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Tennis Drills and Coaching Tips for the Serve

Our Tennis Serve and Return of Serve section provides detailed information on teaching these two extremely important tennis shots. You will find tennis drills, tips, articles, interviews and much more specific and valuable information related to the tennis serve and return of serve.

You will gain access to our Serve and Return Tennis Drills eBooks which provide you with step-by-step instructions for drills you can use in your training sessions and lessons.

Tennis Serve and Return Training and Tennis Drills

Global Tennis Coaching - Tennis Drills eBooks Collection

Our GlobalTennisCoaching.com Tennis Drills Collection have been supplying tennis coaches and players with the largest collection of tennis drills since 2004. One of the greatest tools a coach can have is access to a large collection of drills to use during their lessons. . . . keep reading

Tennis Serve, Return and Netplay Drills

The Serve and Return of Serve remain the two most important shots in tennis despite all the changes the game has experienced. Very few players have managed to reach the top without a very effective serve and those who have, have been amongst the best return of servers ever seen. . . . keep reading

Your Only as Good as Your Second Serve in Tennis
The Truth about 2nd Serves - "Your game is only as good as your second serve." John Newcombe. While John Newcombe is famous for this quote, he is not alone in his belief. Any coach serious about their job must have said this to his students. But where's the proof behind this profound statement? . . . keep reading

Teaching the Serve to Intermediate Tennis Players
Once a player progresses beyond the pee-wee levels their next step is to learn how to correctly hit the serve. Often called the most important shot in tennis; the serve is difficult to learn for most intermediate players. Players in the 8-12 year age group still lack the wrist and forearm strength to hold the racquet with the correct serving grip. . . . keep reading

Shoulder More Serves
A big problem in tennis is shoulder and rotator cuff injury... not to mention the pain it causes. Most of the time rotator cuff and shoulder pain in tennis is caused from the muscles around the shoulder becoming lax from repetitive overhead movements. This laxity allows the 2 biceps tendons in the shoulder to become inflamed, and irritated. . . . keep reading

5 Simple Steps to a Better Tennis Serve

Sometimes in tennis you need to come back to the basics. In tennis there are many strokes that can be greatly improved by only a few simple tips. The serve is often the most technically difficult stroke. Luckily, I have five simple tips that can help you improve your serve. . . . keep reading

Developing a Ballistic First Serve

The ramification of these ballistic serves is that most players have the crucial ability to steal a few cheap points every service game. Whether it is an ace or an unreturnable this ability makes holding serve so much easier than starting the rally at not much better than 50 -- 50 with your opponent. . . . keep reading

The 1 Thing You Must Be Able To Do If You Want To Improve Your Tennis Serve
Everybody knows that the tennis serve is a very important shot but how many club players have a really good tennis serve? . . . keep reading

The 5th Tennis Playing Style - The Big Tennis Serve and The Big Tennis Forehand
In virtually all the tennis coaching material you can read these days, the authors (Timanis, Saviano, Gilbert et al) prescribe four main playing styles. - The counter puncher / defensive baseliner - The aggressive baseliner - The all court player - The serve -- volleyer. . . . keep reading

Tennis Serve Training - Modern Tennis Part II - Kick Your 2nd Serve

The key to their success on 2nd serves is the kick serve. The kick serve is a very reliable and high percentage shot to start up a point, without giving the advantage to the opponent. This article offers drills and tips to help coaches develop the kick serve in their students. . . . keep reading

Modern Tennis Part I - Developing a Ballistic 1st Serve in Tennis
One of the most noticeable aspect of the men's pro tour is that virtually every player can serve over 200km/h. Once the domain of only the greatest players and physical giants, serving over 200km/h is no longer as "jaw dropping" as it used to be. As recently as 1994 only 4 players managed to break the 200km/h barrier during the Australian Open, now there would be only 4 who didn't. . . . keep reading

Tennnis Strategy - The Initiating [Serve and Return] Phase of Play

During every point players are in one of five phases of play: Initiating (serve / return), Defensive, Rallying, Creating, Attacking. This series of article offers tips and drills as to how to improve each phase of play . . . keep reading

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