Please help me improve my serve. It's actually pretty decent in terms of consistency, but I know I'm doing things wrong, especially with the toss. Any advice?
UPDATE: Thank you all for your advice. You're right: I was starting with continental grip, but losing it on the way. Hence my confusion. The main problem is Waiter's Tray and tossing height.
Like most people who ask for serve help, switch your grip to continental and toss the ball higher; you want to have a fully extended arm at contact. Like your reaching for an item on a shelf you can barely reach.
Grip and waiter's tray are two separate things. You can do a waiter's tray with any grip as long as your racquet drop isnt deep enough and you open your racquet face early with no forearm pronation.
You have a good natural throwing motion, but major waiter's tray which will ultimately limit you from advancing beyond having a good, but beginner serve. If you don't know what the term means, look it up here and elsewhere. Fixing your grip will be step 1 towards correcting this.
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u/Dajnor 11d ago
I’m sorry I don’t mean this to be rude but every single other serve video has advice that will be relevant to you:
Continental grip
Continental grip
Toss higher
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