Hey everyone Simon here with Top Tennis Training and in this video, I'm going to
show you seven drills to help you improve your kicks of now before we get
into the drills why exactly would we want to improve our kick serve and when
would we use a kick so the kick serve is the most effective way to hit an
aggressive second serve because of the way we actually hit the kick serve
because we're brushing up the ball because we're producing that topspin but
also that side spin so when the ball bounces it kicks away from the opponent
it becomes the most effective way to clear the net but then to get the ball
to dip into the service box and that's why most pros will use the kick serve on
their second serve you could also use this on your first serve if you want to
open the court especially on the ad side if you're a right-handed player and you
hit that kicks off into the players backhand it's always moving away so it
becomes a very hard surf to deal with to return but also it takes them off the
court so you have the whole entire core open if you've hit a good kicks of first
roll is very simple it's just having a ball in the palm of the hand and rolling
the ball off the hand and then finishing with that full pronation and in this
position your racket will be facing the back of the court because you're in that
sidon position you hit a flat serve or slice of you want to be opening up as
you make contact so at the time of contact you're actually opening up the
shoulders and your trunk is facing towards a net
whereas was the kick surf you want to be in that Sidon position and you want to
remain in that Sidon position until you fully pronated and then come down and
even then you might finish in that sidearm position
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so this first draw is working on brushing the ball up coming off the palm
and then finishing in that full pronated position so side on position like so and
then as you can see the strings are now facing the back of the court because
I've pronated while being in that side on position now the next draw is simply
shadowing yourself and having a guide on the baseline where you want the racket
to be traveling so when we hear a flat serve my rackets travelling forward like
so if I hit a slice of my rack is also traveling forward but when I hit the
kick serve I want my racket traveling from left to right
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and I don't really want it going forward at the same time too much I want it more
in line with the baseline so that's exactly what we're gonna do in this room
so with a flat serve on a slice of my rack it would end up going inside the
court like so with the swing going towards the service box but with a kick
serve I want my swing to be going from left to right in line with this baseline
and this baseline will be my guide on this drill so I'm shadowing my serve and
I'm feeling that I'm staying sidon and having that left-to-right swing path in
line with the baseline the next drill is now working from a chair or a bench so
you're simply hitting your kicks off from that power position from the trophy
position you're just hitting the serves upwards over than that in that sidon
position you want to be side on when you're sitting in this chair or in the
bench you want to feel that you're staying side on and because you can't
lift up and you can't rotate properly this will teach you that side on
position but also hitting up on the ball
it's a great way to teach junior players that kick serve if you're someone who
has junior players or you're a junior play yourself
now the next drill is serving from one knee so I'm in that position on the
baseline and I'm also starting in that power position as I toss the ball I'm
not lifting up I'm staying on my knees and I'm simply hitting up on the ball
and trying to create that brush trying to create that kick on the bounce but
why are we serving from the knees is very simple we want that ball traveling
upwards off our strings when we make contact with a kick serve we don't want
to be serving downwards on the kick we want the ball to be coming up off our
strings and by serving off our knees this will force us to hit up on the ball
to clear the net because if we head down it's simply going to go into the net
the next drill is now serving over a fence this will force you to really
brush up and get that nice arc on the ball that you want in real life on the
tennis court you don't have to do too many of these even ten would help you to
feel that low to high swing path that you want on the kicks off at the same
time you're clearing the fence try to stay in that sidon position instead of
opening up the shoulders too early you're staying side on I'm really
extending the racquet up as far as you can when you make contact
the next drill is now serving from white in the court this could be very wide in
the singles court or even in the tram lines and going into that ad side as
wide as you can now the reason we're serving from so
wide in the court is it will really help us to feel that swing path from left to
right to get the ball to kick on the ad side but also it helps us to stay side
on so we don't actually cheat and hit the kick serve and then turn which will
then turn it into more for slice of so by serving from this white in the court
we're able to really focus on staying site on because if I open up it's going
to go more towards the middle of the court it's not going to go towards the
tramlines on that ad side
and the last rule is now serving from around six to eight feet behind the
baseline now you might think why are we serving from that far back it's simple
if I'm serving from the baseline sometimes I can cheat and still get the
ball to kick with very little of that movement that we want that high net
clearance but if I'm standing eight feet behind the baseline now so clear that
net I really have to brush up the ball I really have to get that good arc on the
ball and this will help my kick serve massively when I come back to the
baseline now if you want more help with your serve you can download a free serve
guide I'll leave the link below this video there all you have to do is click
on the link enter your email in the box and we'll send you our free serve PDF
that you can download right away so there you have it seven drills to
improve your kick serve I hope you've enjoyed this video I hope you've learned
a few new drills that you can try and I hope you really improve your kicks off
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