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Jerry Cape, USPTA, USRSA, Punahou School Tennis Professional, conducts the best serve drill in the world (according to Pete Sampras) with the Girls Varsity Tennis team at Punahou School.
A quick lesson on the importance of varying your serve. Here is a close comparison of the baseball pitch and the tennis serve placement. Please wait, loading.......
Jerry Cape, USPTA, Technifibre TEAM Member. Jerry wins an iPod Nano with this Nano Presentation at the USPTA Hawaii/San Diego Convention held at the University Hawaii.
Chris Iwamura, Nick Leong, Jon Wong & Sara Kurisu use old rackets as throwing rackets to demonstrate the service motion. Cautionary note: Extreme safety guideline should be used when doing this drill.
Lee Couillard, USPTA, Wilson TEAM Member. 7th & 8th grade students start at no-man's land to ease into serve and volleying for doubles for the first time. As the students gain confidence, move them back to the baseline.
Jerry Cape, USPTA Serve Tip & Drill, Have students toss ball up and try to hit the ball with the throwing arm. Use a towel to demonstrate a smooth service motion.
Serve drill "Bang a Gong" by Jerry Cape, USPTA Honolulu, Hawaii. Point value giving for various targets hit on the serve.