TRY THIS To Make YOUR Tennis Serve More Consistent

TRY THIS To Make YOUR Tennis Serve More Consistent
Building a consistent and reliable serve in tennis requires lots of focused practice and high-quality coaching. That's why we've created a free serve guide - www.top-tennis-training.com/s...
If you have a powerful tennis serve, but lack consistency, you'll struggle to beat players of your level and above. The number one rule of tennis is to get the ball in play, and nothing beats consistency. Too often, tennis players neglect this rule when it comes to their serve. They'll hit the serve as hard as they can, which normally results in a fault and loss of control.
In this serve lesson, Coach Simon Konov of Top Tennis Training will show you how to make your tennis serve more consistent.
The Mindset - Having the right mindset will help you massively when it comes to consistency on the serve. We often defeat ourselves in our service games because we go for too much and try to play above our level. The goal when playing tennis matches, both singles and doubles, should be to hit around 60% of your first serves in. This requires playing within ourselves and knowing how much power we can go for, whilst still maintaining that high level of consistency.
The Main Obstacles on the Tennis Court - The first obstacle we have to navigate is the net. To take the net out of play, it's a good idea to give yourself plenty of margin by using good net clearance. That means that we'll have to hit up on the ball to some degree, in order to lift the serve off our strings. We can also use the brushing action of the kick serve, even on some first serves. The next obstacle is getting the ball to drop before the lines. This requires spin, using either a slice serve or a kick serve works well. We can also take the lines out of play by aiming for bigger target zones, away from the lines. We don't have to hit a line in order to hit a good serve. Generally, you'll want to aim a foot inside either line so you have some margin to miss by.
Video Timeline:
00:00 - Lesson Intro
00:36 - Power vs Consistency on Serve
01:05 - Having The Ideal Mindset
02:28 - Avoiding The Obstacles
05:00 - Visualise The Serve
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[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

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[@jozcubing4806]

As always, great lesson Coach Simon! The explanation was perfect and very easy to pick up. I tried these techniques on court, and they work amazingly! Thanks a lot!

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Happy to hear it, thanks for the support

[@cwfusto]

Why can’t coach Simon slow down his serve examples (slow motion) so we can see the visual from his lectures?

[@Godzilla9]

Thanks a lot for the free serve guide. Will keep in touch about the progress.

[@ptrckkear1]

Excellent advice and in a very straight forward fashion. Thank you very much.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@guillermoeduardogatto7513]

Thanks a lot for your explanation !

[@cesarfernandezlopez5063]

Great advices from coach SIMON 👍🏻🎾❤️

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@shriramoka]

Class 🌟🎾. My toss needs a lil bit of work. I have to work on consistently tossing the ball in front of my body 👍

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Good luck with the improvements

[@effiongutuk1118]

Great job there simplified and easy to follow.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@sanjaygandhi7962]

Making sure to keep the tossing hand up and tossing high enough will also help prevent serves from going into the net. The sidespin serve is fairly easy to hit and gives good net clearance.

[@davidmark3253]

Such practical advice, TY

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Many thanks 🙏

[@judytian1863]

helped me a lot, thank you

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@Javi_C]

Thanks Simon

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@Better_Call_Raul]

Great lesson Simon. I am using a platform stance and generally following the Sampras checkpoints of rocking the weight back and forth: (1) Start with weight on front foot, (2) Shift all the weight to back foot, (3) Raise the tossing arm and heels and "sit" on the imaginary chair just in front of the baseline. The first two steps work fine but not clear on the third step. When I "sit" on the chair, where should I think of the weight being distributed? Weight mainly on the back foot? Mainly on front foot? Or is weight about evenly distributed on both feet?

[@Tennisbull-match-statistics]

My biggest struggle now is to hit the ball cleanly in the center. A good toss and keeping the eye on the ball longer help but when I use more spin I often frame the serve

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Dropping the head too early is a major problem for many players. I do it myself sometimes when tight. Tracking that ball coming off the strings is key 🔑

[@pintu6006]

Visualising the serve before you actually serve That's a great point. Will try to do so.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Good luck with the improvements 👍

[@JohnFaulkner94556]

Great lesson. Thank you. If you are near San Diego, I want to take a serve lesson with you. Thank you.

[@sahibakaur7776]

great video i have a good serve and it is pretty consitent most of the time but i want it more contsistant

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Good luck with the improvements 👍

[@kabasakalis]

2:53 those kick serves are INSANE, the ball seem to bounce up as high as 3 meters...

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

🤣

[@dennisthegreek5336]

Great content as always! By the way, have you recently measured the speed of your serve Simon?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Thanks for the support 🙏 Haven’t had the chance to measure it, I’d like to know myself how fast I’m hitting them now

[@dennisthegreek5336]

@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I guess between 175-185kph.

[@hectoreduardocantuperez4889]

Hi Simon, When I’m practicing my serve I have no problems, but when I’m serving in a match I tend to accelerate in my mechanics (due to the pressure) and then I lost my rythm in my serve, How can I solve this?

[@user-vc4eu8oy5e]

I think it is so important to keep loosen and relax and free your mind and muscles. Imagine how to launch a rocket.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

👍

[@roos3013]

hi Simon! Thanx! i have a question: how do you toss in the direct sunlight?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

You can adjust the toss slightly, either to the right or left, you can also use the tossing hand to block it when you reach the trophy position

[@DanYaoProductions]

Simon, around how fast are your first serves? Do you consistently serve ~120 mph?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

I have no idea, would love to get on a court with radar to test it

[@brocanova]

Mindset is the most. What really helps is rating your serve (motion, technique) on a scale from 1-10 no matter if it’s in or out. You’ll notice that you get away from frustration over faults or low percentages immediately.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

I presume in practice but not on matches?

[@brocanova]

You can try in matches likewise. Many players just get too easily annoyed when rate drops below 50-60 percent and perceive it as „none“.

[@nilsrenker3698]

Great vid i think i habe a pretty massive serve for my level and too often i‘m expecting an ace or unreturned which makes me way less consistent..

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Good luck with the improvements 👍

[@Better_Call_Raul]

Hi Simon, I am getting 60-70% First serves in. Basically try to get the first serve in hard to the backhand on the Ad side and accidentally hit the aggressive yellow target shown at 5:02 about 4 times a match. To be clear, I am not aiming at that aggressive target -- just aiming generally to opponent's backhand side. It is almost always an ace. I thought it was just luck but then noticed that most other players at my level never hit that spot. Does this mean I likely have some innate ability that can be developed with practice to hit this target more often and on purpose? Or perhaps I should just be content with getting the random five aces a match. Also note that if I try to intentionally hit that corner area it almost never happens. 😆

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Without seeing that serve it’s impossible for me to say, but it sounds as though you should develop it more and use targets in practice 👍

[@edhuang24]

What about the toss? I feel the toss is 80% of serve consistency! If the toss is off, you can do everything else correct and the serve won't go in.

[@tomsd8656]

A couple of things I experimented with and found helpful for me with the toss. You want to be smooth and relax during the toss, and to do that you can use breathing. Inhale as you toss and exhale as you swing, but breath in a relax manner, not force. Secondly, I align the tossing arm with where my front foot point, and usually, it points toward the net post, so I guess you can use the net post to align your tossing arm. Thirdly, you release the ball at eye level, so my trick is I look at the spot where I am supposed to release the ball. Of course you also have to do all the other things, like keeping the tossing arm straight, having smooth movement up, holding the ball in your palm the right way, and open up the palm at point of release the right way, etc... I am not touching these because they had been taught many times by many coaches.

[@theforehandguy]

The toss is definitely key to a consistent serve. On e of my favorite tips for a consistent toss is to think of releasing the ball up instead of throwing it up to contact point.

[@hichamsib3591]

Can i khnow where are you from yr academy

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

We don’t have an academy, we are based in the UK but often hold clinics around the world

[@jtiggy3768]

If my shoulder/upper back behind my service arm is hurting after a serve practice session, what are some stretches I can do to alleviate the pain?

[@billbill454]

Shoulder and upper back stretches

[@Tennisbull-match-statistics]

Stretching after serve practice has helped me a lot. Lots of KZbin videos …

[@chrisb8698]

i'm tired of hitting the ball just long or just into the tape. so aggravating.

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Increase your margins slightly and you'll be fine

[@kablovskisenior447]

Lmao the best tip: stop thinking you’re Andy Roddick

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

🤣

[@lokzim]

what do you mean, i am andy roddick!

[@mtasyagan]

I see palms there ? Izmir or Antalya ?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

Alanya

[@FUsheK]

I think myself of federer not roddick when going for serve😂

[@doddyf3]

Did a child paint those tennis court lines?

[@TopTennisTrainingOfficial]

No, a drunk groundsman did