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Improve Tennis Serve: Are There Any Unique Drills to Help Me? by Jared Broker
All players want to improve tennis serve percentages and power. No matter what level you play at, there is always an opportunity to get better. Why do you think the pros still practice every day? With each improvement that you do to your serve technique and power, the rise in confidence is right there with you.
Some of the following drills may sound like they are strictly for new players. As you play, though, you should be constantly reevaluating your strokes. Many times in my playing, I have hit a slump where I needed to get back to the basics. Revisiting these basic drills helped me to see that my poor performance was being caused by new habits that were ruining my serve.
1. Ball Toss Drill
I know that this is one of the first drills that you learn in tennis. But, repetition is the key to improve tennis serve consistency. The toss is often overlooked but can be the one missing piece of your serving puzzle. You do not need to hit balls to practice a proper toss. You don’t even need to have your racket. Just stand like you are about to serve and give some practice throws.
Try to get the ball to spin as little as possible in the air. It should be landing in front of your body when you let it hit the ground. Visualize your swing motion and adjust your toss accordingly.
2. Aiming Drills
When players are starting to learn to serve, they have the mind set of simply, “Get in in, just get it in.” At some point these thoughts need to be changed to aiming with the desired spin. In order to improve tennis serve control, you should be hitting a ton of practice serves.
Be mindful of every serve that you are trying. Vary the spin and placement until you can hit it where and how you want. When practicing without a partner, alternate some serves down the middle and swinging out wide. Change between slice and flat hitting. After some time doing this, you will be amazed at your control. Try to remember to plan out every single serve that you are hitting before you toss the ball.
3. Start Sets at 4 Games All
Getting in the right mindset to improve tennis serve focus can be accomplished with this variation of a regular match. You can extend it and play best of 5 sets with this drill.
What it does is immediately puts pressure on your service game. You will be focused with every serve since every point begins as a vital one. As time goes on practicing this drill, the focus and intensity on your service game will be automatic and constant.
4. Start the Game at Ad-Out
This is another drill to practice intense focus. It is the same concept as the above drill in that every point in your service game becomes important and pressure is applied. When you are consistently beginning at 30-40, you will become accustomed to the high percentage serve.
A relenting practice at high percentage shots is a great way to improve tennis serve confidence and accuracy. There are many variations that can be tested to increase the pressure if you would like. You can play tiebreakers in the sets. You can do best of 3, 5, or 7 depending on the amount of time that you have available.
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Keep focusing on intensity and be mindful of what you are striving to learn in these drills. Consistent work will improve tennis serve percentages every time.
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