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December 15, 2003 Hi, and probably just like you this time of year, I'm on the run from here to there, back again, and then doing it all over...! Yikes... These kids, man, I'm driving 'em absolutely everywhere for sports, social, buddies, you name it. It's a non-stop gas guzzling effort...! Anyway, I do hope you're well and enjoying the Holiday season. My goal over the next few weeks is to NOT get too woefully out of shape! (I guess a little is OK, right...?...!) I've got a quick tip for you today on precisely how to hold the ball in your tossing hand when you serve. Sounds basic, but the reality is this, this seemingly tiny part of your serve can make or break the quality of your entire motion. And then I've got an announcement about a NEW instructional product on the serve that I've put together. The package includes the online lesson, 3 CDs, a DVD, and unlimited email and phone support...! More on that in just a bit. Tip... Why it's crucial with your serve to hold and toss the ball a specific way... When I first went to get help from Tom Stow in 1979, he just chuckled when he first saw my service motion. It didn't take him long to see that the way I was holding the ball was causing major problems with my entire serve. When I see new students for the first time and when I review with current students, the first thing I look at is how that student holds the ball in their tossing hand. I've had years of training to look for this, and I can darn near tell exactly what parts of someone's serve will be affected by the way they hold the ball. It's amazing... Here's what Tom showed me, and at first, it looked, felt, and was just plain awkward. But once I intellectually understood the purpose of why we should hold the ball a specific way, learning it became a whole lot easier.
Yeah I know, it looks different, but it solves a ton of problems. And really, come on, think about it, a good tossing motion helps you in two specific areas... #1, you end up placing the ball more consistently where you want it to be, and #2, a good tossing motion places your body in the ideal hitting position prior to contact. You can toss the ball to the perfect spot all day long with a flawed tossing motion, but you'll never get yourself in a biomechanically leveraged position to maximize a natural serving motion. When I went to see Tom, I used to hold the ball in the palm of my hand with my palm facing up towards the sky. Unfortunately by tossing that way, I always either bent my elbow prior to releasing the ball or flicked the ball up with my wrist & finger tips and never got into that solid leveraged hitting position. The only joint moving the ball up should be your shoulder. All other joints (elbow, wrist, and fingers) should be static and only moving upwards because the entire arm is moving from the shoulder joint as a unit... This is not tough to practice and you can work on this at home (inside without a ball or outside with a ball). I like to hold two small hand weights, one in each hand, say no more than a pound or two, and go through the entire service motion. Get in front of a mirror and watch as you go through the tossing motion without opening your palm up towards the sky. When you practice with a ball, make sure you don't have the death grip #1, and then just allow the ball to naturally release from your tossing hand as you extend that tossing arm up to it's final set-up position. Remember, when you release of the ball during the toss is NOT the end of your tossing motion. Develop a clean uninterrupted rhythm as your arm moves up from your front thigh to the end of the tossing motion. I feel like the ball comes out of my hand at the exact speed that my arm is moving upwards. OK, good luck out there. This is an important aspect of developing and improving your serve. Don't mess with this one...! Product Announcement...! The mother of all serve lessons! I've gone and done it. Yep, unloaded my brain on everything you could possibly need to improve all or specific parts of your serve in a 3 CD plus DVD package. I know you may have seen my online lesson on the serve, but I've now added a NEW serve lesson in a series of videos and "reminder" audio clips. Learn how you can easily...
I've put together my own product, Brent's "How to Improve Your Serve" - What are the true fundamentals of the service motion?" Instructional Package, which includes 3 CDs, a DVD, and unlimited email and phone support. One CD includes a NEW series of video lessons covering the serve fundamentals, practice drill tips, and serving strategies for both singles and doubles. This will play directly from your computer's CD drive. This same CD also has a series of audio clips that will play in your car. You get to listen to a set of reminders on the fundamentals and match play serving strategies for both singles and doubles. The other two CDs hold the recorded audio from a special Webinar I recently conducted where we worked specifically on the serve for over an hour. You get the complete audio and PDF presentation file from that Webinar. Plus you get a DVD that has all of the video lessons. And unlimited email and telephone support. Come on, I want you to crank your serve up to a new level...! In fact, I'll make it risk free for you. If you're not satisfied with your improvement at any time, let me know and I'll refund 100% of your $39... Yep, just $39 gets you this entire serve 3 CD / 1 DVD package. Try it out risk free. Click here to order your package now Have you got anyone on your Holiday shopping list who's serve could use a little help?...! What a gift. Let me know and I'll be glad to ship directly to him or her and include whatever Holiday note you'd like... Click here to order your package now NEW Doubles Instructional Product - Online and CD...! "Your Top Ten Biggest
Challenges in Doubles" by Brent Abel and Pat Blaskower After reading the latest issue of Tennis magazine, maybe it should be the top eleven challenges which would include one about having to deal with all of the mis-information you have to put up with out there...! (OK, I'm calming down, hang in there with me...!) Doubles coaching guru Pat Blaskower and I have partnered up to give you the answers to ten of your most often asked questions about how to deal with specific situations in doubles...
Pat and I took your ten most asked questions and discussed exactly how to solve those problems. This instructional product is a one hour discussion segmented into 11 parts (intro and the answers to the ten questions).
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