Perfect Slice Serve in 3 Steps - Perfect Tennis (Episode 3)

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Download our free serve guide here: www.top-tennis-training.com/serve-guide/ Perfect serve in 5 steps - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqcaYJta5mlgbc Perfect kick serve in 3 steps - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4KbY5qHrNCIqrs

[@nickantoniades2328]

I like this guy. He presents the videos brilliantly. Thank you.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks for the support Nick 🙏 All the best Simon

[@nickantoniades2328]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial you're very welcome Simon.

[@michaelnguyen2051]

Thanks!

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks for the support 🙏 Are there any lessons you would like to see in the future?

[@kpurnawan]

thanks for the 3 tips Simon...

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

My pleasure?

[@step938]

Thank you! I’ve been trying to work on this shot for years!! Simple break down of this serve.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

My pleasure, good luck with the improvements

[@strongbrain3128]

This coach actually shows two types of slice serves. Unfortunately, he did not distinguish nor explain these two types: the first type he called carving when toss the ball near 2 o'clock (no pronation with carving), and the second type combining top spin with side spin when toss the ball near 1 o'clock (strong pronation with this type). Most atp pros only do second type.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

You can always make a video on the subject 👍

[@Anonymou5No1]

savage

[@roR958]

Great instruction for me, I usually have more spin on my slice serve, but no pace, I’ll try hitting at 1 O Clock.

[@pick3374]

Thank you are very good at explaining

[@alexandermauder7274]

Simon is outstanding !

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks for the support 🙏

[@aaronstones100]

Brilliant video as always. I love that you address the issue with the 3 o’clock thing. I agree that it has its use for building the slice serve from scratch but as you said, it’s more of a “glide serve” than a slice serve and the last thing you need the ball doing is *trying* to glide long/wide of the service box. Also that looks like Groth slamming a few serves past Simon there. Is that right?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏 Yes, that is Sam Groth smashing down aces 🤣

[@aaronstones100]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Good of you to edit out all of the return winners you hit on his 125mph+ T-bombs 🤪

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[@DeltoidBeast]

What a great serve you have, Simon. Pleasure to watch. Can you make a video of tennis serve where you break down racket drop and that supinated position of arm before contact? Main source of power on serve is that full pronation which comes from whole arm, starting from shoulder, not just forearm or wrist. Please discuss this.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏 I cover that in this lesson - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqcaYJta5mlgbc

[@АннаФ-с7д]

Thanks coach Simon for another excellent lesson 👍

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@luciasattzs3484]

Brilliant, thanks again Simon.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@mychannel2902]

Thank you so much for those tips. Top notch content

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My pleasure 🙏

[@marianna7371]

I love your channel. Thank you for posting all these great videos. Do you have a video or tips on what tactic to use when you play and suddenly became tired. I noticed in recreational matches players get tired at different times during the match, which makes them perform bad for a short time and often give another player time to gain back advantage. Kids have this dynamic too. After extreme tiredness the player will recuperate and suddenly start playing well again. More often, it will be too late as another player gained too much advantage. So what are the tips on playing during a few minutes of extreme tiredness?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

In moments like those, it’s important to have some snacks/drinks to help you regain energy. Energy bars, isotonic drinks, fruits, anything that can give you a boost will help

[@farafabdel5236]

Thanks for your great tips

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My pleasure 🙏

[@Javi_C]

Thanks Simon!

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My pleasure

[@luciasattzs3484]

Brilliant as usual ❤

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Thank you for the support

[@RajAadhavan]

very good explanation .thank you so much sir

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@aliashir8880]

Now I practiced my kick service a lot (9 months) by watching your lessons and improved a lot. It is time to give effort to slice serve I guess. Thanks for what you are doing The Coach!

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Vamos 💪 Good luck with the improvements

[@JoeBilan162]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial when should I do slice serve and when should I do kick?

[@nexau94]

@@JoeBilan162 Usually it's flat or slice for first serve and kick for second serve (adds more security). But if you know how to do all three of them, don't hesitate to add some variation to this depending on your opponent / your strategy

[@terry6181]

Thanks for the video.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

You are welcome!

[@hansmuster7877]

Lots of insights in this video, thanks Simon. The tip you gave about moving the right shoulder into the ball, does this usually only work for flat/slice serves or do you use that technique also for the kick serve?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

It can work for the kick serve if you stay side on and throw the shoulders upwards only, instead of upwards/forwards and rotating

[@hermtm2]

Hello Coach Simon, Could you make a video on how to decide a racket's weight? How do I find a proper racket weight?

[@PrecisionPointTennis]

Thanks coach Simon!

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My pleasure 🙏

[@marijn1196]

0:00 What a nice court!

[@propgee]

Thanks Simon

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🙏

[@hakimnelson-wilder6266]

Hey Simon are you pronating on this serve the exact same as a flat serve or no ?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

For the slice serve, you pronate slightly less prior to contact, as you want the racket more on edge, but after contact you can fully pronate as with the flat serve

[@benjamins15779]

Hi coach. Great video. Question , I was practicing my serve couple days ago and my shoulder hurts since then. What am I doing wrong? Yes I have been playing for just couple yrs so I still learning. Thx in advance for your answer

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

That’s impossible for me to say without seeing your serve

[@irfangoksu2919]

hello, do you have a chance to add Turkish subtitles to your videos?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Maybe in the future, it’s very hard to add subtitles without external help

[@vladimirgetselevich4704]

Is there difference in how you hit it between Deuce and Add sides? I found that for me it is much easy to hit slice from Deuce side compared to Add for some reason. And also another question, if you want to hit Slice serve as your second serve as well, how do you increase consistency of this type of serve?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

I’ve replied on the other comment 👍

[@xx-jr6yt]

Haha what is recently going on with bashing "The Coach" and his teaching methodology :D? Openstancitis, Dominant Eye Bs, and now the 3o clock slice serve haha Love it

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

I've always taught the slice serve to be hit at 1 o'clock and have debated with many coaches about the 3 o'clock method. The dominant eye is now damaging players in many situations and openstanceitis is something I have had in my life and I actually made a video on it last summer - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKHGopdrnrV2ras

[@xx-jr6yt]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial So these Videos are in no way refering to Mr. Mouratoglu? Maybe I misunderstood something. Anyway I agree with your take on things

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

He’s exposing himself in his lessons. Here’s a question to ask yourself: do you snap your wrist on the tennis serve or pronate? What do most pros do? Snap or pronate?

[@stephenkromidas573]

​@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Pronate. Snapping the wrist leads to injuries. Pronation is produced by the forearm and shoulder. not the wrist. Even the great Sampras, who is often misquoted as having a great wrist snap at the top of the serve, still has his wrist in neutral position after he makes contact with the ball but his elbow is in a relaxed, bent arm position after a heavy forearm/shoulder rotation. 😉 Simon has taught us well!

[@robertzhang1568]

I find myself having more slice going single hand western grip. Is this a good technique or should I try to stick to continental

[@harryedwards9318]

Top notch player and coach ….Thanks for your help Simon ❤

[@pafrifot4947]

What about pronation with the slice serve?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

After contact full pronation occurs

[@MiguelAcantaros]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Yep, that's the hardest part. I suspect I sakellaridi my slice and if I think about proation it occurs too early (I flatten it) or I shank it.

[@rekababa6671]

my golf coach told me this motion (along with american baseball pitchers and professional bowling) is the same "throwing" action needed to hit a right-to-left hook spin shot....do you agree?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Honestly I don’t really know the technique involved in that sort of golf shot, so I couldn’t agree or disagree with them

[@svarodzic]

Hey Simon, thank you for the lesson. Question: it is well known that you should pronate on all servers. It seems like this slice technique doesn't have pronation at all or you do not mention it?

[@anantsinghdhaliwal4595]

no it does have pronation just not full pronation. if you are using a continental grip , the pronation should happen automatically to some extent. its just that you dont hit the ball with an open face(or half proination at contact) like in flat but hit the ball with a slightly closed faced ( quarter to half at contact) .

[@badmaru6699]

Imma try this today doing dubs!

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Vamos 💪

[@lhiiman]

To keep the racket sideways on impact, does that mean you don't pronate when hitting a slice serve?

[@KennethDorado]

You're actually pronating later in the motion than you are with a flat serve.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

You pronate on all serves if using a continental grip. On a slice serve, you still pronate prior to contact, slightly less than the flat serve, then pronate fully after contact. I cover supination and pronation in this lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqcaYJta5mlgbc

[@CH-yp5by]

If you have shoulder issues its imperative you do not have a ball toss at 1 o 'clock as the impact on the ball is too much for the shoulder and too far away form the body. Its best to learn at 12 O'clcok and just change the angle at contact and lean how to do it, you have more power as the ball is in line with your body

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

If you have shoulder issues, probably best to not be working on your serve before you rehab and fix the shoulder injury. Just a thought 🤣

[@andrewcampbell2903]

Sir , your slice appears to have topspin on it as well , judging by the high bounce off the court and the distance that the ball carries .

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

The bounce and carry doesn’t necessarily mean topspin, but indicates pace of shot. A flat serve can bounce very high and still rise as it hits a deep backdrop, that doesn’t mean it had topspin on it

[@eduardoavalos3259]

I want that slice serve...😢

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Time to work on these tips 👍

[@FairwayJack]

like

[@HankHell41]

coach is using Hyper G Sheeeeesh

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Are those strings good? I’m using a cheap poly string currently but looking for some proper strings to test

[@HankHell41]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficialI like Solinco's Hyper G because I can swing more freely and keep the ball in play with its great spin and low power, but I don't like it for its lack of feel on the ball. My favorite so far has been Solinco's Confidential. It has much better feel/ball pocketing on the ball. It has slightly less spin and slightly more power. With those characteristics I am better able to direct the ball and put it deeper in the court with the same strokes that I would use with Hyper G.

[@lapepata3641]

Lefty with slice serve… ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋcheat

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

One of the best weapons to possess in tennis

[@mdyt827]

Thanks!

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks for the support 🙏 All the best, Simon