Tennis Serve & Return Tips : Tennis Kick Serve

Tennis Serve & Return Tips : Tennis Kick Serve

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Added on Thursday 25 September 2008 11:13:01
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The kick serve, or topspin serve, gives you a greater margin for error, especially on your second serve. Learn about kick serves in tennis from a professional instructor in this free sports video.

Expert: Jason Gerardo
Bio: Jason Gerardo is a tennis professional at Gold Key Racquet Club in Phoenix. Over the years he has worked with youth tennis players, as well as adult players, in singles and doubles.
Filmmaker: Bill Zervakos

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XizelSF

@XizelSF His grip change was very small, but he changed TO continental from being more eastern backhand.
Sunday 30 October 2011 18:26:37
XizelSF

@MeltedButterCorp All pros use the continental grip or beyond (to the backhand side). Nobody uses the eastern forehand grip for serving since Boris Becker. Nadal CLEARLY uses continental.
Sunday 30 October 2011 15:37:46
snorcle1

Thanks a million, for explaining the real technique "6-12 brushing ". Soon after I watched this video, I practiced for 2 hours, to get a 'kick' off it :). Super duper happy. I can now rely on my second serve, with continental. Will still need to work on getting a good speed along with it, though.
Wednesday 05 October 2011 19:58:12
cheezheadZZ

gustavo . . "duhhh yahh i hit ball! i break stone!!! yahhh!!!"
Thursday 14 July 2011 20:20:09
tsavxyooj

i remember one of my matches i did a slice and the ball went way to the left and the other guy couldnt return it. HA!-
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:30:35
temka892004

gustavo is a faggot!
Saturday 11 June 2011 14:08:00
exactlythat

@XizelSF haha xizel sf player lool
Friday 10 June 2011 18:14:17
jmlbloom

nice serves but change your hair, son.
Monday 06 June 2011 21:10:03
sly741x

@Kiasko i understand your problem and went through the same phase. I'm assuming u use the same grip that u use to hit a forehand and yes continental does feel awkward and the first time using it the ball probably flys in the wrong direction. This is because when u use this grip the biggest change is pronating (twisting) your wrist so that the racket face faces the area that you want to hit the ball at contact point. watch this video. /watch?v=M9jyuC1wMF8 if u are confused.
Sunday 29 May 2011 11:47:01
XizelSF

@Kiasko Eastern FOREHAND or BACKHAND? Eastern forehand is a bad habit and should be discontinued ASAP. Eastern backhand is a good grip for spin serves.
Tuesday 17 May 2011 18:51:45
Kiasko

Everyone uses continental grip for serves but i use eastern. So im assuming im using the wrong grip but wen i try to use continental, it feels very uncomfortable. What do i do? Can i stick with eastern to serve?
Saturday 14 May 2011 20:47:57
fidalgo1987

Bitch it looks da same!
Sunday 01 May 2011 22:52:14
jtg998

american twist serve?
Wednesday 20 April 2011 07:15:30
metal4eva666

WTF HE MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY,damn i still have fucking inconsistant kickserves,i guess i 'll try tht method and slowly progress
Monday 11 April 2011 12:47:23
iownyou224

I DONT CARE ABOUT DYLAN DOGG
Sunday 10 April 2011 15:01:32
RKr894

Greatt
Tuesday 05 April 2011 23:43:13
xBoneXBBoy

if i get it consistant would i be able to use as a good 2nd? i want to do kick, but i have a really nice flat serve
Tuesday 01 March 2011 20:47:55
Enoyatta

lol Shinji
Monday 21 February 2011 23:49:16
sarasmilepiano

Great demonstration. A+
Thursday 03 February 2011 13:48:09
merisa39

I really like to see the different motion for slice and kick serve, it's helpful. When we don't know these serves well, it's hard to know the difference and now I see it more than before. So for kick serve, during the fallow through the racquet is going outward, in the right and in the slice it is going toward the belly bottom as in a flat serve?
Friday 24 December 2010 20:13:56
Guulke96

@otto5996 i use the backhand grip for kick serve
Thursday 09 December 2010 15:37:48
tatsf226

i think most beginners do not know how to toss ball, that is why their serve are not consistent.
Wednesday 08 December 2010 00:25:17
lickthatcow

The Prince Of Tennis make u guys look like JB actually. .. not possible
Saturday 04 December 2010 00:21:11
ZawShin

@69SKE69 What are you talking about you have to change the toss by a little. How would you hit a kick serve when the ball is right in front of you or a slice serve? Yeah I don't think so. The point of a kick serve is so your opponent doesn't get a easy second serve its not supposed to be a weapon.
Friday 03 December 2010 22:07:52
azncoolboii

@lilvietsolja it's technically holding a single handed backhand grip, that's the grip you're talking about for more spin and power
Friday 19 November 2010 06:32:03