Unreturnable Serves: 5 tips to out serve your opponent #tennis

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  @huntsail3727 · 2 days ago

  Came back to see this again.<br>Still a great video, will take some of this to the court tomorrow.

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• ST

  @stratuspei9405 · 2 months ago (edited)

  I saw this video a few months ago. &nbsp;YT fed it to me today and I watched the whole thing again. &nbsp;I’m so grateful I did. &nbsp;So much value. &nbsp;I happen to have just decided to lower my toss and had been practicing. &nbsp;I’m nowhere near the 2k repetitions mentioned needed, but things seem to be clicking already.<br>Thanks again, Coach! &nbsp;Timeless lessons 🙏

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• GE

  @geoffhess2267 · 6 months ago

  So many gems here. Allowing the score to guide one’s serve choice yields next-level results.

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  @steveodog47 · 1 year ago

  Our philosophy as high school coaches is very similar if not identical to Coach Stokke. We ‘preach working on your second serve first because if you know you have a reliable second serve, you can do more things with your first serve, take more chances, go for more, etc..

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• DH

  @dhivyas18 · 1 month ago

  Thanks! I really love your content! Great video

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• VD

  @vdbdg · 2 months ago

  Great lesson, I love serving, this will help me and my son.

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  @vincentwargerjr4786 · 1 year ago

  Great comments coach… you have really helped me with my serve placement by practicing from the service line. I never thought I could control where I put the serve, I kept thinking I was lucky just to get it in ‘anywhere’. But I am slowly getting better at this. I am very grateful to you.

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• FR

  @frankvet1 · 5 months ago

  If I had a coach like you, there’s no telling what I could’ve accomplished. Love your work thank you.

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• FO

  @Forehandwinner2025 · 1 year ago

  Great stuff for more advanced players, honestly most of the guys I play with are happy to get the ball in the box with some reasonable placement, spin or speed.

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• TE

  @tennisserve2020 · 1 year ago

  Amazing serve tips! I believe most recreational players don&apos;t spend time on the serve. I spent a lot of time practicing, learning, watching video then back to practicing the serve. Today I have a reliable second serve that frees up my first serve exploration. Amazing tips! Thanks.

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  @steveodog47 · 1 year ago

  I got to speak to the great Rod Laver once at a clinic. He said, just as Coach Stokke did, you can’t have a great serve without a great toss. I’ve never forgotten that nugget.

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  @NamesAreRandom · 1 year ago (edited)

  I think weaker players are too focused on trying to hit small targets (wide or tee) or just hit with as much pace as possible. &nbsp;My experience is better to aim for big targets (i.e body) at moderate pace but try to build variety (flat/slice/topspin) instead. &nbsp;The variety means they are still fairly effective and it teaches you to serve different serves. &nbsp;Once you have some consistency hitting the body then you can pick one style and one smaller target (e.g. wide slice) and add that in, slowly building up until you have one way of hitting wide/tee on each side to mix in with the body serves, which you should also be able to start to use as a second serve.

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