The Return of Serve FUNDAMENTALS for Power and Control (Drills Included)

[@monicagoldstein5413]

Jeremy please keep teaching! You are a great teacher!!!!

[@glendahannings6066]

Your videos are the best! Clear and easy to understand. Please do a video on returning slow returns, which I think are more difficult to return.

[@FairwayJack]

Do you recommend a hammer grip on FH return?? ... to effect lower trajectory?

[@kwok1411]

Thank you for honoring your promise. It is a good video. Thank you.

[@renatocosta3344]

Jeremy, you are by far the best tennis teacher in the internet. Congratulations from Brazil and thank you for your brilliant instructions

[@FundamentalTennis]

renato costa thanks a million!

[@DavidColman14]

Hey Jeremy. That’s fabulous tuition. Can’t wait to start doing the drills.

[@FundamentalTennis]

David Colman thanks a lot David!

[@santhiyag1650]

Jeremy, You are fantastic. Excellent presentation of fundamentals .

[@camlendrim7609]

Great perspectives and presentation on the connection between what the racquet does and where the ball goes. It would be nice to have a camera positioned behind so we can associate how these factors have specific effects on the ball’s spin,speed and depth. Really enjoy your channel. Thanks

[@idcharles3739]

Great. Too many coaches tell me the return is just an abbreviated groundstroke. But what about the wrist? You clearly use your wrist to get power (some call it pop). Eg 20:05. But you don't talk about it. Almost no coaches realise how much they themselves use wrist extension. But it's is the only way to do what you are doing.

[@cjcycledude]

Thanks Jeremy for the doing a video on the return of serve. Great Job!

[@FundamentalTennis]

Carl Johnson thanks Carl and happy returns!

[@ChrisValenze]

Another great video. Hopefully he comes back and does more 🤞 Also how can all the good teaching pros play with such a dirty grip. I have to change mine before it gets that dirty.

[@ripleypipe]

Great tuition Jeremy, excellent communication. Thank you. Gordon

[@camlendrim7609]

Jeremy- I notice your hand is quite low on your racquet handle. I have found this to be helpful in creating increased racquet head speed with my serve and forehand as it seems to relax my grip tension. Have you created a video on this topic ? It might be helpful to many of us deathgrippers. Thanks for your great tennis instruction.

[@tianchunhon5528]

Another great video Jeremy, you are the best!

[@ppsvandijk]

Great video for my weakest point. I missed the grip. I prefer backhand ready as regripping for a forehand goes easy fast (automatically, intuitively).

[@dmitryprivate6558]

Jeremy, very good video. Thank you. Even more helpful, for my level of opponents, is to learn returning very slow serve. Read: kill or smash the ball to put fear in the opponent on the next second serve.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Dmitry Private hello, thanks Dimitry. I’m sure I will do a video sometime in the future regarding the 2nd serve return 👍

[@dmitryprivate6558]

@@FundamentalTennis Looking forward to it

[@walterhayley7252]

Hi Jeremy. I realize this video is about a year old, but perhaps you will still see my question and reply--when returning a serve, do you attempt to add some spin, or do you typically hit a flat return? I am new to tennis, and based on the description you provided in this video, it seems to me that it is best to not worry about spin on the return, especially when returning a very hard serve. I am really picking up a of information from your videos, which I think are the best of the many I've seen. It will take quite some time to process and incorporate the most important points, but I'll be doing the best I can. Thanks ever so much...

[@walishaaker7771]

Great video. Thank you.

[@rajgopalmanoharan]

Hi Jeremy, really nice..But got a question.. what if the ball comes straight to your body..How do we mange that ball to return it..

[@kunalprasad6693]

Great video with simple and concise explanations. What about the serve to the body?

[@FundamentalTennis]

Kunal Prasad Thanks Kunal. I’m not sure what you would like to know about receiving a body serve? Maybe you want to hear about the footwork... if it’s a body return of serve and your going to hit a backhand then I recommend leaning your upper body to the right (as a righty) and raising your non-dominant leg (counterbalance) while pushing off other foot to create space. Could also us a shuffle step or a simple out step with inside foot. Forehand body return of serve I recommend crossing the outside leg behind other leg while hitting. Hope this helps.

[@kunalprasad6693]

@@FundamentalTennis Thanks Jeremy

[@FundamentalTennis]

Kunal Prasad anytime

[@steveswen]

First time I have heard to keep the hand level with the racquet, what is the logic behind having the hand and racquet level?

[@tenniscorea]

Thanks Jeremy good lesson. I am curious about your forehand grip. Is that semi western grip? Would you make a video about semi western grip ground stroke next time? I really want to change my forehand stroke grip. my current grip is Eastern forehand grip..

[@FundamentalTennis]

top korea thank you. Yes I use a semi western forehand grip. These fundamentals all hold true for every grip. I’ll keep in mind your request. Thanks!

[@laurencecorray]

Great stuff. What should your ready grip be before the spilt step? Should one be on the forehand grip or continental grip?

[@FundamentalTennis]

Laurence Corray this like most things in tennis is very much preference and situational. Some questions to ask yourself are the following: 1. Which is your better return? 2. Which is easier to change grips? 3. Where does the server usually serve? Another option is to start with a tweener grip. This means you start half way between your forehand and backhand grip. Novak is a good example of this. Asking yourself these questions should give you your answer. Lastly experiment these options and find for yourself what works best for you. Hope this helps 👍

[@laurencecorray]

This is great advice advice. Thanks so much.

[@TeddyVinhTran]

this return of serve is almost like a volley right? i see the short open and push as the same.

[@sskfrey]

Very detailed. What grip do you recommend forhand and for backhand return?

[@FundamentalTennis]

sskfrey forehand the range of acceptability would be a strong eastern to a strong semi western. Assuming u have a 2hbh then u want some form of continental with bottom hand and eastern to slight semi western with top hand

[@the1tfactor]

Very nice, Jeremy. Quick related question. I have a one-handed backhand. It seems to me that moving forward on the diagonal (V), having my right foot at about a 45-degree angle is useful in general, return of serve or not. The difference is mainly in the height of takeback, swing path and the follow-through. The footwork, which I am really focusing on, seems similar. Am I mistaken?

[@FundamentalTennis]

Tanya Robinson Hi Tanya, are you asking if the 1hbh groundstroke has similar footwork to a 1hbh return?

[@dougtrancps]

Jeremy, how do I return a fast lefty-spin wide out serve to my backhand on the Ad side? Should I stand further back? Should I move up closer to baseline?

[@FundamentalTennis]

dougtrancps sounds like your really stretching for that wide serve. If that’s the case then you definitely wanna be closer towards the net to cut off the angle. The closer in you are the more likely it is that you will not get aced or get stretched too far wide.

[@ramkumarr639]

thanks for a gr8 video

[@FundamentalTennis]

Ramkumar R Thank you!

[@bulentalkan4686]

You are the best

[@rogerhill4571]

Jeremy do you recommend setting up facing the server or being parallel to the baseline or does it matter?

[@FundamentalTennis]

ROGER HILL you want all 10 toes facing the server. This is especially important for doubles because the server typically serves much wider near the alleys.

[@obaidfarghani9202]

awesome

[@TheDrakulie]

i am still confused about when the split step should be

[@FundamentalTennis]

Jin Jin here is a video I did on the split step timing. This will answer any and all your questions.