's already the spinniest thing ever I'd go for the sides), if you want to keep that aero spin those are probably the best choices bcz like i said nothing rivals it. Also the aero is really great and lead tape and strings are way cheaper than a new racquet lol. I'm in no way a racquet expert, just did some research and played around with the ones i said, but i hope that helps a little :)

[@plodq5839]

@@alexandre1098 Thank you so much man I'll definitely look into that lead tape and try to demo some racquets!

[@LemonIVlog]

@@alexandre1098 Legend

[@gregbishopmav]

@plodq I would recommend pure drive like Alex said for more power, or pure strike for more control. If you want even more control but still spin oriented, I would recommend Head Extreme line next.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Here would be my order of priority: 1) Make sure you already have solid mechanics. 2) if you're looking for more spin look for string patterns that are more open like a 16X18 or 19 (the denser the patterns the less spin ) 3) I agree with Alex about dropping your string tension.I currently play with the head radical at 48ibs. As a junior, I preferred my racquet stung pretty high but now I love the combination of control from the radical with the power of the 48ibs string tension. Sorry, I don't have a specific racquet recommendation but I would try a lot out and play with the string tensions to find the right mix of control, power, and spin. Thanks

[@lanal3996]

👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@pakchu2]

If you're right handed and right eye dominant, shouldn't the forehand side be the more difficult side to see, as it's your left eye that's mostly tracking the ball going to your right side, esp when you are turned?

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Yes, you are correct. I should have went into more detail. Depending on which eye is the dominate eye, you should do your best not to turn that eye away from the court. The idea of having a right eye dominate player wait in a forehand grip is to help that side out since it may have more difficultly track ing the ball. Thanks for bringing that up.

[@HartmannTennis]

Total tennis domination and top tennis training BOTH release their return of serve video at the SAME TIME… I think the universe is trying to tell me something 😂

[@TotalTennisDomination]

lol

[@MikeSyraxx]

Hey Kevin, I don’t know why but I play better with older tennis balls, do you happen to know why? Maybe something with the bounce on new balls

[@bdhjzbcdhz971]

Maybe for a while you've played with old balls so you're more used to the bounce on them compared to new balls?

[@MikeSyraxx]

@@bdhjzbcdhz971 I think this might be the issue. I usually train with older tennis balls and not fresh ones, really not fresh balls during matches and match practice. I have to adjust everytime

[@lowellwalters]

Older balls don't carry as far. If "I play better with older tennis balls" = "I don't hit the ball long as often," then you need more topspin. Older balls hide that deficiency bc they don't go as far.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Mike, new balls are livelier and move faster through the court compared to old balls. This is why you see a slight advantage when pros get to serve with new balls because the go faster because of less fuzz. thanks

[@pauljohnston]

great video (shame about the poor old pink shirted guy - definitely a hitchcockian role)

[@TotalTennisDomination]

lol