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Serving Instruction

TopspinSport's has a complete library of serve tennis videos and articles.  Please browse through our list of serve tennis lessons and start improving your game.  TopspinSports is constantly updating video lessons and articles for the serve and our other categories.  If you cant find what you need, please search for a lesson.

A Free Lesson With: Novak Djokovic

Time Magazine's films Novak Djokavic providing lessons on all strokes of the game. Djokavic provides tips on the forehand, backhand, serve, drop shot, and overhead.

7 Free Lesson With: Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic actually gives 7 lessons in this video on the fundamentals of tennis (and one wicked John McEnroe impression)

Kick Serve

Kick Serve: Master Class with Katrina Adams. Former tour player and tennis professional Katrina Adams teaches the proper techniques of the Kick Serve.

Intosport.com Tennis Academy - How to serve

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Tennis Lesson: Serve Step 8 - Follow Through

The follow through completes your service motion. From contact, follow through so that the racket points straight down at the court and get your back foot up so that all the weight is on your front foot. Bring the racket around to the other side of your body in a smooth and relaxed motion.

Tennis Lesson: Serve Step 1 - Stance

The first step of the serve focuses on how you position your body at the start of your motion. The stance is how you stand when you hit a serve. The stance is important because positioning yourself properly allows you to move correctly throughout your entire motion.

The common threads of the ball toss

Watch how Federer, Murray, Hass, Hewitt, Davydenko, Safin, Tsonga all make the same move when tossing the ball.

Slice, Topspin & Kick Serves Explained & Demonstrated

Coach Kyril explains the Slice, Topspin and Kick Serves, and demonstrates them as well.

Breaking Down the Power Serve

Coach Kyril breaks down how - and why - the Power Serve works so well

Learn to Serve from a 7 Year Old - Part 1

On this first of 3 video's you will see and read the key points to learn a proper basic serve. If a seven year old girl can do it so can you!

Learn to Serve from a 7 Year Old - Part 2

On this second of 3 video's you will see and read the key points to learn a proper basic serve. If a seven year old girl can do it so can you!

Learn to serve from a 7 year old - Part 3

On this third of 3 video's you will see and read the key points to learn a proper basic serve. If a seven year old girl can do it so can you!

The Ultimate Service Technique

a detailed description of the service technique and how to learn it.  This article covers Grip, Stance, Toss, Swing, Contact, Pronating, etc.  Great Article

How Andy Roddick Hits Those Huge Serves - And How YOU Can Do It, Too! (Pt 1)

How Roger Federer Hits Wicked One-Handed Backhands - And How YOU Can Do It Too!

The Kick (Topspin) Serve

This video shows how to hit and use the topspin serve more effectively.  The spin serve gives more margin for error and also causes the ball to bounce higher above the returners comfort level.   Learn about the contact point and finish point.   

The Flat Serve

This video shows how to hit the flat serve with the same continental grip as the spin serve.

Positioning After the Serve

A common mistake for many players is to get caught in the court after the serve.  Gustavo demonstrates how players find themselves in trouble before the point begins and how to correct it.

The Serve: Introduction

This video introduces the serve. The series contains 8 instructional videos. The series breaks down each serve into its separate components. This is a highly recommended video. Must see!

Understanding the Slice - Serving and Returning

The Slice serve is called just that because of what it does - it 'slices' away from you as it hits the ground. The reason for this is because of the sideways spin dynamic on the ball. This is very basic. The sideways spin on the ball is caused by the string bed on the face of the tennis racket hitting the tennis ball slightly to the right of center relative to the front of the ball, and hitting it from a horizontal bias

Serve and Volley: The Split Step

Coming to the net immediately after a serve is a great way to mix things up in your singles play, and something that everybody should be doing most of the time in their doubles play.

Second Serve

Most of the top pros excel in getting the second serve deep, with a high kick, preventing the other player to hit a winner or to advance on the court.

Similarities: Service Motion and Throwing

Tennis Pro Hans Romer demonstrates Tennis Tip Regarding the Service Motion

Power Serve Series - Smooth Motion

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve. These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Smooth Motion

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve. These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Kneeling

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve.  These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Pronate

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve. These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Physics

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve. These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Pronation Demonstration

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve.  These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Power Serve Series - Weight Transfer

Outlines the importance of pronation in the power serve.  These six instructional videos teach you how hit the power serve, drills to practice, and the physics behind it

Simple Spin: A Second Serve Necessity

Second serves are not just a backup for a missed first serve. A player’s second serve should be a different shot altogether. For first serves, ATP pro tour players generally use a flat serve with little spin; for the second serve, the same players use either slice or topspin. Competitive and recreational players should use the same format when hitting their first and second serve.

Developing a Smart Second Serve

The key to a great second serve is consistency. Between 4 and 8 points per set are lost by the average player. Therefore, between 2 and 4 total service games are wasted during a match. There are several solutions to this problem.

Upgrade Your Second Serve Spin

There are two types of spin to add to your second serve. The first is slice (learn more here); the second is topspin. Slice causes the ball to hit the ground, stay low, and curve (kick) to the left. Topspin serves tend to hit the ground, bounce high, and kick to the right (opposite for lefty players).