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How to tennis serve.

To begin to serve make sure you stand side ways to the net with the arm you hold the tennis racquet with closest to the fence at the back of the court.

Your front foot is not allowed to touch the base line (other wise it’s called a ‘foot fault’) but stand as close as you can to the line anyway.

Toss the ball up above your head about five feet in the air, position the toss above and a little bit in front of you aiming for an imaginary 1 o’clock if you are right handed or 11 o’clock if your are left handed.

Your racquet position while tossing the ball is best dropped behind your head while you are waiting for your ball toss to come into your hitting zone.

To have a good strong service swing just imagine you are throwing a baseball – For example, notice that when you throw a baseball what happens is, after the ball has left your hand, your hand keeps moving to what’s called ‘follow through’ – it’s the same in tennis, so after you hit the ball let the racquet keep swinging through. This will help your speed and spin.

After you have got your serve in quickly get into ready position (Ready position is when you stand in the middle of the court behind the baseline, your knees slightly bent and springy, facing the front of the court with both hands on the racquet – you are ready for the next shot, hence the name ‘ready position’)

When practicing your serve it is a good idea to practice your ball toss. Stand as if you were going to serve, toss the ball up but don’t hit it, just see where it lands. Ideally it should land within 1 foot of your own feet – in front of you but slightly closer to your racquet holding hand.

Once you are confident with your serve then the rest of your game will also get better too.

I  recommend you get some tips from a coach one on one if you are serious about getting your serve working for you. Go and practice some basics on an empty court if you have time, this is another way to get better. Or if you would like more online instruction have a look at this online coaching course that is immediately downloadable and has video instructions CLICK HERE

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