Ball Toss Correction & Explosive Leg Power on The Serve

Key Points

• Don’t toss the ball too far behind the head and try not to land on your left side

• Try and jump with a straight leg and then land on a bent leg

• These exercises can improve your "body balance" and stabilize the swing, while strengthening your ankles and legs

• Serving Progressions:

• Several jumps with a straight back leg landing on the box

• Jump onto the box moving the arms like a serve but not releasing the ball

• Toss the ball and catch while jumping onto the box

• After years of this drill, and once you are very comfortable with the first 3 progressions, serve while jumping onto the box

• Stepping inside the 2 yellow lines helps eliminate the mistake of moving your back foot into the wrong position on the pinpoint serve

• The lines help you keep the toss in the right place

• Keep the back straight after the serve

• Split step immediately after serving and be ready to play with a wide base

• Quick drop feed after the serve to practice “serve plus 1”

• Once your player has the correct technique on the serve and can hit all the spots, start to incorporate “serve plus 1 and serve plus 2”

• Iga’s training session’s included 25% of serve plus 1 or serve plus 2 drills