Always get your shoulder in this position... if you want a better serve!

[@danieldrlja757]

Finally this complicated stroke explaind in a clear and underastandable way! Bravo, maestro!🎉😊

[@GabrielLuisManga]

This video changed my life. You are an incredible teacher, finally it all makes sense! This is what every tennis instructor should be teaching players.

[@Hana666555]

Best tennis lesson ever! I wish I saw this 40 years ago!

[@tennisdynamics69]

I've been teaching tennis for 40 years and I'm quite dissapointed I didn't figure this one out yet. Well done, thank you.

[@ltrotter636]

Dude, you have the best tennis technique explanations!

[@joaomacedo6873]

i feel the same about him!

[@nigeljohn3651]

Kevin does a great job in clearly explaining the serve technique with simple demonstrations that could be easily followed. I so appreciate the content he provides.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Thanks so much! Means a lot to hear that!

[@The4.0Guy]

You have captured probably the most important yet overlooked tennis serve fundamental. Really great job, this is the video should watch first! @@TotalTennisDomination

[@skinnyb702]

No doubt!!!!

[@david5132-t2u]

Brilliant stuff. Dont know how many serve videos ive watched and ive never seen things explained as well as this one. Really great job

[@sn1kzZe]

So at 03:00 is actually the jackpot explanation, anyone watching the video, I suggest actually grabbing a racket at this point and repeat the movement together with Kevin, It's amazing how he manages to break down tennis so well, that's a gift.

[@gregorywandersaround6178]

I set my alarm for 3:00 AM. This had better be epic!

[@j.6420]

Second vid of urs I've watched on serving in past day. Honestly you're right up there with the best training content available! Well done sir!

[@ljkmc]

This the best explanation of this concept that I've ever seen!

[@rauljacob920]

Best video about serving I have ever seen.

[@JoseRamirez-zj2zw]

Agree with everyone here, this is by far the best explanation video I have ever seen. First describing what we do wrong, how to correct the mechanics, align the shoulders. Excellent work.

[@aaronrussell5047]

Excellent explanation! I have four kids at various levels of tennis, and it is so hard to take them from the beginners pancake serve to a proper serve. Teaching them or their friends that they need to swing on edge is so counter intuitive to everyone at first. I think this video will help my younger ones understand the mechanics and make the transition. Heck, I have a big serve, but this added clarity to what I am doing and may help when I get off track! Well done, as usual.

[@laurikasti26]

This video is amazing. Watch it before trying to add anything more complicated stuff to your serve. I've played with so many different coaches, went trough number of online serve courses, practiced my continental grip (that is mentioned in every single serve video) but I just have never figured this out and nobody has pointed it out. All the advice you get from coaches and serve lesson won't help if you don't master this first. After watching this, I went to play some doubles and without even practicing the new serve motion was right away able to hit so much harder and with so much better spin. And I was able to keep the continental grip trough the service motion. Thank you Kevin!

[@donaldallen1771]

This is beyond brilliant. I have been playing tennis for 75 years. I have never encountered as clear an explanation of the service motion.

[@CJZM7777]

Nice lesson. All great serves use the shoulder over shoulder motion and rotation motion. Another big plus is with this type of serve the angle between the arm and shoulder isn't steep so it prevents shoulder impingement injuries.

[@maikelalefceolin5595]

some complex moviments turned to simple by this amazing class! Thanks coach

[@MaryGarito]

Finally this makes sense to me! I could never figure out how to use the continental grip and actually hit the ball. Thank you so much!

[@liimey87]

Thanks Kevin. I've heard this idea also described in terms of "don't have your hitting hand straight above your hitting shoulder at contact" (looking from behind), which creates an almost straight vertical line of arm and racquet at contact. With that geometry, apparently pronation and ISR can't cause the racquet face to go through the ball, but instead would mostly just unhelpfully twirl the racquet around the racquet handle's vertical axis, so pronation/ISR don't contribute to power.

[@Belmiciotto]

So it looks like if the shoulder position is correct it’s going to cause your right foot to come off the ground as if starting a cartwheel, for righties that is. Thank you Kevin! Really awesome and overlooked in too many serve lessons!

[@Runninlejit]

Just started following you. You are a great teacher, respect from Australia.

[@Buddy-C7]

So far the best service tutorial I've ever seen. More power to you Kevin👍👍👍

[@cmintz5]

This video is brilliant. I have been playing tennis over 250 years and never learned this before.

[@mikewinpigler1361]

I have watched some really good videos on serving and even some from professional players on line, but this has by far been the easiest to understand. Thanks and I hope I can get my son to understand this so he can take his game to the next level.

[@cslxxwilliam]

Thank you so much that you explained the one of the keys / secret of serves. Other video didnt manage to point out this at all when explaining the eblow up in serves

[@AdvancedTennisFoundation-ph9zo]

Good to see you add this element of the CTM Serve code!

[@TheWZINCLTD]

You nailed it!!!❤ Bend, Bend! Bend back first (bend to Trophy Position), Bend left second (bend to hit).

[@CrizelFernandez-c3e]

Wow! I’ve watched over 30 videos on serve fundamentals and this is by far the best and easiest to digest and put into action. Bravo! 🎉

[@bobpeterson7176]

I've watched many, many serving videos by recognized "experts", whose content I still value but have never seen this motion explained this way or this clearly. Great job!

[@marcocunsolo4284]

Just brilliant ! 40 years of playing , watched a million videos but this was the best one by far to help me understand how NOT to use arms power and horizontal rotation whilst serving ; a new subscription from me ..well deserved buddy !

[@taoshu888]

not use rotation is a big point to me. I have been trying to do rotation and my serve has been suffering

[@marcocunsolo4284]

@@taoshu888 Until I changed my technique after watching this video I was experiencing shoulder pain after each session ; all gone now even after 3 hrs matches ...!

[@Halmorcat3061]

Kevin, great advice as this is what needs to happen. I wish I knew this years ago when I started training my sons, which are now 10 and 11 UTRs.

[@tim9461]

Kevin, I’ve seen several of your videos, but this one is amazing! I really appreciate the way you describe the mechanics/kinetics so that they are understandable. Would absolutely love to see your same type of analysis on the forehand. Thanks!

[@GTChow]

This applies to badminton smashes as well. In badminton we focus more on the forearm pronation, but it essentially leads to the same outcome. Nice video!

[@9r393]

man, this might help me a lot. I think I level my shoulders at impact. thank you!

[@davidstricklin3267]

I'm one of those "has beens" but had a decent serve at one time. The light bulb went on when a tennis instructor complemented my service action (even though there was no consistency) and then told me to do everything the same EXCEPT (pointing to a court light slightly in front and to my right--I'm right handed) aiming to hit the ball over the light rather than into the court in front of me. I thought it was a silly suggestion and figured I'd send the instructor to go pick the ball up somewhere well outside the fences. To my amazement I hit the best serve of my life (up until that point) and have taught many aspiring tennis players using the same suggestion. It really does work for those who are aiming for some target inside the court.

[@duncanriedl6493]

Thanks so much for this video. It’s so good to be able to take a simple idea from the video and onto the court.

[@dereksawle]

Best explanation i've seen yet 👍

[@shiyu84]

Great lesson, thank you so much.

[@ReidVV]

Very nice lesson. Good explanation. People need an inexpensive tripod and their cell phone to shoot video of themselves practicing this shoulder over shoulder move and then applying it to their serve.

[@CallMeVanou]

Incredible lesson

[@dctrex]

Fantastic, you've explained so much with this one video!

[@CapUfomojo]

After watching the 1st half of the vid, b4 my match Saturday morning, about dominant shoulder up, & head to the side, I used it from the 1st serve to the end of the match. Gave me just enough extra momentum in those tight situations, to get it over the net. Not one double after 3 hrs. Now I just watched the 2nd half of the video, even more to help, looking forward 2 my next match, so I can do the full shoulder see-saw, thank you very much😘

[@rummanac]

Wow new dimension of thinking which most of the people cant explain ...thanks

[@Burps___]

This tip might help me with my rotator cuff impingement on the serving side. 🎾

[@joshdroge]

exceptionally detailed and executed

[@GhostofGerulaitis]

I'm really digging your channel. You have great advice. Thank you.

[@applesforakbar]

It's funny you post this Kevin, I just made this realization this year watching back some of my footage - and woof what a game changer. Still needs work, but absolute night and day. And it's great you address it because I haven't seen any coaches (at least on youtube) mention it.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Love it, thanks!

[@sergeikuznetsov5800]

I'm glad to watch you channel again! Good job!

[@scarscrilla3688]

As always, great video! This simple trick helped me (started training Tennis 2 months ago) get my serves in finally. Many thanks!! 🎾

[@eileenwang7265]

You are so good at explaining this. I am very impressed. Thank you

[@raysfonexchange]

So good Kevin!

[@abhs1141]

Good explanation. Bending my knee helps too

[@ARKenMan]

Great point - I had never even noticed that before

[@GambrellTv]

Another great step by step instruction..thumbs up!!!

[@hksrm4172]

This is really good stuff, keep going. I play tennis since childhood and i can easily say that most of the so-called educational youtube tennis content is mostly crap including the Muratouglu nonsense.

[@22-Zar]

This helped me so much! Was my third time playing tennis and this video helped me get the serve down 🙌

[@francisremedios2530]

Great video! How do you deal with upper shoulder trap dominance?

[@Dunc2222]

great job, coach!

[@geemy9675]

continental grip gives more power on flat serve too, not only to add spin, thanks to pronation adding more speed to the racket head and lets you hit the ball higher too. this is serve 101 right? I always thought shoulder position was also to hit the ball as high as possible. like if you were reaching to catch something high, you re obviously not going to keep your shoulders level. but it does make sense that upon contact your shoulder and arm are aligned so that shoulder rotation and arm swing do add up

[@chandrashekharmudaliar7842]

Thank you, this was a very useful video for me.

[@nikosa4943]

Really great input, im now about three years online research and never saw such a key motion, so good explained! Thx Kevin, always excited when you bring content out!!!

[@AdaoChagas]

speechless. You are tooooooo good !!

[@党星-n2z]

太好的课程了 解决了我一直以来的问题😊

[@henrycamelo1]

The best explanation ever

[@manuelalmagro6137]

Absolute GENIUS!

[@reyallex1300]

Thank You.

[@toobmon1]

Welcome back, Kevin. another inspirational "heads up!"

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Good to be back and thanks for supporting me!

[@dougwrightuspta6221]

Great Job Kevin. Simple and accurate instruction...

[@mikakosonen1225]

Thanks for sharing!

[@daveclifford7895]

Awesome video !

[@PreiliMuri]

OH... ou...I think the lack of letting the non dominant shoulder stay semi up (not bending enough) is the reason why service motion sometimes feels so wrong and on the verge of hurting something. Makes sense, now You explained it. Welp, tomorrow I'll try to put it to test. TY.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

thanks for watching!

[@Danilo-u7f]

what a great video.

[@eyermed]

Kevin you are the real deal. Been playing tennis for a long, long time and have read a lot of material on the serve but THIS is the Missing Link! God Bless you for your talent, insight and Generosity.

[@pakelikatiki6046]

Cannot wait to try it 👌

[@joseh899]

Excellent coach Kevin! Most instructors don't focus on the tilt aspect of the serve. It definitely does put your shoulder in a strong position to use internal shoulder and forearm pronation. 👍👏

[@omaraal-hafi7496]

Amazing. Thanks

[@lucianachagasprado9881]

This is awesomeee!

[@stevenburton7922]

Excellent

[@ewen1140]

This needs a double like!!

[@TotalTennisDomination]

lol...thanks! I like double likes!

[@KIYALongevity]

Great content Kevin, I always enjoy your videos, you should analyze Simon Freund's Pancake serve which is impressive but don't forget the syrup!

[@josenoya-InspirationNation]

So good Ryan, have tried this and it works too. Though sometimes struggle to adjust my serve as it’s a different angle. When you say once or twice would you say for one or two games in a match? Thanks again Ryan love your videos!

[@Polacoski]

Thanks for the video. It only applies to kick serve, if I am not mistaken?

[@TotalTennisDomination]

The shoulder position is the same for all serves but the amount of rotation to hit the ball is different depending on the type of serve you want to hit. If your hitting a flat/slice serve you're going to rotate more then a kick. Thanks

[@Asteroid147]

Great video! After lifting the ball and the racquet, should it feel like your chest is pointing slightly upwards?

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Yes, slightly. Thanks

[@Gustavo-s7m4p]

great video, great tips 👍🏼👍🏼

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Thanks for watching!

[@fixit.makeit.buildit.1926]

There are a lot of tennis tutorial channels out there that have something going for them but TTD is the best.

[@daytradingpsychology]

Excellent explanation Kevin! I've discovered this myself but you have really filled out the concept and the rationale. By the way, looks like you were recording this in high wind. How did you avoid mic noise so well? Also your camera lens does a really nice background blur.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Thanks, Final cut Noise isolation helps and a little audio effects make a difference. I use a 50MM 1.8f to get the background blur.

[@pratomoardianto336]

THANK YOU!!! 🙏🙏 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[@jacnella2419]

Doesn’t this shoulder angle happen naturally? I can't imagine how you can keep them square and serve.

[@xiaoxiao8523]

underrated channel

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Thanks

[@rajatisivan381]

Thanks for the video. Is the shoulder lean leading to contact same for flat and kick serve? I suppose the lean is the same but contact point is a bit earlier and the swing path is different. Thanks in advance

[@TotalTennisDomination]

The shoulder position is the same but the amount of rotation to hit the ball is different depending on the type of serve you want to hit. If your hitting a flat/slice serve you're going to rotate more then a kick. Thanks

[@susannehinkle8864]

I couldn't get the link to the free course to work

[@vp6564]

This is first rate! 🎾🎾🎾

[@qica1272]

Woo💥💥💥 We don’t need a lot of “Roger or Alcaros or Nadal “;😅 we need a lot of such real smart teachers for tennis !!!❤ The Best of goat 🎉of Coaching ❤❤❤

[@Inc.Co.]

So good

[@rayray8852]

excellent technique with brilliant explanation

[@a2casius]

Great service video 👋. Much appreciated 😀👍

[@SJ-mt1ey]

So nice

[@kaimustermann5984]

Huge video! One of the best explanations on serve I`ve ever seen. And I have seen / heard / read a lot...!

[@TotalTennisDomination]

Wow, thanks!

[@omkkarmallesh7020]

Nice bro

[@raysurx2010]

Kevin where can I take some private lessons from you? Seriously.

[@TotalTennisDomination]

I'm located in Tulsa, Oklahoma if you want to get a private session, Contact [e-mail] Thanks

[@guruamit]

you saved me man