Tennis Slice Serve Drills - How To Hit Bigger Slice Serves

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Feel Tennis Instruction

Күн бұрын

The following tennis slice serve drills will help you develop more slice / sidespin, hit at a better angle and get more power on your slice serves. www.feeltennis.net/slice-serv...
If you're struggling with your slice serve that usually means that you can hit with some slice but the ball doesn't really curve out wide. And even though the ball has a side spin, it lacks power so it doesn’t really trouble your opponent.
The end result is that this slow slice serve just sits in the middle of the service box and is very easy to attack.
So in today’s video I’ll show you how to hit slice serves with more slice, at a better angle and with more power.
Please keep in mind that I will not be teaching you slice serve technique because that requires gradual progressions of technical drills, this video focuses only on improving your slice serve if you can already hit it.
If can’t hit it yet and you want to learn a slice or a topspin serve with step-by-step progressions, how to troubleshoot common problems and how to develop more advanced serves, then check out my Second Serve Mastery course:
www.feeltennis.net/second-ser...
1. Drill #1 - Warm up your feel for the slice - this is also a test if you’re ready for these drills. If you are framing the ball a lot doing this drill, it means you need to work on it often so that your fine hand eye coordination skills improve.
- slice on the bounce
- slice with no bounce
- slice by alternating FH & BH
2. Drill #2 - More slice and better angle - finding good ratio between slice and power. Progress from serving very close to the net from the doubles alley and go all the way to the baseline and eventually more towards the center of the court if you play singles a lot.
3. Drill #3 - More power - If you lack power on your tennis slice serve then you're likely "carving around" so first do this little drill to gradually reprogramme the movement: roll the ball sideways between the hand and the strings and then push the ball away and pronate outwards.
- serve very far, do not aim into the court, engage your whole body, watch the ball really well, then maintain that speed and work your way down. The tendency is to start using your arm only because you want too much control and that will disengage your body and you’ll lose power. Always use legs, hips and the whole body but you don’t have to engage at maximum power. You do everything but slower rather than shortening the movements.
For those of you would also like to see a super slow motion video of a slice serve and what exactly happens at contact with pronation then head over to this video where I recorded the slice serve at 240 frames per second and also compared it to the flat serve. • Tennis Slice Serve Ana...
0:00 What Slice Serve Drills Improve
0:52 Drill #1 - Feel For The Slice Serve
3:32 Drill #2 - More Slice & Better Angle
9:09 Drill #3 - More Power On Slice Serves
15:37 Slice Serve Analysis Next

Пікірлер: 64
@benchan85
@benchan85 2 ай бұрын
Best teaching on KZfaq...perfect amount of technical detail, most incremental progressions, most methodical.
@MaryRuh-yx8rs
@MaryRuh-yx8rs 2 ай бұрын
Finally, the critical point. After 5 yrs. , You finally explain the most important point about the slice: avoiding the rim. Thank you
@mu11ian
@mu11ian 2 ай бұрын
🤣
@emicadic
@emicadic 2 ай бұрын
I have a lot of tennis videos in my feed but for a few years now you are the best at explaining and reasoning. I keep getting bits of new information almost in all videos! Thank you and keep these videos coming. I appreciate them hugely!
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Very much appreciated!
@vishaltiwari1541
@vishaltiwari1541 2 ай бұрын
Always a BIG Fan of your progression . How easily you explain .. Thanks agan !!
@K4R3N
@K4R3N 2 ай бұрын
Best YT coach 🐐
@user-mq9gm7lh8q
@user-mq9gm7lh8q 2 ай бұрын
You are the BEST tennis instructor,,,thank you very very much,,,
@AtroXAir
@AtroXAir 21 күн бұрын
ThNk you
@ClosetWorkshop
@ClosetWorkshop Ай бұрын
Amazing insights! I am adding "tennis lesson in slovenia with Tomaz" to my bucket list :)
@feeltennis
@feeltennis Ай бұрын
Fantastic, just make sure you book me a year in advance! ;)
@robertyacoub9705
@robertyacoub9705 2 ай бұрын
This is just fantastic instruction.
@tennis47
@tennis47 2 ай бұрын
Well-explained!
@billthestinker
@billthestinker 2 ай бұрын
Excellent lesson coach thank you
@paddlepower888
@paddlepower888 Ай бұрын
Have done these drills daily for 6 days. Swinging racket like a weight produces more power. Priceless progressions. I start at the net, progress to the baseline and start all over again. I want to do this better! Thanks.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis Ай бұрын
Wonderful, taking action is the key to improvement!
@pigletbb
@pigletbb 2 ай бұрын
Thanks coach!
@stevenabramson1639
@stevenabramson1639 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Tomaz for this excellent slice serve video with all the drills needed to master it. I will work on it following your instructions.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
You're welcome, let me know how it goes...
@mu11ian
@mu11ian 2 ай бұрын
This really worked well today for me. My slice serve was better than ever after an hour doing these progressions
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Wonderful, thanks for taking the time and sharing your feedback!
@marcosreis5228
@marcosreis5228 2 ай бұрын
Aula muito boa!!
@joranbergwall
@joranbergwall 2 ай бұрын
Another fantastic video! I like to mention the importance of how you are turned away from the target to allow the ball to curve towards the target. To ‘hide’ the back shoulder and hip during the preparation.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Good points, thanks!
@anitarosebrockman2988
@anitarosebrockman2988 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CH-yp5by
@CH-yp5by 2 ай бұрын
Hi Thomas, I love watching your videos and have used many of them, I find the slice serve to be a rather contentious serve on KZfaq, some coaches say your carving the side of the ball and others say you are basically doing a flat serve with he same toss but opening the face more that way you get more speed . I love how you have explained the two schools of thought and confirmed that the carving is wrong ! The professions you have shown are great and I will have a go at them especially the pronation tip!
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! This also relates to another comment I answered - while the coach teaching "carving" might FEEL IT, it doesn't really happen on a good slice serve. That's why I like the drill #2 progressions because it leads players from an exaggerated hitting of the ball on the side to more real way of hitting a slice serve without overthinking or over-analyzing it. Best to teach through feel and not through complicated explanations.
@tonydaysog9164
@tonydaysog9164 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely describes my slice 😂
@user-gv3yw4jw6x
@user-gv3yw4jw6x 2 ай бұрын
Hi Thomas fantastic 👏 drills &I been waiting for this type of teaching for a long time. Many thx Prince
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Welcome, glad that you like the drills! Come back and comment after you've been using them for a while!
@PrecisionPointTennis
@PrecisionPointTennis 2 ай бұрын
Fantastic!!! Thank you!!!
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@KubiCash-pi5sy
@KubiCash-pi5sy Ай бұрын
Thanks❤
@VintageSecure
@VintageSecure Ай бұрын
Thank you, I'm usually a counter style because I struggle with my serves. But this video was a very clear explanation of what I was doing wrong. I was holding the grip more towards the backhand side instead of continental. I also realized that I was opening up my shoulder too soon. You gave me confidence today to even go for my serve on the 2nd. 😂 This video will turn my weakness into a strength with hardworking. Thank you Master.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis Ай бұрын
Very much appreciated, thanks for the feedback!
@VintageSecure
@VintageSecure Ай бұрын
@feeltennis I want a slice serve like roger federer and this helps me make one step closer. Thank you Master!
@user-gb2yd4kd3v
@user-gb2yd4kd3v Ай бұрын
Thanks guru , U are best coach for me about SERVE.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis Ай бұрын
Very much appreciated!
@coachtripleb5121
@coachtripleb5121 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tomaz , hope you’re well..? Great progressions , even greater explanations especially for the power boost.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, doing fine, juggling on court coaching with making videos, never ending journey...
@dm4kj916
@dm4kj916 2 ай бұрын
Nice
@tomrymal8130
@tomrymal8130 2 ай бұрын
This video will help since I do carve around the ball.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Just do that mini corrective drill that I mention at 9:09 every day for a few minutes and you'll soon feel better contact and more power on the ball even though you will be slicing the ball.
@dennisspring187
@dennisspring187 Ай бұрын
HI. I have bought a previous course and love it. My feedback on this particular video is that the mottled color of the court surface makes the ball almost invisible when it flys over the background of the court surface. Look at the video and try to track the ball - do you see how the court surface acts as a kind of camouflage? I love your approach to learning and wish you continued success. Is the slice video filmed at this location? this one with the odd colored court surface?
@feeltennis
@feeltennis Ай бұрын
You mean the slice videos inside the Second Serve Mastery course? It's recorded on same courts but they with the older surface, here's an example video from that time: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9SWZ8l3rNKago0.html You will have no problem seeing the ball in the course because I did not have the topview footage yet, all footage is from behind or the side.
@thitran9637
@thitran9637 2 ай бұрын
Very good video and instruction. Nice tennis courts, interesting colors though (not solid colors like usual)
@philippbehrens5121
@philippbehrens5121 2 ай бұрын
Great Video. Do you hit the ball at. 2, 3 or 4 o clock? To me it looks like something between 3 and 4 a clock. Regards
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
Well, what we visualize and what really happens are two very different things. Sure, you can visualize that you hit the ball at 3 o clock which would only be realistic when serving at a very sharp angle standing close to the net. It's what I show at the start of drill #2. But what really happens is that there is just a minute angle difference between the racket angle on the ball between a flat and a slice serve, you can see that in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM52pcmQ3aebZ6M.html
@philippbehrens5121
@philippbehrens5121 2 ай бұрын
@@feeltennis thanks. I appreciate your slowmotion footage where I can see your racket face at contact. Good camera work. Strange - it is easier for me to get more power when I use a slight forehand grip. If I do so and I am leading with the edge I am generating more power (more flat at contact). Furthermore it is easier for me to pronate. Just a little bit like Boris Becker. Probably the only professional tennis player in modern times using a slight forehand grip (serve). To me it looks like he is pronating with his full underarm not just with his hand. So did Pete Sampras. Regards
@SrirachaEnjoyer
@SrirachaEnjoyer 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tomaž, thanks for the video. What kind of court are you playing on? Is it a type of clay or sand?
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
It's a type of synthetic surface, like grass, with sand on it. It's very nice for free hitting and teaching but not ideal for playing points as you're not sure how well the shoe will grip the surface when you have to change directions quickly.
@tonydaysog9164
@tonydaysog9164 2 ай бұрын
Best slice I ever saw in the early 80s: Peter Rennert.
@meditationman415
@meditationman415 18 күн бұрын
You are pronating when you get to the baseline, yes?
@nickngtube
@nickngtube 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tomaz, Am I completely deceived? In the first half of the video, weren't you using the "peeling " method. I see that in slow motion. Even when you were instructing the gentleman indoor. I see that he was using the "peeling " method because he finished the stroke with his palm facing up at the end. Please explain. Thank you. Always love your instructions.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 2 ай бұрын
It depends what you interpret as peeling. If your sign for peeling is an open racket face at end, I mention in the video that pronation will happen before that and that the racket can still end up open. That does not mean peeling, Peeling means that the player wants to carve around the ball leading with the front edge of the racket curving inwards. If you do that, the ball will not fly. You need to pronate first to give the ball some push...
@nickngtube
@nickngtube 2 ай бұрын
Hi Tomaz, I am sorry that I missed that part of the explanation in the video. Thank you for explaining that to me again.
@camlendrim7609
@camlendrim7609 23 күн бұрын
Is the outdoor court synthetic grass topped with sand ?
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 23 күн бұрын
Yes
@TheDmonet
@TheDmonet 14 күн бұрын
​@feeltennis How do these courts play when heavily sanded like that? I played on one with almost no sand and it was miserable ball skidded and stayed low. I've read that more sand slows the ball down at least.
@feeltennis
@feeltennis 13 күн бұрын
@@TheDmonet They are very nice for teaching since they are soft to move and ball bounce is not high. For playing points not so good...
@chjcptt
@chjcptt 2 ай бұрын
second!!!
@igorribeiroquinteiro6839
@igorribeiroquinteiro6839 Ай бұрын
Why is the court this color?
@janzy1980
@janzy1980 5 күн бұрын
What is happening with this court? Why is it all kinda white?
@temjin44
@temjin44 2 ай бұрын
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