Tennis KICK SERVE Lesson - Overcoming Second Serve NERVES

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Жыл бұрын

A kick serve is the foundation behind every player's consistency when holding serves. Without a good kick serve, you'll either hit too many double faults or make it too easy for opponents to attack the return. In this lesson, I talk about how to work on kick serves and get over second serve nerves. [more]👇
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@kentwood2914 Жыл бұрын

How many coaches/teaching pros are watching these videos? Lots of us, and we are using it in our professions...not to mention the multitude of players "finally" improving because you have this content to learn from....but how many of us are supporting this channel financially...while it is supporting us financially. Even as an ATP Coach and 41 years of coaching tennis, I only come Here for expanding my knowlege of tennis. I am not affiliated with Karue or this channel.....but I joined as a Patreon supporter because Karue's video, knowledge, etc. are worth more than $20 a month!. All of you should do the same. Let's support our profession and Karue!

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Hi Kent. I can’t express how much this comment means to us. Thank you very much for the support on patreon. The goal is to work on videos full time and make better and better lessons but financially the channel isn’t quite there yet. Any support (from using links, patreon, winners circle, downloading our training guides) is GREATLY appreciated by gui and I. I want to continue to learn from the greats and living of the channel would unlock so much potential for videos! Thank you very much!!!

@rodger1981 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE Karue and his content is so player experience focused. Practical real life tennis coaching. I have felt this way before regarding a first tennis instructor I had. Then I thought the next twnnis coach I had made me improve leaps and the first one didn't do much. Now I believe that we take experience from everyone and that there is a point in amateur tennis coaching that the coach simply used all of his usual drills and corrections so many times that he is kind of frozen in place and we no longer can benefit from lessons as much. Need to move to new teachers and if they are not good intended and thoughtful teacher, the same will happen again, but this time sooner. Because you already have some experience. The professional tennis player mindset, tools, experience and training they have had will translate to his abilities to help us. Much more. Ofcourse that not all people have the abikity to teach in ways other can understand and there is an empathy and personality issue too. But Karue is awesome.

@topspin2468 Жыл бұрын

Kent, you're totally right!! These guys are the truth! I will definitely become a Patreon supporter as well! I'm also a tennis coach that focuses on body mechanics versus swing mechanics. Thank you Karue for teaching the right stuff! You have my utmost thanks from coach to coach!

@joriszsz95 27 күн бұрын

Well you pay via all the commercials you watch right. KZfaq is not free

@julianchiu8893 Жыл бұрын

I've learned more from Karue than anyone else in my life playing tennis.

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Well that is an amazing compliment. That is my entire goal here, thank you for watching!!

@MinisterMindset369 Жыл бұрын

Karue, Racket Flex and Intuitive Tennis are the best. They all have their own style of lessons but all have great info.

@MinisterMindset369 Жыл бұрын

Karue, Racket Flex and Intuitive Tennis are the best. They all have their own style of lessons but all have great info.

@josesabatel4804 Жыл бұрын

@@MinisterMindset369 couldn't agree more, Karue and Nik are on a different level than the rest 🔥

@martindieser8158 Жыл бұрын

Great tips, thanks!

@spliff1001 Жыл бұрын

This one is the best description of the second serve especially for kick serve on youtube! So True about the beginning as well.

@silentrhymes7490 10 ай бұрын

The brushing behind your head is a real advice and helped so much for the feeling

@fosho8214 Жыл бұрын

Intros keep getting better. The different side by side camera angles is a big plus Thanks for tips and vid

@hoangmanhcam6496 Жыл бұрын

That is what we really need for a long time! great video and thank you for that

@Fitness4London Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Karue! So much value packed into this short video, worth watching several times over the next few weeks and months. I find that some days my topspin serve is working well, other days I seem to lose the "feel" when I'm tense or tired. A good kick serve needs lots of physical and mental energy! On the bad days my kick serve seems to hit the top of the net or just plop gently into the opponent's service box, and I think it's a combo of the toss being too far back and not enough racket head acceleration. On good days I feel hungry to hit a vicious kick serve, with plenty of relaxed aggression. Thanks again Karue for your fantastic videos.

@Robbie0415768067 Жыл бұрын

Mate I have liked, shared and subscribed based ONLY on your opening scene. It not only made me chuckle but it resonated with me and everyone who has played tennis. You perfectly captured the anxiety and internal monologue that everyone had at one point when dealing with their own 2nd serve. Hats off to you.

@markh2044 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue. Best kick/2nd serve video I've ever seen.

@yuanhu6031 Жыл бұрын

Great content, I tried today and it worked out very well. You highlighted all the key points spot on.

@mdewet4632 Жыл бұрын

This is so useful to overcoming second serve nerves, thanks. Time to get out and patiently develop my kick serve!

@marcelovoto3536 Жыл бұрын

Hi coach Karue! I'v been strugling with my kick serve for a long time. One little tip you gave in this video finally unlocked my kick serve! When you said let the ball drop a little bit more after the toss, it maked the swing path work properly. Now i have the correct way to achieve a decent kick serve. Thank you, so much! I'm from Brazil.

@jacobwalton4109 Жыл бұрын

I had the exact same problem last year. But with tons of work of perfecting my kick serve and working on the mental part I went from double faulting like 15 times per set to 1-2 times per set.

@aepr Жыл бұрын

hey Karue, just want to say thanks! These videos are super helpful! Super amazing insights and instructions! Thanks man!

@emmanuelbuenviaje6564 Жыл бұрын

The progression drill is great. Thanks for the demo coach K

@stevebeck3141 Жыл бұрын

Boy did I need this lesson! Thanks Karue.

@knockitclose Ай бұрын

Amazing instructions. Headed to the courts after work to try this out and build that “feeling”. Thanks Karue!

@dejpsyd0421 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing tennis for almost 50 years. I play 4-5 times a week now as a rec player and have watched pretty much every KZfaq tennis channel. Today I stumbled upon yours and I immediately related to your second serve ‘yips.’ Your teaching method is in my top 2 KZfaq tennis channels! You’re authentic, down to earth and easy to understand and (listen) to! Too many KZfaqrs talk and talk and are just boring. You’re the best and I’m glad I found you this morning! Now I’m leaving to the club to kick those second serves without worrying about my partner morning if I miss…because I’m not going to!!!! :) thanks!

@Snowboardjedi892 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful. This has been my Achilles heel for a while also. Thank you!

@sam74 Жыл бұрын

Karue, you’re the best. Great explanation and visuals!!!🙏❤

@mikeni1225 7 ай бұрын

Great instructions. He is a really good teacher

@ngdoug Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder to be kind to ourselves ♥

@cks2020693 Жыл бұрын

this is a much needed video for me, thanks!

@samuelfoote5927 10 ай бұрын

Came for the tennis, stayed for the empathy and self compassion. Excited to test these tips out, thanks!

@khanitasuvarnasuddhi9710 Жыл бұрын

yess, i have been waiting for this video!! :D excellent tips Karue, will try this during my next practice.

@mon-vc4tu Жыл бұрын

Find the feeling. this advice is a gem. Tennis is a FEEL sport imo. Doesnt matter what the technique is, as long as the feeling is clean, that ball will be quality. Thanks coach

@ayushmahajan8985 Жыл бұрын

that's the video i was waiting for thankyou very much

@Shaun949 Жыл бұрын

This is a top quality video. Thanks Karue!

@TravelPortugalBrasilTPB 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing - I really watched until the end and enjoyed 👍

@itssanj8449 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Really useful, definitely going to implement these techniques

@Phoniq Жыл бұрын

The start of this vid is gold!

@petercassidy8036 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson, again, Karue. Thank you.

@deeps10 Жыл бұрын

I always give T HQ videos a thumbs up before playing. I know it will be good

@Tennis_longivity Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue. Your lessons are absolutely the best. I finally got my serve right where I needed it after watching video about 50 times.

@jamescanningcooke Жыл бұрын

Great video. Love the 'learn it your way' advice

@zacharygroves1866 Жыл бұрын

The views of you hitting while you talk about it were super helpful for this lesson. Appreciate the improvement with the video editing. Thank you!

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

thank you!!

@elchanclascocina Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue! Now that you've gone into kick serve, it would be great a video on how to return good kick serves to the backhand! 😂. That can be very tricky!

@charlesmunroe2335 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous Instruction!!! Thanks

@bentsoii Жыл бұрын

Thanks Katie. Great content

@sonnyyombo2230 10 ай бұрын

You make it look easy. Thank you

@iben6234 9 ай бұрын

Simple explanations great exemples : great video : thanks

@sarkology Жыл бұрын

For me it was staying sideways and keeping tossing arm up longer . I knew to stay sideways but couldn’t. A mental reminder that worked for me was to try to kick my back leg out to the side fence. Really helped. My last 4 sets I’ve only double faulted twice. Used to average probably 0.5-1 every service game

@gavin0729 Жыл бұрын

man your intros getting better and better i luv it lol

@Paul-mf8sd Жыл бұрын

Great video, Karue. Thanks!

@0hnomyqueen Жыл бұрын

Hey Karue, I really just wanna thank you for all of the amazing videos you produce! My game has improved exponentially from your videos and this kick serve video is gonna come in clutch bc I can serve over 100 and place my serve well, but my serve reliability drops when I have to hit a second serve 😅. I love that there’s always something to improve in especially for tennis and I can’t wait to try this out on court!

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

lets go! Make a video and tag us, want to see the progress

@rickthompson9585 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Like how you focus on showing and getting the feel of the motion.

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I believe a lot in feel, understanding the feeling of both right and wrong shots so you can immediately correct yourself

@ale03000 Жыл бұрын

Just learning kick serve and a lot of work to do . . my flat serve more powerful yes but no consistency whatsoever . . . mostly long or wide out. so this will be my main serve for now, along with slice serve . . 😅 Amazing tips!!

@poncho678 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I needed that

@alainbrouillaud484 Жыл бұрын

Karue… I love the brush the back of your hair… this will help players keep their throwing hand closer to the ear 😊🎾

@kiesbett Жыл бұрын

wow, good lesson! every word = true ! thanks

@bazs7669 Жыл бұрын

Great advice, thank you

@TheJJZeeman Жыл бұрын

I decided to make the kick serve my primary serve and really work on it. Now, I hit my second serve just like I hit my first serve - no difference in stance or toss or power - and I double fault WAY less! Every once in a while I go for the bomb flat first serve just to catch my opponent unprepared.

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Love that

@Steveo47dog Жыл бұрын

Great explanation! Thanks!

@lyndseyandandrew5771 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait until my kick looks that effortless. Another lifetime maybe. :) Thanks as always Karue and team. Great stuff.

@HT_Ray Жыл бұрын

Awesome reminder dude. Midnight and want to got practice

@theintentionalist Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue! Imagining hitting it with the frame helped me get more kick. For my drill I put a rolling ball hopper short enough in the box and try to get the ball inside the bag. I think I saw it on one of your other videos.

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Yes! We did a video on that 2 years ago. Best drill, keep it up

@DomsTakes Жыл бұрын

So well explained. Thx.

@RK-ft9rn Жыл бұрын

Hey Karue...I totally agree with Julian...we learn more with your concepts than with anyone else...thank you!!...how do we change kicker placement?...let's say serving to ad court and you want to serve more into the middle or closer to service line, do we stay side on and change wrist / swing path?...thanks again and go SC vs Bruins!!!

@vaiyapurivs9371 Жыл бұрын

Excellent coaching

@mauriciodenardipeterlevitz3694 Жыл бұрын

Hello Karue. Great video . One of the best . Straight to what is really important and without magical tricks that often don't work. My kick serve works fine , but some days it tends to fall a little long. I suspect it could be my stance , or maybe early shoulder rotation . I will examine that today. Please let me know if you have any advice. Thanks again for sharing

@kevinnguyen9596 Жыл бұрын

Finally found a very good kick serve video! Thanks Karue!!

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@janaindorsiliwangichanel Жыл бұрын

Good job brother!!

@rodriguezrobbiano 9 ай бұрын

Two recommendations that worked for me. Right now I'm trying to reduce the number of DF, and because of that I'm using only kick serves on my matches, obviously at a club level. This have a good impact in my mind, because you start to feel secure on your serves, and that have a good impact on your baseline shots too, you feel confident with your game in general. The second recommendation is to use first serves when you get a position like 40-0 or 40-15, so you don't forget about the preassure of the second serve at all, and to remember how good and important is to get some easy points with a good first serve. It sound like simple things to do, but trust me, in tennis sport the simple things are the hardest.

@Comma_jamaal Жыл бұрын

How effing awesome is this lesson

@jimclarke6344 Жыл бұрын

Did you record my inner conversation😂 Going to give this a shot this winter.

@Beeterfish Жыл бұрын

Back in the day when I used to compete (low-level), I remember reverting to second serve only when I was struggling. It kind of gave me confidence mentally because I felt I had 2 chances to deliver a high success rate serve. The downside was that I had to put up with those grueling second-serve rallies all the time.

@eduardoavalos3259 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Champion...

@ryandryden3239 Жыл бұрын

Massive difference in the technical application of the service between the college days and now it’s good to see how loose the wrist is. How much more functional your racket head is with your wrist going into adduction/flexion. Instead of staying at extension, you can see the massive difference in the racket head speed.

@gopinath9433 Жыл бұрын

Very nice lesson

@caotoulei Жыл бұрын

Is the racquet new ultra 100 or ultra pro? And great video again, I’m working on my kick serve lately. Really appreciate this lesson ❤

@butacaexplosiva333 Жыл бұрын

Genius thx!

@guaybique4210 5 ай бұрын

Thank God for this, I dunno if there's a place I can send my stroke technique for review, just asking please

@nadal831 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, kinda workin' on it. Love the content man. By the way what kinda lens were you using for this video ? Thank you

@Jeff-wh1ky Жыл бұрын

Always great content. What racket are you using in this video?

@eatAD Жыл бұрын

Great video, liked the split screen showing reps while you continued to explain things 🙌

@sakuranaruto4324 Жыл бұрын

Karue do a kick serve lesson on the deuce side!! I get the motion and stroke of the kick on the ad side. But the kick serve down the T on the deuce is sooo different.

@PrecisionPointTennis 10 ай бұрын

Super excellent 🏆🥇

@CJZM7777 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@ivandean1 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@samuelmills2649 Жыл бұрын

What about grip karue? I've been told to try to do kickserves with a backhand grip. Do you recommend trying out different grips? This is the best kick serve vid i've seen thank you.

@timle1271 Жыл бұрын

great vid! i find it valuable that placement would actually trump technique in this instance...yes..proper technique is important but placement i would say is even more...placing it strategically to the opponents weaker side of the return will do the trick!

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

Honestly, in any shot placement is king. Great technique is nice to have but lots of players are just good at putting the ball at the right spot (medvedev)

@gabriellima2 Жыл бұрын

Karue, how are you man, here is a fan from Brazil. Can you make a video on what you think about practicing/drills using the hitting wall and/or how to do it? If you dont want, all good - I just have a few questions if you could help: Pro players use the wall by any chance? And should I let the ball kick once or twice? tks for all of your content!

@Javi_C Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue

@seeboonsoo Жыл бұрын

Wish u could talk more about kick serve from deuce side which is harder

@eslynbeck9197 Жыл бұрын

I like to do slice for my second serves, but, yeah, the toss is so damn important for consistency

@patricioderito3722 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video, very helpful! But I have one question, I didn't see you talk about the actual wrist whip that happens right before the contact. I feel like many coaches forget to address this detail which I believe is very crucial to the kick serve specifically. Same type of wrist whip motion that happens in a forehand but applied in a serve. I actually see it in this video, how you whip your wrist at contact point and freeze it right after contact.

@dhomwan1 Жыл бұрын

So good

@nguyen925 Жыл бұрын

Definitely amazing tips! Can't wait to try this when I hit the courts next week :)

@jamalsyed648 Жыл бұрын

This is such a good video. All the angles needed to see the serve properly!😊

@ByongSun Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I've had some success lately experimenting with where i make contact with the ball. For some reason I feel like I'm getting more action when brushing over the top of the ball (making contact directly at 12 or 1 on a clock). Do you have any thoughts on this? I feel like when I brush up on the ball in the traditional 6 to 12 way it works but its a little loopier with less action.

@Huatechswitchgear 6 ай бұрын

awesome🎉🎉

@joseurbina6219 10 ай бұрын

Great content as always!!! I have 2 questions: 1. It is recommended to first master the flat and slice service before moving on to Kick serve... if I don't master those, specially my slice, should I try to apply the technique in this video? Or is better to continue working on my slice as a second serve? 2. In a second serve, should I always aim to the center to avoid an error or missing wide?? This happens to me often...

@LOSTINTENNIS Жыл бұрын

So funny! And useful of course… 😊

@twinwankel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have a good kick serve when I can get my toss right. The kick serve is the most unforgiving when you have any deviation from a good toss. I have been struggling to get a reliable toss. I'm close but every now and then the toss gets erratic. Typically, when it goes bad, the ball is too far in front and doesn't arc back enough. I then have to remember all of my check points to get it right again. I'd like to reach a point where I don't have to think about the toss at all. You seem to have a great toss, how about a video on your technique?

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

tricky thing. I haven’t thought about toss in a long time tbh. But in my experience coaching, most of toss mistakes comes from rushing the motion. Players flick the ball up instead of calmly tossing the ball. Try to slow your tempo down a bit on the way up

@returntotennis706 Жыл бұрын

Holy 💩, that's me at the beginning of the video! 🤣 "Don't mess this up, don't double fault, just dink it in and hope they don't kill it."

@pablok2854 Жыл бұрын

great video! many thanks man! BTW, your look and accent reminds me so much of Brad Pitt in Unglorious Bastards XD

@pencilcheck Жыл бұрын

i keep serving into the net, now I have achieved net serve skills anytime I want

@gerardovitaliani9318 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karue. I Love your channel. I always think when toss the ball for 2nd “get under the ball!”. get under the ball! It gives me half results, because cowardly I don't accelerate my arm.🤦🏻‍♂️

@MyTennisHQ Жыл бұрын

well that is a great thought! You know that, now just think “accelerate”!!

@RealKingDoge Жыл бұрын

Hi Karue, I was that Asian boy at the Adelaide International. Not sure if you remember, but I was that kid who said exactly: “Karue, wait Karue, you’re Tennis HQ right!!”. Unfortunately I forgot to ask for your autograph coz you’re a very good player. I’m Max Lau by the way, so remember my name coz I’m gonna be the best tennis player!!!

@rickyip7308 8 ай бұрын

mental mental and mental is really important.

@JacquesMltr Жыл бұрын

Hey there. Really enjoy your videos and I think this comment does not match this kind of video. But I just wanna know what racket you can recommend for an spin player that want a bit power in his shots but don’t want too little control. Often I play bit defensive like djokovic. What rackets could you recommend. Your answer would be very very helpful Ty! I currently play the head speed pro which I really like but is is bit too less power and not enjoyable spin. I maybe want a 98inch racket.