Tennis is a mind game! The best technique is useless if the mind does not help. Although it talks about power, the video is about controlling the mind! Great!
Tomas, this is the single best serve power tip/technique/drill I have seen in 10 years. In fact I have never seen anybody else approach the topic as you have. I have been struggling with this seemingly forever and one trio to court and “unlocked”. Undying gratitude!
I am so amazed at how you can come up with these unique and terrific ways of improving our tennis! You are truly a tennis whisperer👍. I know this is going to help. Thank you 🤗
Folks, THIS ☝🏼 is the great difference between the American-style of teaching and the Eastern European style of teaching, (in my opinion) ... My man HERE ☝🏼 went directly to the MENTAL aspect of striking the ball harder, when the Americans focus on the PHYSICAL. Without the MENTAL... the PHYSICAL will collapse into inconsistency and error, which is disastrous for the game of tennis. Where are you from brother?
@@feeltennis why am I not surprised! I have friends from Slovenia, Slovakia, and Hungary... small country/cultures who know struggle and who are taught at a very young age to have a strong mindset. You and I would get along just fine brother. 👊🏼🇺🇸
Great content. I’ve benefited most from "The Most Fundamental Tennis Serve Drills.” Feeling the weight of first, six balls and then the racket, really helped achieve racket head speed and power. Thank you
Big fan of the channel over the years! This is the first time I don’t quite agree with the advice given. Serves need to be struck with an upward motion, not down. Cheers 👍
Wow, who here is taking about a direction of a motion? This video talks about the mental aspect of the serve to get full power! Why are you bringing up the swing path - which you obviously misinterpreted? And how is it possible that you think I don't know about swinging up on the serve being a professional tennis coach for 30+ years? I am the one who made one of the more popular videos on UA-cam on the topic of swinging upwards: ua-cam.com/video/1Y14gsjTAoM/v-deo.html. And why do you think I care if a tennis amateur stranger on the internet disagrees with me?
I view practicing flat is a way for me to improve my fundamental stroke. I still struggle with racquet drop but by focusing on flat while doing throwing drills I continue to try to improve.
It's funny cause I was doing that exercise at the opposite way: hitting hard the net and then hitting the next one a little above until hitting the service area. But now I'm thinking this could me make get some misconception about the ball trajectory or little error margin above the net
Great video as always from my online coach. Tomaz, could you please clarify one thing as I am now working with my second serve. Does this principle of aiming and giving up some control can be applied to the second serve as well? The toughest part for me at second serve is to fight the feeling of tense and fear and it became much worse in points play or tournament. If you can give me one most important thing to remember during the second serve, what would it be?
First you need to work on your second serve in practice to such a level that you are consistently hitting it in 90% of the time. If you cannot hit 9 out of 10 serves with 0 pressure, you'll make way too many double faults in matches. When you do get to 90% in practice, then here's a video I did on the mindset: ua-cam.com/video/_3YjRtxdxKw/v-deo.html
What is the difference between the individual program such as forehand, backhand, etc..and tennis for beginners? If I pay for tennis for beginners, are individual programs included?
Tennis for beginners shows basic method for teaching all strokes step by step. Forehand, backhand and other courses are more advanced stroke technique development and correction courses. So beginners course is really for beginners, that includes kids and adults. And if you have been playing for at least 2 years, you can go for the advanced stroke courses.
Hello. I'm struggling to progress from the trophy position to the racquet drop, perhaps its a mental block. Can you advise a drill pls? Currently I start my serve motion in the trophy position but can't seem to move smoothly to the racquet drop. I can do it as a shadow swing however and can progress OK from the racquet drop. Thank you.
I'm at the beginning of developing a professional serve and haven't yet introduced the use of the legs or body rotation as I want to get used to what the upper body does first, eg pronation.
Hi thanks for your awesome video. May I ask if this concept of thinking about height and not trying to get the ball in the court would apply to groundstrokes as well? If my forehand is falling short aim higher, if it's going long aim lower?
No, because groundstrokes need to be controlled, we don't hit them at full power. Here's how to aim groundstrokes: ua-cam.com/video/sJTkThAKMMQ/v-deo.html
What do you think the first serve percentage of the top pros would be if we counted only flat serves hit with full power?
25%
Tennis is a mind game! The best technique is useless if the mind does not help. Although it talks about power, the video is about controlling the mind! Great!
Thanks for sharing!
Tomas, this is the single best serve power tip/technique/drill I have seen in 10 years. In fact I have never seen anybody else approach the topic as you have. I have been struggling with this seemingly forever and one trio to court and “unlocked”. Undying gratitude!
A great idea to feel the power first before restricting it by trying to get it in. I will try tomorrow!
I am so amazed at how you can come up with these unique and terrific ways of improving our tennis! You are truly a tennis whisperer👍. I know this is going to help. Thank you 🤗
Glad you like them! Years of experience and working with many different players gives us coaches many different ideas...
Folks, THIS ☝🏼 is the great difference between the American-style of teaching and the Eastern European style of teaching, (in my opinion) ... My man HERE ☝🏼 went directly to the MENTAL aspect of striking the ball harder, when the Americans focus on the PHYSICAL.
Without the MENTAL...
the PHYSICAL will collapse into inconsistency and error, which is disastrous for the game of tennis.
Where are you from brother?
Much appreciated! Small country in the centre of Europe - Slovenia...
@@feeltennis why am I not surprised! I have friends from Slovenia, Slovakia, and Hungary... small country/cultures who know struggle and who are taught at a very young age to have a strong mindset.
You and I would get along just fine brother. 👊🏼🇺🇸
@@feeltenniswould be cool if you had a video talking about Slovenia and your town
I was just there, beautiful country, think the charm of France but not nearly as expensive.
Great content. I’ve benefited most from "The Most Fundamental Tennis Serve Drills.” Feeling the weight of first, six balls and then the racket, really helped achieve racket head speed and power.
Thank you
Great tip- good to see you on the court!
🐐 lesson!
Great thoughts on this. I am definitely going to go out there and see if I can give up some "control ".
Go for it and let us know how it went... You may need to do some release drills that I show in part 3 of the video...
Great video. It’s all in the mind & u have shown us the way to unlock it 👍
Thanks 👍
Thanks for your videos! I like the phycology aspect of your training. If you could please increase the volume up would be appreciated!
Thanks a lot
I am so happily surprised Tomaz is talking about power when he usually talks about control. :)
Glad to "serve" you some power tips. ;)
We need to organise a gofundme for Tomaz to buy some new over grips!!
😁😁😁😁😁
I'm working on serve at the moment so really like this video!😊
Wonderful, just whack it! ;)
@@feeltennis your reply made me laugh 😂
Big fan of the channel over the years! This is the first time I don’t quite agree with the advice given. Serves need to be struck with an upward motion, not down. Cheers 👍
Wow, who here is taking about a direction of a motion? This video talks about the mental aspect of the serve to get full power! Why are you bringing up the swing path - which you obviously misinterpreted? And how is it possible that you think I don't know about swinging up on the serve being a professional tennis coach for 30+ years? I am the one who made one of the more popular videos on UA-cam on the topic of swinging upwards: ua-cam.com/video/1Y14gsjTAoM/v-deo.html. And why do you think I care if a tennis amateur stranger on the internet disagrees with me?
I view practicing flat is a way for me to improve my fundamental stroke. I still struggle with racquet drop but by focusing on flat while doing throwing drills I continue to try to improve.
Make sure to include swinging and throwing the bag in your serve routine: ua-cam.com/video/cKeSQHjm4gM/v-deo.html
Thank you so much Tomaz!! You are a such an amazing teacher!
It's funny cause I was doing that exercise at the opposite way: hitting hard the net and then hitting the next one a little above until hitting the service area. But now I'm thinking this could me make get some misconception about the ball trajectory or little error margin above the net
Great video as always from my online coach. Tomaz, could you please clarify one thing as I am now working with my second serve. Does this principle of aiming and giving up some control can be applied to the second serve as well? The toughest part for me at second serve is to fight the feeling of tense and fear and it became much worse in points play or tournament. If you can give me one most important thing to remember during the second serve, what would it be?
First you need to work on your second serve in practice to such a level that you are consistently hitting it in 90% of the time. If you cannot hit 9 out of 10 serves with 0 pressure, you'll make way too many double faults in matches. When you do get to 90% in practice, then here's a video I did on the mindset: ua-cam.com/video/_3YjRtxdxKw/v-deo.html
Would you recommend to stick to T serves? So height is similar on both ad and deuce side?
I wouldn't think about that, just go for it in any direction you want...
if you stick to the T always, your opponent will learn it and be ready to return it.
What is the difference between the individual program such as forehand, backhand, etc..and tennis for beginners?
If I pay for tennis for beginners, are individual programs included?
YouR UA-cam lectures are really helpful.
Tennis for beginners shows basic method for teaching all strokes step by step. Forehand, backhand and other courses are more advanced stroke technique development and correction courses. So beginners course is really for beginners, that includes kids and adults. And if you have been playing for at least 2 years, you can go for the advanced stroke courses.
Hello. I'm struggling to progress from the trophy position to the racquet drop, perhaps its a mental block. Can you advise a drill pls? Currently I start my serve motion in the trophy position but can't seem to move smoothly to the racquet drop. I can do it as a shadow swing however and can progress OK from the racquet drop. Thank you.
I'm at the beginning of developing a professional serve and haven't yet introduced the use of the legs or body rotation as I want to get used to what the upper body does first, eg pronation.
Of course, you must do the fundamental swing drills: ua-cam.com/video/cKeSQHjm4gM/v-deo.html
@@feeltennis OK thank you very much.
Hi thanks for your awesome video. May I ask if this concept of thinking about height and not trying to get the ball in the court would apply to groundstrokes as well? If my forehand is falling short aim higher, if it's going long aim lower?
No, because groundstrokes need to be controlled, we don't hit them at full power. Here's how to aim groundstrokes: ua-cam.com/video/sJTkThAKMMQ/v-deo.html
How high over the net should I picture a slice serve and kick serve?
Slice serve around 1-2 feet, topspin serve around 2-3 feet, with a good topspin technique even up to 4 feet.
What kind of racquet is that you’re using?
Volkl, very comfortable rackets for the arm and wrist...
foot fault 1:01
"some smart ass" haha
Is there another way to hit a serve other than max? lol