Missing Your Pickleball Serve? Here's Why...

[@marlapeters5413]

I was STRUGGLING with my serve. Everyone tried to give me their 2 cents. It was making me more tense and my serves got worse. I'm playing at a 3.5 level but can't serve. Tried the bounce serve......got even worse. I know it was a mental block. Your videos Really helped me. I tap the ball with my paddle before I serve and stand and move the way you said to. I take my time and follow through......voila. I can serve again. Thank you, you videos Really helped me!!

[@Prince_Gordon]

Same happened with me. A guy I was playing against pulled me to the side and gave me this mini lesson on my stance and using my hips to get more power. It took me a couple weeks to get my serve back. Now I’m slowly incorporating my whole body, but my main focus is on my grip and topspin. I get it in almost every time, and I almost always force my opponents back or to the side. It’s nice watching it go high like it’s going out and then suddenly dive down. I get plenty of aces against people at my level. Now I can watch those power/megaspin servers hit it long or into the net and just shake my head.

[@JustOnePageAway]

I love that you keep your mistakes in the videos ….you’re so relatable. Great videos, your tips are very helpful.

[@EnhancePickleball]

Thank you!!!

[@dougleppard]

x-racquetball player in my mid seventies. My serves were killing me. 30-50% made it, giving away points. Watched several serve videos but this one made the difference. I am now 80%-90+ successful in practice. Can't wait to try it in a game huge difference. When I served before I didn't toss it up but I was doing a small toss just before I hit the serve, thus not consistent. Now I just let it go and hit it. Will work on consistent serves later work on speed and spin. Thanks a lot, definitely you earned a like and subscribe. Looking forward to watching you other videos.

[@Markomyt1]

Great content. I find a drop serve to be very consistent for me. I can really move through the ball and get a really good consistent top-spin on the ball.

[@madrum]

I love hitting nice and easy loopy topspin serves that land deep, especially to people who stand on the baseline. I usually a get 3+ free points because they’re trying to hit it right at their feet. I can hit about 49/50 in and in the back 1/3 of the box, with essentially no effort, just like Connor showed. I’m always shocked at how well this works at 3.0-3.5 level.

[@amit212543]

Sometimes when I’m crushing deep topspin serves, lower level players just won’t think to move back and I win a bunch of points off of them. I usually feel bad and stop on my own.

[@janegallardo4731]

best advice, practice in my home, having a hard time learning on the court😊

[@garygorgo3600]

You didn't touch much on your stance? Should it be open, closed or straight away? Thanks Gary

[@mikepetrandis8525]

My accuracy on my serve has declined since I’ve been trying to hit top spin? Do I need hit forward and then brush up? Also any suggestions on keeping a loose grip , but at same time keeping firm wrist and straight arm and be loose.

[@frank88ster]

Best tips, thanks heaps.

[@scooter8187]

Really liked the 3 tips toward the end. One correction maybe...you said with topspin you hit under the ball?

[@Markomyt1]

Low to high

[@lizlemon9632]

Good tips. Thx.

[@EnhancePickleball]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bart1476]

I mux topspin and sidespin. But I am a pro level player.

[@thenoodlehunter6828]

I thought the first serve is illegal.

[@danielcielmaee3642]

Nope. Can’t throw it up on a bounce serve. For a volley serve it’s fine. A volley serve is when you don’t bounce it. Volley means hit out of the air.

[@DrMetalpin]

You’re not supposed to throw the ball up anyway are you?

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

You can

[@josephfong552]

I thought tossing the ball up is NOT a legal serve?

[@jonathansmith9946]

Only in the PPA.

[@unconditionalfreedom]

you cant toss ball up

[@jonathansmith9946]

Yes, you can

[@jerryzeits344]

Tossing the ball up on the serve is an illigal serve

[@tomolson5913]

Only on the bounce serve

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

No it’s not

[@mrEC]

Too much talking. Want to see more of the serve. I had problems with my serve going everywhere. I went to the court to practice my serves and taught myself to become consistent. Found if stand more or less in the direction for the serve and make sure the paddle is pointed in the direction you want the pickle ball to go, then make a a smooth swing. I went from less than 50% serves to 90%. Not perfect but a lot better

[@bart1476]

Lol. Your first serve was way too short and your second serve wide. Take 3.

[@itmaslanka]

Is this old ? You can’t throw the ball up at all in 2023 ! Otherwise great show !

[@jisforjoy3314]

Says who? You can't spin the ball in the air, but you can toss it up.

[@bart1476]

Clueless otter

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

Yes you can