Thursday, June 18, 2009

Serve Tossing Motion - It's In The Shoulder

My serve tossing motion used to be a mess. I was all over the map in terms of never knowing where my toss was going to actually end up.

I'd look up there and just hope the ball would be somewhere in the vicinity of where I was trying to toss.

My tossing wrist was the problem and consequently I had zero confidence in both my 1st and 2nd serves.

Those days are fortunately long gone for me...

Tom Stow really helped me with the two aspects of my toss. One of them we recently discussed and that was how to hold the ball.

The other fundamental he gave me was to "feel" the ball in my shoulder. Huh...?

That's right, Tom wanted all of us to start the toss with our front shoulder.

And my apologies to my extremely good friend and often doubles partner Steve Cornell for referencing his tossing motion. He knows I mean well...!



So, get out there this week and practice your toss and try to start your motion from your front shoulder allowing your tossing arm to stay straight as you move your arm up to the finish position of the toss.

Also, make sure you read my post below from yesterday...

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2 comments:

  1. Brent,

    thanks a lot for all your tennis tips and lessons. You are really a great human being and a huge help for me.
    Let me ask a, probably, simple question for others, but an unknown for me: what is "4 part between points routine".

    it's very important for me, because I am often get nervous during a tennis match and my skill level drops down as a result.

    Thanks in advance for your answer,
    with respect Daniel Baryshev

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  2. Brent as always great tips

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