How To Generate Effortless Power On Your Pickleball Serve

do you want a stronger and more consistent serve   if you do this video is  for you let's jump right in hi welcome to primetime pickleball my name is  jordan briones in today's video i'm going to give   you three important tips that's going to help you  have a stronger serve and hopefully also help you   become more consistent but before that if you're  not subscribed to this channel hit that subscribe   button so that you can be part of our prime time  family and also hit that notification bell icon so   that you can be notified anytime we release a new  video all right so the very first tip that i have   for you for a stronger and more consistent serve  is your stance this is very important because   this is the foundation of the serve okay so  just to kind of to show you in this camera   if i'm just standing talking to the camera  like this this is considered an open stance   okay closed is going to be with my shoulder  facing this camera right here okay so this   is kind of close and you'll see a lot of players  hit their forehands like this and um other shots   as well and their drives and stuff like that and  then semi-open or i guess i guess you could call   it semi-closed whatever you prefer it's like more  of a staggered okay it's i have one foot in front   of me uh kind of like a 45 degree angle and one  uh my other foot back here and it's a little bit   wider than my shoulder width okay so this is this  is actually the stance that i use when i'm serving   okay i'm not i'm not all the way closed  like this and i'm definitely not like this   so stance is really important and the  reason for that is it's just going to   give you uh it's just going to develop a lot of  good habits okay so like i said the foundation   of your serve is your stance you get a lot of  power from your stance okay so what i want to talk   about is i wanna i want you to really bend your  knees okay you don't you don't have to bend it   like super super low but if you stand straight up  and your knees are locked you can't you can't get   a lot of power and you can't really push and get  your whole core uh rotation and your legs going   okay and also with this open stance it's the same  thing i really want to be in a semi semi-closed   stance or a closed stance so i could load my  legs okay because my your serve is not going   to just be your arm you're gonna use your legs and  then you're gonna come through and then your core   and your all your other muscles are are going  with is this kinetic chain without going into   super super details about that um that's that's  the first tip i have for you is is your stance   it's a strong positioning you want to stand  like this okay so either close or semi-closed   okay and so i'm right here i'm just gonna i  have the ball in front of me i'm gonna drop   it and then i'm gonna power through the ball here  we're gonna hit i'm gonna hit a a few here in this [Music] stance all right so now this is the second tip i have  for you for a more powerful and consistent serve   and that is having a loose grip okay not too  loose okay so i'm talking about grip pressure   if you grip it as tight as you can it's like a  10 and if you just hold it like this it's a one   i tend to have anywhere from like kind of like a  three to a five kind of depends but mostly it's   in that range so i'm not gripping it super tight  but it's on the low medium end okay and one thing   that this really helps with is is being  relaxed and you want to have a smooth   relaxed motion uh with your muscles in your arm   and your body and your whole kinetic chain and one  thing that having a relaxed grip does it really   just helps me loosen all my muscles okay so if  i'm really tight and i'm just having like a abrupt   swing like this okay that's not really what i want  i want to lose grip if you see all the pros serve   those are those are those are strokes that they  have hit many of many many times and they're not   really tense for them to hit that ball really  hard with pace it's not like they're muscling   through the ball okay have a relaxed grip okay  and that will hopefully relax the rest of your   your muscles and help relax your mind and then  you're just going to try to just swing through   with a relaxed grip and that's going to loosen  all your muscles so here we go let me hit a few all right so now let's get down to the third tip  that i have for you for a better serve and this is   to have a low to high motion with a very relaxed  and natural follow through okay one thing that i   i've seen some players that i've worked with  recently is that they're really tense and then   they either cut their follow through short or  it's just it's just very awkward and they are not   relaxed and letting their follow-through go okay  so your swing path you're gonna have it down here   okay so either you're just gonna start here  or maybe your backswing is a little bit   more but it doesn't matter you wanna have your  follow-through finish around your shoulder here   across your body around your shoulder and you  want it to be relaxed and natural okay so just i   want you to kind of envision like throwing a ball  okay so if you if you throw a ball and i just like   stop my follow through you don't see players  throw balls like that even if they're trying   to throw really far they they're letting their  body go and it's this kinetic chain in their arm   and their core and their legs and they're  they're just letting it go and it's a natural   follow-through it's the same thing with the  serve you to you want to have a natural follow   through you don't want to cut it short because  that's going to make your serving consistent   and you're not going to get the maximum amount  of power like that okay so i'm gonna start here   make sure i have a relaxed natural follow through  across um up to my shoulder here okay okay here we [Music] go all right so those were the three tips to  hopefully give you a good foundation for a better   serve okay so these are um kind of good  fundamentals to have there's a lot that goes   in the serve and the whole kinetic chain and stuff  and hopefully in a future video we will touch on   every aspect of that but these are three tips that  could really help you out make sure that you stay   relaxed make sure you have a good foundation in  your stance and make sure that your follow-through   is natural and um it's not abrupt and you're  just finishing with a low to high motion   up here near your shoulder okay so hopefully  these tips will help you with your serve if   you're struggling and also if you just want to  add more depth and add more power and um pace   on your serve okay so if you enjoyed this video  go ahead and hit that thumbs up button give it a   like comment below if you have any questions about  this video or any other questions about pickleball   and we'll see you in the next video thanks thanks  so much for watching for more free 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