Think you’ve perfected your tennis serve? There’s a really good chance that you’re squatting too much on your serve. You may not even know that you’re doing it incorrectly.
Bending your knees and exploding up to the ball is a great thing to do on the serve. Players at different levels have been unconsciously squatting on their serve. They’re sticking their butts out, like if you were to squat in a chair. We actually want to push our hips forward as we bend our knees. Practice this using a shadow stroke so that you can actually do it when you hit the ball.
Instead of squatting and sticking your butt back, push your hips forward. Bend your knees less when you push your hips forward. Instead of feeling all the tension in your quads, you’re going to feel more tension in your glutes. I recommend you do glute bridge exercises, and other exercises that are going to strengthen those glute muscles.
No squatting while serving: that’s the big key! Doing so will help you generate more power, and more rhythm on your serve.
Got any questions, comments, and/or suggestions? Leave a comment down below, and I’ll be sure to get back to you with an answer. Thank you for your time, and we’ll see you at the next video!
Toss gives me big problems. Any good exercises–court or home.
Thanks
Dick Brook
richardb@ptd.net
Dick, do you have the instant serve cure? https://instantservecure.tennisevolution.com/isc-fb-sp-the-start
There is a toss lesson in there…
I was surprised, but the tip about using an open palm toss and high follow-thru with fingers extended really did help my serve. Starting with the ball held head-high also helped.
Russ, I love when these little tips make a difference. Thank youfor sharing and continued success.
I’ve never ever heard about using the hips instead of squatting. Thanks! It works!
Hi Richard! It does work! That’s awesome.
This is awesome and so true – great lesson and thanks for pointing this out!
Good job, of the 600+ utube on serve, I ranked this as a great tip.
Thank you so much, Millie! I really appreciate that.
Profoundly accurate about maximising body movement efficiency.
Inuit, Thank you for your positive comment. I love that you see this.
Jeff:
Great lesson about the squat bend on the serve. You demonstrated this using the foot back stance on the serve, what about the foot up position?
Thank you,
George
George, you can also do this with the pinpoint stance!
Another great tip from somebody with a great serve.
Thanks!
==>Jim Van Wyck
Jim,
Appreciate that..thank you!