Tennis Tips with Paul Annacone: Kick Serves

Tennis Coaching - Roger Federer Kick Serve Analysis

Roger Federer Kick Serve Analysis

Roger Federer Kick Serve

Watch Roger Federer toss and his contact point inside the baseline to generate power.

Learn Kick Serve with Patrick Rafter

Pat Rafter's Spin serve 

Learn Kick Serve with Patrick Rafter
Pat teaches you why the kick serve is the best serve at the recreational level, and why getting the opponent to make contact outside the center of his stringbed is more important than acing him


A consistence Toss 
 Pat explains how he used to struggle with his toss (even as a pro player!) and the changes he made to make it more consistent. Pat then teaches you a simple technique for making sure your toss ends up in the same Place over your head every time



Return of Kick Serve
Master returning the kick, and you could be in the drivers seat not just during your service games, but during your opponents as well.



Serve and Volley

Pat explains the technique he uses to close the net after serving, and why rhythm was so important to him.
He also explains why Pete Sampras’ style of serving and volleying isn’t the best model for a recreational player to follow.
Don’t want to serve and volley? You’ll still be getting plenty of short, weak returns that you can take as a groundstroke. Recreational players HATE handling short balls, and they hate missing those shots even more. Pat’s got you covered by showing you how to close short balls and end points quickly.