Tennis Lesson - SERVE - MYTH BUSTED Wrist SNAP - Insight Tennis

[@michaelscaturro6326]

You provide very unique insights in a crowded field of coaching. That's not easy to do. Thank you very much.

[@raysfonexchange]

Dude.....what an amazing insightful video! A unique lesson and very hard to refute. Can't help but Sub

[@Capt_Cranesicle]

I came to this conclusion about the body connection on all of the strokes myself. I wanted validation from some experts and found your forehand video. It’s a much simpler way of looking at the game. I found the same is true in golf.

[@writer684]

Best coaching and I have seen allot instruction througth the years

[@jerryw89436]

You are so right...even some of the best teachers believe it is wrist snap that generates the power.

[@dropshot118]

so basically don't snap down...promate more forward??

[@lethedan]

It's a great lesson again to see how to correctly use the body to lead the racket head from start to finish. Would you please elaborate more on: how the hip and shoulder initial turn to lead the racket head to the drop? And how the body axis rotation (including hip and shoulder) to lead the racket head to pronate to strike the ball? Thanks - Dan Le

[@hungngotrong8752]

Great instruction, coach!

[@ispy8338]

I've struggled my serve for many years and recently i've been trialling the wrist snap approach, however it makes things worst and I basically fall into another coaching trap! The wrist snap concept has solidly implemented in my mind and I made the kind of mistake exactly you pinpoint. You really spot on! Besides, tossing is an easy to say than done matter. I tend to toss the ball too much on the left and causing me to lose balance when hitting. I find this hard to improve. Can you spend 10mins to explain the mechanics? Thanks Rik.

[@younghong7087]

Who you are!!.. It's amazing explanation... you gave me a solution for serve... Thanks alot

[@insighttennis4487]

Thank you for you message ...much appreciated ...glad you found the video helpful. More to come...stay tuned....best of luck with your tennis....Rick

[@sunglee3935]

So it’s using the cartwheel action. It’s easier to visualize if you think of shoulder rolling over like a cartwheel

[@alfonsbongers5985]

Thanks Rik ,mij service,goes muthts better,from Holland

[@robinhoodwink9345]

The wrist snap like you say disconnected from the body rotation make control harder also.

[@mrjohnsonfong]

Thank you sir! Excellent explanation.

[@robertrenk7074]

I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you mean when you say,”I’m releasing up and pronating” What does releasing up mean? Thank you .

[@ramyg5037]

Awesome tutorial... Nice mountains in the background... Where's the location?

[@JohnSmith-tw2im]

I have realised over the past few months that I have paid professional tennis coaches to give me much incorrect advice - unfortunately over quite a few years now. No wonder my progress as a mature entrant to tennis has been slow going. I have been making the exact coached technique mistakes described in your forehand and backhand videos. The fixes (or correct technique) you describe has shown immediate improvement - no kidding or exaggeration. Thanks a lot for that, 5 years ago would have been even better (Nb. I am not this chaps brother or business partner by the way, I am actually from the UK). This is the first time I have watched a serve video. My question is this: at what point should contact be made with the ball - as the racquet pronates up to vertical, or just at the point the racquet has pronated fully vertical and the arm and racquet now form a straight (fully extended line. I hope this makes sense. My query is that if contact is made prior to full extension, then why does it matter if the racquet does fully flip over after contact ??? I accept your advice, but I am trying to work out why it works. Thanks again.

[@sunglee3935]

John Smith most coaches don’t know how to teach the biomechanics of tennis. They just feed you the ball. Out of 10 coaches, only one or two knows how to teach.

[@willkeyes8859]

Just when I thought I understood the wrist flick, it turns out I'm not connecting it to my body and focusing too much on the "snap."

[@plintdillion286]

So pronation is a result of the arm "straightening" before impact and not a induced wrist snap.

[@endritmuhadri7324]

How can I delete the muscle memory in serve ,I have been serving with a wrong technique for a long time (on a trophy position my right elbow drops really low when I "wait" for the ball to come low and hit it and I can not even do the whole racket drop behind the back )something like nishikori does and Nole used to.

[@capricornmagic63]

@endrit Muhadri I used to do what you do, I had a kind of ' bowling ' arm action and I used to wait for the ball to drop then hit. Dec 16 '17 I decided to change and a year on my serve is more like Nicolas Jarrys' serve and it's much better, I can hit topspin serves now where as I couldn't before, I still break down from time to time but it's a better serve that it was. You can change your serve, it just takes time and practice

[@sameertalcherkar3988]

Curious to hear your thoughts on the Sampras serve because he was known to have a different finish ("U" or "V" shape finish). It looks like he's snapping his wrist at perhaps rolling his forearm. Thanks!

[@insighttennis4487]

Sameer....thank you for your message....Sampras has one of the best if not the best serve of all time....he does in fact have a very prominant wrist and arm rotation but not a wrist snap....if you will look carefully you will see the racquet is still parallel to the ball after impact then continues to rotate over after the ball is gone.....more videos to come on the serve....best....Rick

[@victorialim7328]

Sameer Talcherkar q

[@danielgomez9908]

Great video !! Thank you !

[@insighttennis4487]

thank you Daniel....much appreciated

[@ronniemcinerney3273]

Very good video so misunderstood !

[@anangpal72]

Thanks a ton, Sir...

[@doobeedoo2]

excellent

[@MrBoguslawm]

Perfect explanation! Thank you :)

[@insighttennis4487]

Your certainly welcome....glad you found the videos to be helpful...Thank you for you support....Rick

[@sunglee3935]

Dropping the racquet back as you start rotating the body is the power move. I don’t know why he doesn’t point it out. He’s doing it in the demo but not emphasizing it

[@mastershake886]

wrist snap happens by itself by the arm being fully extended and loose

[@최천수-y5k]

I have doubt on what you said. I think wrist snap is needed to heat the ball upper side to down to the service box...

[@moonhyena]

謝謝你 讓我學到許多

[@dkangan]

Translation: Thanks for teaching me so much!

[@bowendeng8578]

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[@ricardopereira1795]

You look like Robert De Niro!

[@muneebnagori8268]

What you explaining is simply pronation. Why cant you simply say that? I see you are making things more confusing and difficult to understand in your explaination. Regards.

[@muneebnagori8268]

K C How did you find disrespect in my comment?

[@joebanks3827]

Hey Muneeb...I agree with you. This is pronation. Timing is everything, and the ball is struck at that 'flat' point in the pronation. It is a smooth continuous rotation of the forearm and wrist. This is after the body pushes up and rotates too. There are other critical stages to hit in this overall motion as well, but this video is addressing the arm/hand assembly pronation aspect of it. The way the videographer presents it, it sounds like the 'flat' part is maintained for several milliseconds, and then the rotation starts again. I think that is where it is confusing, and I agree with you. There is no pause in the rotation. It is a continuous big rotation of the body, arm, forearm and ultimately of the final 'small' rotation of a very loose wrist, that almost seems independent of all the big rotation that had preceded it. You were in no way disrespectful, just observant about what was really being addressed.

[@danhdang925]

go learn to play tennis before teaching it