Copy These Progressions to Develop Top Speed Flat Serves Intuitively

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In today's tennis lesson, I show you progressions to develop top-speed flat serves intuitively.
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[@IntuitiveTennis]

Related: Slice & Kick Serve Progressions 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJTdiWiDdrd1h9ksi=UuJ1prcTv2X7dMcp

[@xg3069]

You re making tennis an affordable sports, we are so grateful for that!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

💯🙌

[@blazer6576]

@@IntuitiveTennisyou truly are, Nick. Your lessons are top quality and it is amazing they are available on KZbin. You are an awesome person.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@blazer6576 thank you

[@TennisSkunkworks]

The progression method is absolutely the best way to learn this stuff. Nick is the master.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏

[@PrecisionPointTennis]

Just brilliant! Gonna watch a few times before I do what you say. I’ve already hit now over 120mph flat serves! I never believed I could until I learned from you 🥇🙏🎾🏆

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Fantastic! 🔥🔥💯💯

[@PrecisionPointTennis]

@@IntuitiveTennis and the other day I had a dozen or so of HEAD employees including Dennis Fabian watch me train. They said my forehand was amazing. I’m getting there!!! Thanks again

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@PrecisionPointTennis glad to hear that

[@clydewmorgan]

hey Coach, the style of this video elevated you to another level of instructor. I had made comments in previous videos about you just talking forever and never showing what you were doing the comment Mentary while doing makes your videos worth watching now I am a subscriber.

[@nikitast7611]

A good summarize of all your other serve videos. Like it! :)

[@GazuntaiWorld]

Thanks for the breakdown. Another excellent explanation of one of the most complex movements in tennis

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙌💯🙏

[@massimodanzelmo4607]

Nice work Nick as always 🙏

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Massimo

[@Temz33]

I tried these today and i can recommend :) After progressions hitting my full serve felt so clean and powerful💪

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Great to hear!

[@whyckicki]

Thanks for the massive knowledge you provide !

[@IntuitiveTennis]

My pleasure!

[@MattCSLnut]

Thanks for an awesome video Nick 👍🏼

[@IntuitiveTennis]

My pleasure!

[@hansolsson3409]

Great video Nick! 👍👍

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Hans

[@chinaski5]

Wow, I’ve actually been doing these same progressions thanks to Karue’s channel. But I really appreciate all the extra details and insights you provide on it.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Did these progressions 3 years ago in the context of which serves to learn first (Tsitsipas analysis in there as well, mentioned in a rant a few weeks back) 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKOTXoiQnahngcksi=HoiZeWPx8N7bslLo

[@CH-yp5by]

Great video as always Nick and under 10 minutes as well which allows me to sneak it in between work! I will try these progressions and I look forward to the your tennis racquet reveal video as you noted on the Tennis Nerd Podcast, I will take a guess its a Tecni Fibre Racquet but I'm probably wrong.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@vashts718]

Nice video needed help on flat serve. Can you do a video on doubles tennis rotation? Always getting confused when to rotate

[@IntuitiveTennis]

What do you mean by doubles rotation?

[@vashts718]

@@IntuitiveTennis hi meant when playing a game it’s gets confusing who serves next and when we rotate sides when playing doubles. In tennis class me and a bunch of the students are always confused which side we serve and when we rotate to serve. It’s intuitive to some but for many of us it’s not. 😔sides (meaning advantage and deuce side)

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@vashts718 got you, I will make doubles content and explain how it works soon...

[@xg3069]

@@vashts718 if pair A/B plays against pair C/D and pair A/B serves first here is the rotation: A serves first and pair C/D must decide who will be on the deuce side and who will be on the add until end of set; C serves second and pair A/B must decide who will be on the deuce side and who will be on add side until end of set; B serves third; D serves fourth; and back to A to serve.

[@vashts718]

@@xg3069 thanks going to study this

[@jaquevius]

Love this ❤️ I’m very solid and comfortable hitting flat overheads with direction, but I get a lot of accidental slice almost always on the serve, because I treat them completely differently in my mind and get bogged down on wrist positions (deathly afraid of being told I have a waiters serve 😂) racquet drop depth etc, and lose fluidity and the most important factor which is contact. I can’t wait to try this and try to stop micromanaging all of the complex moving parts. The serve mechanics are by far the hardest part of tennis for me personally so maybe I just need to stop overthinking it. It’s so frustrating to have a pretty complete game, yet spin in serves that often start the point neutral instead of putting them in a defensive position right of the bat.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

This video is good for overthinking on the serve 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2icemSohZWJpqcsi=n1kPgkLDz953KZsD

[@jaquevius]

@@IntuitiveTennis great. I’ll check it out 👍

[@JacObi-Wan-KenObi]

Nick, it’d be interesting to hear your analysis of Dimitrov’s serve. It has been quite similar to Karlović’s motion and resembles Kyrgios’s too but Grigor takes the racquet even further behind his body. I noticed now during the French Open that it has changed slightly. He brings the racquet behind his body but has this swaying kind of motion when he starts bringing the racquet up. I have not seen him do this before. He also appears to serve harder.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

He is serving very hard this year. Top 5 in avg speed. I don’t know why but I’m intrigued to find out.

[@AlexVejar-v8l]

Love this channel! Question: How similar is the flat serve to the overhead, and what are the key differences? I keep seeing different approaches to serving, and you’re the first person I’ve seen compare it to an overhead

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Overhead kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4TMnYutf7eMnrssi=E6Pe6zZes0Ck9bme

[@revoluxtion]

Great video!!! Quick question: are old balls ok for service training?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

I would be careful with old balls for serve practice

[@garychin4138]

​@@IntuitiveTennis why would old tennis balls be an issue unless you want to practice your kick serve and see the ball height bounce? I find serving any tennis ball as an opportunity to practice accuracy serving wide or down the T.

[@willmurphy6663]

Brilliant, thankyou the progressions are very helpful and clarity in explanation

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ernaldaes4300]

Great video. The sound is a bit quiet though (at least on my laptop)

[@thefridgeman]

Flat serve to the body, in the doubles match...fail proof sure free points. Returns are either long or easy loopy balls right to my teammate at the net.

[@jonathankatz7445]

I predict the winner will be Solinco Blackout 27 1/2" with a little lead on the head. It's the best lighter modern update from Nick's Pure Drive Plus or Wilson 5.2.

[@LubaLuba1]

the way the racket swings to the right looks like a slice

[@PaulVoorberg]

When practicing, I have a hard time with flat serve consistency. It's only in about 30% of the time. Slice serves I can get in pretty easily. Is it not good to add a little bit of slice to the flat serve for safety? I'm 6 feet tall, if that matters. I figures it does to some extent.

[@spooky1304]

Hi Nik I hit my serve with with a mild Eastern grip. I don't think this is 'wrong' is it..? I have a very slicey serve and I can also flatten it out. Its not the fastest but its a tricky serve that can't easily be attacked. I know conti is the textbook for serving but there are pros who don't use it i.e.Boris - I wonder why he didn't use it - maybe a habit that just stuck from being a kid.?

[@chuckdeless9891]

i get more power with eastern

[@spooky1304]

​@@chuckdeless9891 Thats interesting - do you know why..? When I really flatten out with eastern its definitely fast - must be around 100mph - but not the fastest. Overall I do more damage slower with more spin. My coach is elite level (in singles only narrowly lost to slam winner) and has to return my best serves defensively.

[@danieltowers9328]

I imagine youre primarily using your wrist to generate power. This will lead to wrist injuries if done on a regular basis

[@JV-py3lg]

@@danieltowers9328what’s wrong with using your wrist for making power? You have to pronate for racquet head speed

[@danieltowers9328]

@JV-py3lg with the Eastern grip he will be bending the wrist back and forwards. A tennis racket is too heavy for this type of movement. Pronation with the wrist is there to assist the arm, but should never be the primary source of power

[@tomsd8656]

When people call it flat serve, I am not sure if that's right, because there has to be some topspin to bring the ball down into the service box unless you are so tall that you can strike the ball down without any spin at all.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Flat serve has spin on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ-2l2uOn7mAq7csi=IlUUTlnwuJ5SyV8I

[@ryanmathewfriedman]

What is are your thoughts on the types of serves to use vs. your height? Should someone 5'9" or shorter still be trying to develop a maximum speed flat serve? Or should they be focusing more on kick and slice?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

How body height impacts serving in tennis kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2WndoeClMqEp7csi=9b5AUpTnG_Vbxpi7

[@ryanmathewfriedman]

@@IntuitiveTennis haha you really have a video for everything! thanks!

[@gabraham12]

Are you in Hawaii?

[@MPT458]

Doesn't a shorter person need an element of spin on their first serve?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2WndoeClMqEp7csi=RInoohhXBh-yAPJ4

[@SeanJayachandran]

wtf happened to Anna, haven't seen her in a video in like a year

[@IntuitiveTennis]

She had surgery on her foot. She’s back playing, video coming soon…