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Miss Ash...

But in WTA right? If it was a 5'5 dude then it would be a different story.

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@@IntuitiveTennis I'm not sure to understand, I don't have the same numbers as you guys. 5'7 here is 173,7 cm. So, when you said 5'9 is 175 cm I was kinda surprised because for me it indicates 179,8 cm, almost 180 cm... I feel like that's quite a difference in measurement >_< Here, according to google cm to foot conversion, 175 cm is 5'74. What gives ?

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That’s true with shorter limbs but at 5’8 you can serve well if you put in work 🔥

haha I am 5'8" and do feel like I have to have perfect mechanics to get a good serve - feelilike I have to practice five times as much as a taller player - but it does feel so good when I can nail a hard serve

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everyone is different, so I'll throw something out there and it may help or it may not, but I personally made a big improvement to my kick serve when I started thinking about swinging towards the right side of the court rather than swinging up. obviously, if I got top spin, then my racketface had to have came across the ball mostly upwards, but I've always found there is a difference between what you feel like you are doing, and what you are actually doing. based on video of myself, I think what's happening is that since after contact with the ball, the racket has to arc in a rainbow kinda way, and its easier for me to visualize and thinking about the top of the rainbow (the part going horizontally) than it is to think about the beginning of the rainbow, which is the part that goes upwards (and where contact with the ball is made). It's basically thinking more about the follow through than contact itself. - anyway, if this sounded like nonsense, then ignore me. I'm just sharing cuz it a big thing for me personally, and there's the off chance it might be a big thing for someone else too.

@@bonzwah1 yeah I get it, it's funny because my coaches always told me that and it never worked, for me the sideways drills have worked better because I naturally arc towards the outside. Thanks for the insight tho :))

Got a return of serve lesson coming soon…

You will always be at a serve disadvantage vs equally rated opponent , I think we ( i am 177 cm ) have only one option is to own opposition in neutral rallies and be stronger returner and stronger from the baseline , we can improve our serve but we cant serve like a 196cm guy

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6'1" but he's an absolute menace and will break all records (barring a bad injury).

@@jasonterrell1563 He claims 6'1" but he's 5'11". There are plenty of pictures of him next to 6'1" Nadal and 6'2" Djokovic.

@@PaulWolfe1 More of a reason to root for him!

Longer racquet can help

He had arguably the best serve ever and was almost a whole foot shorter than Isner and Karlovic

I was hoping to see that too

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Personally, I have a baboon like body shape with short legs an long upper body. The serve is my best stroke by far, I thanked my long arms for it but perhaps that’s not correct.

It is advantageous no doubt, the point of the video, however, is the fact that shorter players can serve well (as well)

Changes are you are throwing the ball to much into the court. Then, you wind up chasing the ball and make contact with too much of a downward trajectory. Or, you are not dropping the racket back enough and your stroke is too shallow. Video yourself from the side and the back. See if your racket drop is good and your toss is good. You can toss further back and see if that helps. BTW, I know I'm not Nic, but those are usually the problems with hitting the top of the net.

Daniel, impossible to know without seeing but it’s often the toss (height, location)

@@IntuitiveTennis thanks coach

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Brian Battistone, is that you?

That gets completely negated by the extra effort required to move around the court for taller people. Getting to low balls also requires more energy if you’re tall

@@keeganandersson4281 But getting to higher balls, which is most on Hard and Clay, would be easier for taller people than shorter people who must reach up and jump?

bodyweight only helps on serve if you get forward momentum. otherwise, most important factor is racket velocity which mostly comes from shoulders

Can they swing as fast? Weight at the racket is also a factor- if they can wield a heavier racket at a similar speed then they should get more force.

I talk about weight and serving here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLeDZaZjqLibo2w.htmlsi=esNO07nLNvr1cKdw kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZeJpamHsprTqo0.htmlsi=hIyOtV--LpeZjdQr

And it would go up another notch or two if you were 3 inches taller than that.

You’re forgetting the disadvantage of being taller, which is that you don’t move as well. Taller = more body mass to control and move = slower

@@keeganandersson4281 actually i did consider that. Thats why base on my overall physique i believe my best height would be 5’10. I wouldnt want 5 inches taller or to be 6’2.

@@emp6 I really dont think so. Base on my physique and play style, 3 inches taller would be just nice. Likewise if i lose an inch, it probably wont hurt my game much but if i lost 3 inches, i think my serve especially and my reach will suffer significantly

@@keeganandersson4281 It's mostly the net game that suffers.

For women yes but for men it’s the global average height

Atleast watch the video before you comment

@manujohn99 Ash Barty at 5'5" had a first serve speed in line with some men in the top 100.

@@khalidadam1497 Why don't you watch a movie & then comment???

If you want to be less drained and get there faster , then you do .

If you’re in the Top 100, male or female, you have an outstanding serve lol. This video is addressing recreational players. Any recreational player would kill to have a serve of a Top 100 WTA player, many of whom are under 6ft.

@@anthonypeter8652 I believe my points are still relevant whether you are recreational or professional. Assuming an equal level of technique at whatever skill level you compete, a much shorter player is at a major serving disadvantage as compared to a taller player and cannot develop as offensive a serve due to the physical limitations of their size that don't allow them to achieve the same net clearance, short angles, and angle of bounce deflection and as much power leverage as their taller opponents. All things being equal, shorter players will be more challenged to hold serve and win free points, at all levels of competition. The only difference is that at the lower levels of recreational competition (vs higher levels) the shorter players' opponents may not have the ability to significantly take advantage of the shorter players serving handicap., especially if other parts of their game are better than their opponent.

@@ef10s but the existence of the pros negates your point. A 6ft tall 5.0 male can’t serve better than 5’7” Diego Schwartzmann. So it stands to reason that a recreational player (the audience to this video) will always have room to improve their serve technique. Lack of height shouldn’t be an excuse to serve worse than a taller opponent.

He had a 228kmh ace in Cordoba lol. problem is he cant sustain or consistently hitting that pace without gassing out