Two Keys to Reilly Opelka's MONSTER Kick Serve
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2022
- In this video Jason Frausto breaks down two keys to Reilly Opelka's MONSTER kick serve.
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Reilly Opelka combines two technical keys on his serve that have never happened before. I went over one of them 7 years ago in a video on Milos Raonic's serve. Check that video out here ua-cam.com/video/QKwRPAVOin4/v-deo.html
-Jason Frausto
THANK YOU for not repeating the junk science of TV commentators who say it's the topspin itself primarily causing the ball to bounce higher. That's true to a degree; but it's only the topspin causing a steeper angle down into the court, and thus the corresponding higher bounce. There is no additional 'leaping' or springing effect caused by the topspin.
No problem. Happy to dispel a TV commentator myth. Thanks for sharing your insights.
-Jason Frausto
Would you say that same height-bounce concept aplies to slice serve? So short players should have an advantage using slice serve because the ball won’t bounce as high. Also wouldn’t it be better to toss lower when serving slice?
I definitely agree with your observations. The one thing you have to watch out for is to make sure your toss isn't too low because of the issues you could have with net clearance. A slice serve from a tall player might not be low bouncing but they'll have an advantage with their contact angle and being able to take the returner off the court.
Great insights. Thanks for sharing.
-Jason Frausto
Great video. I have a comment based on my own practice. I bring my foot up to execute a pinpoint stance. What l found is that l was too slow in bringing my back foot up which messes up the timing on my leg drive going into the serve which caused me to be all arm. As soon as I got my back foot moving up faster this action allowed me to more efficiently load and now my leg drive is right on time.
Do you find that people with a pinpoint stance are often too slow when it comes to bringing that back foot up? Would love to get your feedback. Thanks.
these stroke analysisi are amazing! which tool are u using to explan the techniques on screen?
One of those keys is 6 ft 10. If you're 5 ft 10, you just automatically subtract a foot from your kick serve.
That's true. I always told the pro coaches and parents of players I worked with.....you can't teach height ;)
Fun fact. I did some work on Opelka's serve for his primary coach back in 2015. I'll take my 0.000001% of credit now LOL.
-Jason Frausto
That is literally the #1 point of the video
Spot on ! Opelkas kick is the nastiest shot in tennis at the moment. Until he came along , I always viewed Isners kick as " the shot" . I watched Courtside @ Indian Wells 2012 when he tormented Djokovic with kick repeatedly until Djokovic raised his arms in frustration a couple of times.
Now my rant about 7 foot tall serve bots. IMO the sport needs to make several changes. The court dimensions were never developed with 7 foot players in mind. It is unfair to any returner ( unless you have masterful neutralizing skills on the return like a Roger Federer.... no kick has ever bothered him and he's easily been the best returner of all the big servers yet) . A player being above a certain height needs to be restricted to serving from a calculated location a few inches behind the baseline and this needs to be marked. I also think this stance of people like Rafa returning from where the lines person stands in the back needs to stop.. there needs to be a designated max return stance line . That's my controversial view. Jason, feel free to state your opinion. Open to others comments that can properly explain why or why not but if you bash with anything inappropriate or uncalled for. You'll get the 🐦
100% agree. His kick serve is the nastiest shot on tour right now. It might be even tougher on clay with the bounce height and occasional bad bounce.
I think your ideas are interesting and I've never thought of it that way. And that's why open discussion is always good, you can hear differing viewpoints and then openly discuss them.
Do you think tall players would cry foul if you made them serve from further behind the baseline?
I do think that Rafa being able to return from 20 feet back behind the baseline is extremely helpful at Grand Slams. It doesn't make sense to me that all courts don't have the same amount of distance behind the baseline at every event. To me, the distance behind the baseline should be equal at all events and I agree standing that far back is a huge help to him.
Reilly's kick serve and what he's able to do with it on tour the next 15 years is going to cause a lot of discussion. That definitely happens when someone is doing something that has never been done before. It's extremely difficult to counter.
-Jason Frausto
@@TennisUnleashed thanks Jason. I forgot about the important point you made about the distance behind the baseline not being equal on all courts. It 100% should be. Good call on that.
I do think the giants would complain if we made them serve from even slightly behind, but mainly because most of their games are based on the 1 2 🥊 , serve and forehand.
I think Rafa gets away with being that far back because 1. Nobody is prepared to come in on the big serve to finish points at the net and 2. He does have a strategy like Mendedev, get a working / high percentage return back and immediately move diagonally forward towards the baseline.
I wonder if someone like a Schwartzman would return Opelkas serve as an overhead 🤣
While it may feel "cheap" that being tall offers this "unfair" advantage, is it really any different than being blessed with any other physical gift (e.g. Nadal's speed). The reality is that tall players (in this context over 6'6") rarely fair well in the grand scheme of things. Being able to pull of this incredible kick serve or a super hard flat serve is never enough to counter balance the fact that they can't move around the court as well to stay in points or maintain the stamina in long matches. Their advantages come with much bigger weaknesses. Just look at the best tennis players in history (Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Laver, Agassi, McEnroe, Connors, Borg), the tallest one is 6'2" and most of them are actually under 6'! I do not think any rules need to be changed (other than standardizing the court size).
It's not his fault that he's tall. It's not nasty, but great!
If he would hit shorter in the box it would bounce even higher.
With the serving angle he has, he certainly could hit them even shorter in the box.
-Jason Frausto
So in total. All he is doing better…was growing more 😂🙈
Smaller player never gonna achieve that. Doesnt matter what they try to change.
Love you vids….
LOL. Height definitely matters but there's also that 2nd component to it that I talk about as well ;)
Thanks for watching.
-Jason Frausto
key 1: be as tall as Opelka.
key 2: be as strong as Opelka.
1. Yes
2. That's not what I said ;)
-Jason Frausto
Jason I like the video but I think you are wrong about the analysis to the first serve. It is not a kick serve, it is a topspin serve. The difference is that a true kick bounces and "kicks" away from the returner, i.e., bounces to the left of Brooksby. You can see this also because the toss is over his head or at 12 o'clock and you can't get kick when tossed there. You must toss toward 11 o'clock to get kick. I typically toss to 11:30. The second serve looks like a slight kick since he tosses more to 11. And it does jump away from Brooksby a little. Your second point has to do when suppination. I just don't understand your point about only Opelka, Roanic, and Andy. Nearly every top level ATP player suppinates his kick serve. Just look at Fed and Thiem in slow motion. I appreciate you taking the time making this video because it's well done but some of the observations are incorrect.
Wally,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I just looked at Federer in slow motion here ua-cam.com/video/H6HHQTPvtlM/v-deo.html
He does not achieve the same "suppinated position" on his kick serve that we see with Opelka, Raonic and Roddick. That position does indeed create more racket head speed and we see it from some of the biggest serves in the world, both 1st and 2nd serves.
You can see the original video I did on Raonic 7 years ago here. ua-cam.com/video/QKwRPAVOin4/v-deo.html
Thanks for sharing your insights.
-Jason Frausto
The pronation (long axis rotation) is responsible for a big part of the racket head speed. So by supinating more at the beginning he creates a longer runway to accelerate? His longer arms would also create a longer runway during the entire racket drop. At 6’11 his arm might be 5” longer than a 6’ player. Imaging serving with a 5” longer racket …
maybe being 7 feet tall helps a little lol,
Slightly ;)
-Jason Frausto