Flat, Kick & Slice Serve Lesson with 4.5 NTRP Player

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Improve Your Second Serve by Learning the Kick 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2ScgK2whN2Ug68

[@iitruevibeii]

I just wanted to say that this content is exactly what is needed. I took these tips today and applied them to my league match and it worked excellent. I only double faulted once but hit a good majority of my first serves because of this. I was doing a weird hip thing that was sort of hitching my movement but that leaning advice was perfect spot on

[@airconditioner5635]

He really bringing up the Earth 😭. I’m b.b.sean w this same TikTok comment :)

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@airconditioner5635 didn’t know my TikTok ers come over here 🙌🙌 🌍

[@nathandavis2990]

the fact that we get to see not just the break down of each serve, but how he explains it as the student tries to implement it. is HUGE. thats the key to this virtual tennis coaching, is hearing the stuff in-between serves. not just telling you how to do it the right way, but hearing how the coach helps as a student tries to do it. massively helpful

[@-Munditimum-]

Couldn't have said it better Nathan!

[@hgm8337]

true, wish the student would not talk so much of course

[@budg.6094]

Yes I thought this student asked very good questions.

[@omichelini]

​@@hgm8337 I get your point. But I liked it to be honest, because I can relate to him. I'm always hyper analytic and I ask and talk a lot just like that haha. I will depend on the viewer as a person, as always. I get your point too though.

[@paleodude]

This, imo, is THE BEST LESSON ON THE SERVE on KZbin, end of story. Thank you, coach, for explaining the import of the angle of the racket at the point of contact.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@ItsLana_123]

I agree, I've seen a lot of serve videos and this is the most helpful. Actually this channel is one of the best ones on KZbin.

[@eyespy3001]

I’ve only watched two or three videos of Shamir and Nicola so far, but I love the dynamic between the two guys. It couldn’t be better even if it was scripted: one tall, one short; one a master one, one a student; one reserved, the other super eager. It’s great. And on top of that, we get the great tennis lessons.

[@robespierre1987]

So it is like the Earth's axis is on an angle? "I don't know about that" lolololol

[@webguru22]

@@robespierre1987 Yeah my dude was waaaaaaay overthinking that spin lol. He's a good student though, very coachable

[@praveenr7136]

This guy is the best coach I see in youtube. He deserves a million subs.

[@willkittwk]

That guy was overjoyed. He learned the kick and slice in one lesson and learn to distinguish what he needs to do to accomplish them. He's like a little kid on Christmas who just got suprised with two new toys. But he knows they're gifts that will keep on giving. Part of the enjoyment of sports.

[@Brian_Pathitta_Life_Journey]

Your student has such a great attitude in learning. I’ve seen many video of him and I wish I half that personality and humbleness at a much younger age

[@jgwil2]

19:59 "Alright, so the most common mistake I see on the racket tap is..." 😂

[@BishYama]

I'm hoping Nick publishes an in-depth 11 minute video on this someday

[@chetanphoenix]

Hope he does that for April fool's day

[@jeffrey5602]

@@chetanphoenix + in depth analysis of top atp and wta racket taps

[@justinbouchard]

ahahahhahahaha

[@anneg1536]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this lesson! It’s like I’m out on the court with you. The interaction with your students is so KEY because they ask questions that I would during a lesson. Thank you for being so comprehensive and taking the time to work with your student, stopping them when they are getting off track, and carefully demonstrating and explaining concepts. Thank you, thank you!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@MrMSS22]

Perfectly addressing common serve problems that many players/coaches don't even consider!

[@jgunnink3]

The racket taps had me rolling

[@thurlestonetennis2447]

I agree, we need a full lesson on racket taps - flat, slice and kicker!

[@mattiastennis]

Just easier to either shake hands or just say thanks for the match which I and others do most the time Unless you want to start a unique procedure like Schwertkampf where gentlemen symbolically clash the racquets to end!

[@BChienPanda]

Green dude with the racket taps 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@eruptiveewok4925]

The Rona fist bump

[@jonathanp639]

@@BChienPanda bro some us can’t read minds so we need to make it a norm. The tallest guys has to tap the racket vertically. Agree? Lol

[@joelhammrac]

As a coach of 20+ years myself, it is obvious you are a fantastic coach. 👍👍

[@-Munditimum-]

Shamir is a super cool dude and a great student. Some brilliant teaching there Nik. Honestly I haven't seen anyone with your approach, in teaching serves. Amazing!

[@johnsrc]

This is great since most videos I see are either a beginner video or an advanced showcase of the serve. This is the goldilocks of all service instruction videos! Thank you!

[@ivanivanovski4278]

I love the part with the forward momentum, you are a great coach, as a coach myself I learned a lot from you.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Ivan 🙏

[@xyz86457]

Can you be my coach? 🤣

[@jamesho7049]

This is the best video for serving, hands down!! Amazing breakdown and well explained; thank you coach Nik!! I'm a beginner, only been playing for about 4 months... used to constantly double fault, but I've improved my Flat and Slice serves dramatically with these 2 pointers: 1) toss the ball into the court and lean in (= effortless power and not hitting the ball behind my shoulder) 2) toss the ball at about 1 o'clock; then one of the below. 3a) Flat serve = just hit down on the ball 3b) Slice = hit the 'right' side of the ball. (It's SOOOOOO satisfying crunching one down the T on the 'non-deuce' side!! Get some good shape 👊🏼) My next Tennis goal is to get good at the kick serve... Mental notes for me: 1) continue to toss INTO the court, but towards 11 or 12 o'clock instead. 2) trophy position, lean, drop front shoulder... wrist position 'more neutral' and then exaggerate being sideways on contact. Wish me luck!! 🤞🏻

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@darunia484]

Sorry beginner as well. For slice serve, am I supposed to be aiming for the middle line? Or can aim anywhere?

[@kugelblitz2001]

Easily the best coaching channel on KZbin. Fantastic explanations.

[@emrage]

Going to try these out today, thank you

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you 🙏 Try it

[@pratapnaik5673]

this is the most “comprehensive serving crash course” on KZbin! Covers all fundamentals for all three kinds of serve. Thank you coach!

[@Jon_Dang]

BONUS Racquet-tap masterclass a the end!!

[@TheLukeguy7]

One of the best coaches I’ve ever seen. Keeps it so simple but he’s so knowledgeable and passionate. Brilliant videos!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@chetanreddy6424]

It's so useful to watch you work with advanced rec players. Most of the youtube tennis instruction is not aimed at that demographic. Thanks for sharing!

[@David19.59]

Another superb video Nik. Thank you! Great explanation of all the fundamentals. Presented in a way that benefits players of every level. Also your abillty to instantly recognise and correct faults and technical problems in your students technique is second to none. Quite simply the best coach on KZbin.

[@boarini2003]

I woke up this morning to go practice my serves and this popped up in the recommendations. FANTASTIC tips!

[@Pixeliarmus]

Just starting tennis after almost 15 years and this channel is the best, I feel like I'm there with you taking lessons

[@andersflodmark8724]

Love how you are going through the racket tap. For some weird reason the vast majority of people haven't grasped it yet... and this in May 2021! You should do a video with ONLY the tap!

[@santosjohny]

I've watched your videos so many times over and over and learn something from them everytime. Bringing this database of knowledge to the tennis courts however is definitely the hard part. Thanks Nikola! (Kick serve review: toss at 11/11:30, foreward momentum, keep the body sideways, turn the wrist upside down on the follow through)

[@markpatterson8922]

Very clear explanations, and especially about the not opening up on the kick, and dropping the front shoulder down! The racquet tap tutorial is an invaluable pandemic bonus that you don't see almost anywhere else.

[@peterevans7568]

I think this is the best coaching video on the serve on KZbin and I have watched a lot! Keep up the great content 👍 I found correct weight transfer made a huge difference in power and like you say a different sound of the racket!

[@Hobartian1]

This is one of the best videos I have watched on how to hit the different variations of the serve. It is very practical and easy to follow.

[@notoriouslycody]

Thank you for explaining racquet taps in this video! This is one area that drives me crazy when finishing matches, whether I won or lost... JUST HIT THE STRINGS!!!!

[@lovelalovelove7430]

Excellent camera focus location to see the player's movement from beginning of serve to finish. Great lesson. Thank you.

[@julianmirano5001]

Great video. Really helpful to see a player at same skill level make same mistakes. Love the slow motion when he achieved success.

[@virgm.616]

Lessons previously released by Intuitive Tennis were great. This lesson with a student just adds to how to hit a great kick serve. GREAT JOB!!!

[@y2jandy]

Racket tap deserves a full individual tutorial 😆 👏🏻 a real modern tennis stroke after covid

[@ripleypipe]

Shamir quotes misleading phrases then you patiently convey the correct terms, great coaching Nick despite the almost constant interjections.

[@danielmata9178]

I really love Shamir's attitude (not sure if written like this). Full of joy for the sport. It even makes me smile. Good stuff coach

[@aninterestingmanwithmultip3932]

Very nice! Best explanation of Flat, kick and slice serve on youtube so far.

[@ocbosco_]

Just getting back into tennis after a long hiatus. These lessons are GOLD. One of the very best coaches I’ve ever come across. Thanks!

[@peejread2309]

One of the best if not the best complete serve lesson on youtube! I like the racquet tap part at the end. Haha

[@rds4629]

this is extremely helpful in bringing improvements in a decent serve. thanks also for explaining the racquet taps.

[@photobearcmh]

Your lessons with Samir are always helpful. Please keep these coming.

[@ziggy5466]

I really enjoyed this video. I purchased your serve course and now with this video I can grasp even more information especially on the kick serve. Watching a student similar to my skill level and witnessing his mistakes and progression makes this video a great learning tool. Thanks, Ziggy

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Ziggy

[@hellohello-yi8yr]

I wish I could find a coach like you in my area. I've taken lessons from 3 different coaches in the past 6 months and I can feel how all of them are just tryna get the hour done :(

[@ssenssel]

Racquet taps lessons.. this is why I come here! =)

[@PrinceLawrence-w9y]

Nick, the best kick serve coaching I've ever seen also you're the best one.i'm going to try today on my game at 3pm. Thx a million Prince

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏🙌🙌🔥🔥

[@mattiastennis]

It is good in this video that you emphasised and further demonstrated the content from your previous video on side on positioning for the Kick Serve. The videos you have made covering the Kick Serves have been quite helpful to me especially in mental queues for the processes leading up to the serve and visualising one's position beforehand. The point on the Ball toss for Kick and Slice are important especially for the Slice as it's always a more right-sided toss

[@desy2478]

I'm only just learning to serve properly but I think I will find some of the tips from this video very useful especially with the ball toss and leaning into the court with the left shoulder dropped more.

[@indyglf]

There are many of the videos of this type on youtube. But this one is the only one that helped. I was hitting slice serves instead of kickers. The exaggeration of the open body for feel and the dropped lead shoulder made the difference for me. Hitting some nice kickers now and working on adding pace.

[@comcamera91]

Very patient instructor with a great eye for details.

[@vinay7793]

fantastic stuff, to hear the coach go through the dynamics of each type of serve & then see the coach troubleshoot the trainee real-time is brilliant. Thank you

[@martianmatters]

Super lekcija stari! Translation: Very clear straith to the point with all the little details. Great leson! Naše gore list!

[@dubszn1211]

This coach is BUTTER. I'm a new tennis player and love watching these, thank you man!

[@stefaleo]

The best tennis teacher on KZbin👍🏻👍🏻

[@yuactingout]

I don't understand why people keep hitting my frame on the racquet tap. Thank you for addressing such a common mistake!

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Racquet tap lessons at 19:50. You're welcome.

[@claudem4733]

Very good and entertaining video. Lot's to learn from the fellow trainee questions and comments and from Nic's advice. Thanks Nic!

[@BOOMCHICK75]

very well explained on a level of detail that I have not even seen on essential tennis which is another favorite site. Thank you for an educational and great lesson my favorite Tennisteacher! ☺️👌

[@vive7c]

I have a kick serve I have spent a lot of time practicing. I have started to practice my flat serve but pronation and flick of the wrist was a hurdle at first. A slice serve was unfathomable to me. Until now. Thank you for the “scooping the ball” analogy and going over how the location of the toss and the angle and path of the racquet will dictate what type of serve it is. I will spend many hours now practicing scooping the ball for my slice serve. BTW I really appreciate and enjoy your videos. Also more importantly I like your energy in these videos as you see it clicking for Shamir. ✌🏽

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@bennielatifi5161]

You are the best coach , love your instructions using perfect words and good looking too! 🎾☘️💚

[@TheAlexandersword]

Awesome technical instructions and great advice for avoiding bad habits! Awesome serves Shamir!

[@rossiross114]

This maybe one of the best videos on serves I have seen so far !!!

[@kyu236]

Best video on the serve I've seen! Great breakdown of the motion and the REASONS! Super helpful!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏

[@FlabbyPigLegs]

The best part learning the racket tap so wholesome love it great lesson

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Glad you liked it!

[@jay7tennis]

This was such a great teaching and coaching video. Thanks coach and thanks Shamir!

[@davidarmola6218]

Nick you are the "best coach" online !!! Second to none.

[@arinsnk2179]

Racket Taps explained! I actually never knew 😅 great tutorial. Thank you Nick

[@Arunkumar-bg5xk]

Wow one of the best serve lessons i have seen... That clearly explain the differences

[@ppsvandijk]

Thnx for this very instructive video, with the highest info-density I have ever seen! Kick serve is an absolutely nessesary to build 2nd serve security and a great winner when people underestimate that spinning effect, even through their return (hitting out all the time).

[@TehPegaz]

Great lesson. Nice to see these student videos!

[@ckn711]

Excellent coaching

[@helimax]

That dude is just what I am like in lessons, I think just like him, gas. Great video, not a massive fan of the coach and his style but just great to see the real lesson and the talk as if we were there. Thanks so much

[@johnwright2460]

One of the best explanations of details I have seen. This helped a lot. Thanks

[@johnwright2460]

I tried the scooping action on my slice serve today. It was great. Made the slice so much easier for me. And, the action on the ball made it hop away from the receiver. Thanks again.

[@adizago26]

...and very entertaining, I don't know when the 20 mins have passed, great lesson, great chemistry between the two, thank you

[@IntuitiveTennis]

💯🙏

[@BornNguyener]

Coming back to tennis after taking many years off, and all these videos have been great to remind me of all the fundamentals you need to remember which are easy to forget and fall into basic muscle memory thanks Coach!

[@gerardovitaliani9318]

What a great Master class on serve!! Thanks 👏👏👏

[@huangwee3465]

Best instructions on kick service. Period

[@buenbruce3133]

Thanks for your lesson! Finally I can make the racket tap properly 😂

[@IntuitiveTennis]

💯

[@luda_yanez4302]

This to me has always been the hardest thing to do!! Making a higher toss, and forcing yourself into the court is so uncomfortable because you’re not used to it. But when I actually get it right, I love the sound and I’ve learned that watching the ball into the racket makes a big difference

[@al0822]

Great lesson Nick, this is really helpful, seeing someone with similar mistakes as the ones we made and how to fix them, thanks for the video.

[@toonsoffun5733]

Definitely going to execute the correct racket tap during my match today.

[@winstong7438]

this guy is nuts. I wish i had this dude as a teacher.

[@serbmd]

Appreciate the insight as it is both unique and functional. The tips are from someone with knowledge of tennis both as a player and as a coach which I find to be missing in most other channels.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Hvala 🙏

[@candyto8994]

You are simply the best coach I have never seen. I wish you all the best in your life BRAVO 👏

[@signlogin9]

Your way of teaching is very nice, it's includes psychology of learners, you made things easy... Very nice

[@pats300zx]

Fantastic video and explanations Nick. Love your coaching style. 👍

[@monprenommonnom4411]

Really appreciate this video! Why do coaches never teach the leaning concept with the body momentum? I had many injuries with my shoulder or my back because i had the feeiling to loose power and then force my strokes. The relationship between the toss and the body motion is now much clearer, thanks!

[@FredYang]

Simply the best serve video on youtube.

[@juanmontes6701]

great video, watched all the way till the end to see the racket tap lesson. Magic!!

[@gabefisher2509]

I have to say a big thank you. I've been watching a lot of your videos i.e. serve, player coach point play, serve return... and many more. I won a big match today in my local league against a great server and returner. I had him guessing on the slice kick and flat. Im hoping one of these days I can do a lesson with you.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙌🙌

[@666DaiTheFlu]

This video is pure gold! Thanks!

[@michaeltran8079]

best instruction for different type of serve

[@justinbouchard]

Thank you for clarifying the racquet tap. This has been harder for me to figure out than a flat serve. Huge love from Canada :)

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙌🇨🇦

[@tp_2o23]

you deserve alot of credit for your teaching methods..

[@shriramoka]

nick, superb analysis... loved each and every detail.. I often forget shoulder over shoulder during the heat of a match (y).. Thank you !

[@zenfoos]

Nice lesson in comparison of the 3 serves. Is good to show mistakes of student with corrective action learned and executed. I also like the "modern day" racket tap without taking a byte out of the frame.

[@themrstroke]

Great video. I love how you are addressing this forward lean aspect, which hardly anyone does. I would like your opinion on the most effortless or easiest way to achieve this, starting with the service stance. I watched your "Croatian Service Technique" video and I am thinking that stance, where the back foot is positioned up forward of the front foot (left foot of a right hander), kinda toeing the line also, may be the best option. It really accentuates to me the chest facing skyward as you pointed out in your Croatian video.

[@craigcooper9967]

Super helpful demo and explanation. Really appreciate all the content you publish....some of the very best out there.

[@truongluongfrancisnguyen9970]

One the best tennis serve lesson i’ve ever seen! Loved it!

[@yqi2644]

what a good tennis serve lesson. I keep coming back to watch this one and got new gems every time along with my own progression. Thanks so much Nick!