Bend into the service like Federer.
One Minute
Tennis Lesson
Lesson explanation:
Generate more power on your service by using your body. Less effort More speed!
By not bending your knees, and instead showing your name the service will engage the whole body and your stroke will be more consistent with more rythm and more power.
Information:
The arch of the back, bending of the knees and use of the whole body is essential for a great service.
But this is a movement that looks so simple but is often very difficult to achieve.
To use all of your body in the service stroke it is important that you do not “think” about bending your knees. The knees will bend as a bi-product.
If you consciously think “Bend the knees” the lower body is usually isolated, and the service loses rhythm as the lower and uper body are not connected.
Even at the highest level this separation of the lower and upper body can be a problem. If you look at the services of Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams and think about this seperation it becomes clear that the smooth rhythm of Serena’s service is absent from Sharapova’s delivery.
The result is that Sharapova has good and bad days on the service while Serena is remarkably consistent.
Instead of taking the traditional coaching advice of bend the knees, imagine that you have your name on the chest of your shirt.
As you begin the ball toss try to show your name to the sky. as you show your name to the sky, your knees will bend, but they will bend in a perfect biomechanical sequence with the rest of the body.
By not bending your knees, and instead showing your name the service will engage the whole body and your stroke will be more consistent with more rhythm and more power.
Bend into the service like Federer
Stephen Bourne
Costa Blanca, Spain
