Lesson 03: Tennis Serve Lesson with Ryan Reidy

As I struggled with my consistency and power on my serve, Ryan Reidy from 2minutetennis evaluated my serve (using Zoom) and offered excellent pointers for improvement.

Serve Technique Improvements

1. In the trophy position, swing the right arm like a lasso and engage the legs as the racket passes overhead
   
2. Use abbreviated take-back, raise the right hand, keeping the racket, elbow, and shoulder all horizontal
   
3. Need more pronation so that the right-hand goes 180 degrees
   
4. The left hand should touch the chest (to add power) and stop the body rotation 
5. Elbow the enemy, try to hit the ball with the elbow
   
6. Serve with the Birthday Hat on 

Here are some additional helpful serve videos from Ryan:

1. Hit a Perfect Serve

 2. How to ImproveYourr Serve

3. Serve Trophy Position Explained