Tennis Serve Technique: Fix Your Elbow Position And Add 10mph

[@jayjames8345]

I did this exercise with Nadim at a recent serving clinic and it fixed my low elbow and open wrist. Amazing drill!

[@lucdeschepper6689]

You are the best teacher on internet!

[@tessareddecliff6163]

Great instruction. I have a request. I have incorporated the half position into my serve and it is working beautifully!! I’ve never served more consistently, thank you. But now I need a video showing how to connect the half position to a full swing (for more power?). I’d also appreciate tips on how to control the direction. Thanks Nadim , I hope to meet you in Ft. Lauderdale some day.

[@davidhale8034]

Nadim, I love this and these various serve elbow position lessons

[@Tunainthebrine79]

Solid technical coaching here. Awesome stuff.

[@OnlineTennisInstruction]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@Zapatero33158]

Great job Nadim!

[@jimgilmore7391]

V good detailed instruction for what is most difficult but important stroke in tennis

[@willene58]

Excellent NADIM... the elbow must be lifted! Thank you from KZN,Hilton in South Africa

[@williampguiry6603]

Brilliant..

[@robertonunez1085]

Perfect Tip Nadim, thank you very Much !!

[@timoneill5658]

Thanks, Nadim! Another good one!

[@ndevay4565]

Thanks Nadim... outstanding analyses.

[@hinguyen9584]

Very good tip, Nadim.

[@vp6564]

Yes! The Hail Mary throw is the image that works for me. I think I’ll try the single racquet and ball first, then two racquets. Great advice as always Nadim!

[@timclark3049]

You are an excellent tennis pro, Nadim.

[@rucas10]

Nadim , hanks for your tips !

[@jamesmurphy2304]

Terrific serving tip. Great coaching

[@edmundooortega]

Looking fit, Nadim!

[@Madbootdestruction]

Great stuff Nadim 🎾👍

[@daikayll1897]

This is how I improved to enjoying my service in match play. Also , pulling down and into my hip of my tossing arm too. My raquet just seemed to want to ATTACK the ball. Great lesson , thanx.

[@gogogo96]

thank you coach . I can see in my videos that my elbow is bent will work on this and can't wait to get it fix.

[@jag3384]

Some of the best content I've ever seen! You're gonna make decent servers out of us all!

[@Mickey_McD]

Really cool drill to get the right to left motion down.

[@radhakrishan4406]

Great lesson. I have a question on serve position that's what's the importance of hip out? How it's useful? Please make a video on this topic. Thank you.

[@johnfaalogo]

Great tip 4 me to work on my serve!

[@edwardstilwell9252]

I like the idea and will give it a go!!

[@danielcarvalho3492]

excellent tip!

[@dg2973]

Excellent tip! Thank you very much!

[@nicholasgericke7108]

Thanks Nadim this is gonna be a game changer for me.I'm gonna practice using your drills till I get it!!

[@haroldho19]

Did you get it ?

[@kiesbett]

wow, i have seen many serve videos now, but this concept and exercise will probably solve some problems of my serve. my idea was always to drop the racket and lift the ellbow at the same time...

[@eduardodorumian829]

excelente leccion!!!!muchas gracias !!!!

[@franksampson477]

This is the guy that I want to take lessons from!

[@VictoryTennisPrograms]

Always informative Nadim! Thank you!

[@jimcramer5308]

Fantastic, thank you so very much, I find your explanation and demonstration to be outstanding. I am so anxious to try this.

[@margiepargie1982]

Great demostration.😊

[@marktace1]

Almost all of us naturally stop externally rotating our shoulder as the racquet gets over our head and begin supinating our forearm so this instruction is great for 99.9% of the population. There are a few people especially some young kids who are so flexible that they continue to externally rotate and get into what looks like a waiter’s tray position because they didn’t supinate earlier. One of the best ATP servers, Berrettini, tends to do this. He does of course get the racquet on edge in time but he’s a bit better athlete than most and even he could probably pick up a couple mph with earlier supination.

[@jimpoole6037]

Awesome!! Works perfect!

[@nathanloywalker]

Great lesson, Nadim! Thank you.

[@TheDaDain]

Very helpful. It is what i m in trouble.

[@pauloventura1745]

Great tip, thanks!

[@soevjaanoemar2761]

Thanks Coach 🙏

[@gregoryphillips3969]

Great lesson thank you!

[@gabrielleal6174]

Great advices 👍👍👏👏🎾🎾

[@ashleyphoenix7]

Awesome content! Thank you!

[@ksagstertohi6156]

Your serve has Sampras mechanics at its core.

[@FairwayJack]

good stuff

[@hrjohannesburg5478]

Omg ur the man! Nice one

[@natarajponnusamy]

Amazing sir

[@dr.gerardperlas59]

Great instructions! My problem is it experience tennis elbow when I lead with my elbow.

[@nabeenhussain524]

…and this all coincides with the timing of the leg drive? Thank you for another great drill.

[@gabrielleal6174]

Good exercise 👏👏👍👍🎾🎾

[@kenharris7194]

Really good 👍tips!

[@kenharris7194]

I am really going to be focusing on these tips this season to improve my serve.

[@mdavy1]

Your the best.

[@vjb2813]

Very nice...one ? ; are you following through across the body or do you stop as in the video? seem like you get more wrist snap by stopping

[@NadimNaser]

Hi VJ, I normally follow through, I was accentuating the up and out swing here

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Yeah but how do you turn off the wind? That's my real problem.

[@drzoltanvajo142]

Nice!

[@alexkonde4594]

Thank you for the informative lesson. I do have a question that does not seem to be addressed by any of the instructors who focus on the right-to-left movement of the racket. It seems from these videos that the angle between the upper arm and the forearm formed at the elbow at the beginning of the right-to-left motion is close to, but does not exceed 90°. What is not clear is whether that angle changes during the right-to-left motion. In some videos, it appears that the angle is reduced, sometimes substantially. Can you please comment on that? Thank you.

[@jackspradlin4183]

My issue is my elbow leads perfectly in a shadow swing starting in your trophy position but when I do a real serve my elbow doesnt want to come forward, often hitting my back with racket. My shadow is free flowing as racket moves on its own using bigger body parts, doesnt happen on real swing, grip is loose, the ball toss good, ball takes away my swing, getting better though. May have to do Sofia Kennin serve, dont look at the ball in the beginning lo!

[@wegtennis8740]

Looks like a great drill; maybe I'll finally be able to fix my waiter's tray serve. When I look closely at your motion, it seems that nearly all the right to left portion of the swing comes from external rotation of the shoulder, with very little movement of other joints. Is that correct?

[@Osnosis]

100% correct. Use larger muscles to set yourself in motion, and the fine muscles only come into play at the end.

[@kyunghokang5730]

Good point^^

[@mhhillman]

Hey Nadim - hope you're well. This looks like a great tip to use to re-check my elbow position and action - thanks for this really great and easy to follow drill. Hope to see you in person for a tune-up soon!

[@OnlineTennisInstruction]

thanks for the feedback Mark!

[@otrovnik123]

do rackets have to be the same ?

[@giovannimariafloris3828]

Great!!

[@jimmyx628]

“All you need is 2 rackets” Me: 😭

[@jankel4452]

“Hopefully you replay the video a couple of time to give me more views” ok I will do that 🎾

[@RT_8637]

What is "hail Mary type of trajectory" ? 5:23 min

[@ashleyphoenix7]

Check out NFL football Hail Mary pass -nice high arc in ball path...

[@NadimNaser]

Hi Radek, the Hail Mary refers to a high trajectory throw in American football. I’ve been in the USA for too long now assuming everyone knows American Football :) thank you for the question.

[@gettinhungrig8806]

Does this guy know you serve with one racket?

[@tpms9990]

too soon!!!

[@andrewbaroch2141]

It's not the movement of the elbow. It's the movement of the waist, twisting ...and most everything else follows.

[@Osnosis]

Actually it is the elbow for the upper body rotation; the parts you reference are mostly for power. He is emphasizing flow and form.

[@FairwayJack]

like

[@drbonesshow1]

Pronation is not needed for a powerful tennis serve. People who do not understand human biomechanics will not agree with this statement and that includes 99.99% of all tennis instructors. For the remaining 0.01% out there who do, well, they have probably learned of the 6-actions of the wrist.

[@ESCANDINAVIADK]

No right.Total BS. Do not follow this bs.

[@androc75]

Too much explanation.

[@tavomagno5]

Post your video.. and we can compare.. I see this very useful to give a try

[@thitran9637]

Excellent tip, thank you very much!