How to Serve: Tips and Technique
For a first serve that wins points, follow these tips on how to make your tennis serve your biggest weapon.
5 Steps to a Supersonic Serve
Your existing serve may be getting the job done, but is it the ace-laced weapon you've always dreamed of? Here are five tips for upgrading your serve to super-sized proportions.
Ball Toss: Proper Technique for a Tennis Serve
The secret to successful serves begins with proper ball placement. Learn the simple solution to achieving a perfectly placed toss every time.
Read Your Opponent for the Early Advantage
You can learn a lot about your opponent starting at the warm up. Here are four tips on what to look for early on for developing a winning game plan.
The Fundamentals of Return of Serve
If you can't break when receiving serve, you're in for a very long day. Here's how to take an offensive approach to service returns.
Closing the Gap on Your Opponent's Serve
Nobody likes to get caught reaching when returning serve. Here are tips on how to anticipate your opponent and take away the on-serve advantage.
10 Tips for Faster Serves
In today's high-intensity game of speed and spin, your serve is your best offense. Here are 10 tips for serves with some ace-laced power.
7 Steps to a Better Slice Serve
The serve is the single most important shot in the game of tennis. Here are seven tips for a wide slice serve that can help secure match point.
Securing Wins With Return of Serve
When on the defensive, it helps to have a game plan. Here are winning strategies for one of the least-practiced shots in tennis: the return of serve.
The Importance of Serves and Returns
If you can’t serve and you can’t return, you can’t play. It doesn't matter how well you hit ground strokes or volley; you need to be able to start the point effectively in order to be successful.
Master the Serve - From Beginner to Advanced
Let’s face facts, if you can’t serve, you can’t play. It takes practice, but it also takes the right frame of mind in order to master serving.
5 Steps to a Better Kick Serve
In tennis, you're only as good as your second serve. Keep your opponent on the defensive with your ultimate secret weapon: the kick serve.
Federer's Serve: A Model of Perfection
Roger Federer's serve may not have the m.p.h. of other pros, but if you were to pick one service motion as a template for improving your serve, look to Roger.
The Secrets of Andy Roddick's Rocket Serve
Take a closer look at Andy Roddick's non-traditional technique for ways to make your first serve an ace.
Tennis Drill: Serve and Volley Crosscourt
This drill works on both serving accuracy and return accuracy. By limiting the area to play with, the players must learn to concentrate. Using competition also helps to keep the players motivated and working hard.
Tennis Drill: Serving to Cones
Repetition is outstanding practice for serving. This drill works on developing muscle memory for improved stroke accuracy and pace.
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