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Tennis 2nd Serve Confidence

February 12, 2011 By Brent 8 Comments

Here’s how you can start every point with confidence when you have to play a 2nd serve.

One of the things that my good buddy and fellow teaching pro Jim McLennan continues to hammer home is that you’re only as good as your 2nd serve.

Right, that’s probably one of the most used cliches in tennis teaching, but it’s so obvious that a lot of players easily look right past it.

If you miss your 1st serve, would you say you get a positive or slightly negative emotional response?

Most players don’t miss their 1st serve and then start jumping up and down for joy.

If you’re not 100% confient that you can then spin in a 2nd serve that doesn’t give your opponent an advantage, then guess what, you start the point off from a place of low to no confidence.

Here’s what I mean…


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Click this link because I want you to watch Jim’s 2nd FREE video he has for you that will help you generate more racket speed for your 2nd serve that will insure a better spin.

Click here to see Jim’s 2nd FREE 2nd serve kicker video

That’s right, this is Jim’s 2nd FREE video in a series of 3.  If you missed Jim’s video, click here.

After watching Jim’s video, come on back here and let me know what goes through your mind when you miss your 1st serve.

Right below, in the Comments area, thanks in advance…

Brent

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Tennis 2nd Serve – Does Yours Just Sit There?

February 9, 2011 By Brent 11 Comments

Jim McLennan and I are old friends from way back in the Pleistocene age.

Jim and I both worked on our tennis games extensively with the legendary Tom Stow.

I was late getting to Tom, not until my early 30s, while Jim had the benefits of working with Tom at a younger age.

I continue to learn from Jim about what Tom was saying.

I’ve recently spent some time with Jim talking about the 2nd serve and specifically how to naturally impart spin to help all of us have a 2nd serve that gives us confidence.

One of the things that Jim and I insist on with a spin serve is a specific grip.

Where exactly do you want to place your hand on the racket to maximize your ability to produce spin?


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NOTE:  This post contains an affiliate link(s).  That’s right, if you end up buying one or more products from Jim, I’ll receive a commission.  I promise to only provide affiliate links to products that I feel are of real value to you.  Brent

OK, click this link and take a few more minutes over at Jim’s website so that he can help you develop more spin, a possible kick serve, but at least a natural spin that won’t give your opponent the advantage when you play a 2nd serve.

Brent

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1 Easy Way To Improve Your Serve – The Total Serve

November 8, 2010 By Brent 12 Comments

I really like teaching aids that actually give you a real feel for a specific aspect of one or more of the strokes.

“The Total Serve” by Lisa Dodson is an enormous improvement on one of the classic tennis teaching aids of all time.

That nasty tube sock stuffed with 3 balls…

It worked like a charm, but it was something you’d never put in your racket bag, and it certainly never had a handle.

The tube sock aid helped give you the feeling of how the rhythm and timing of relaxing your your grip tension allows the weight of your racket head to pick up speed and deliver the racket properly up to the ball.

I just love it when someone takes an old standard theory and makes a huge improvement to it.


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OK, so here’s the deal.  I am so convinced that you’re going to get a ton of benefits from Lisa’s “The Total Serve” teaching aid that I’m willing to give you a FREE video bonus lesson after you pick yours up.

Head on over to Lisa’s website, get your “Total Serve”, and then send me an email to askbrent@webtennis.net with your order confirmation # (or some proof of purchase) and I’ll email you back a link that will take you to a private video lesson that I just completed to help you with your serve & volley skills, specifically, what’s the very first thing you should look for after you’ve completed your service motion and have started moving in to the net.

BONUS Lesson Offer Expires Sunday Midnight Nov 14, 2010

One more thing, this free Bonus video lesson from me is going away this Sunday night November 14 midnight Pacific time.

Grab your Total Serve today and send me that email so I can get you your Bonus lesson!

Brent

Here’s the link to Lisa’s Total Serve website.

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