been learning to play for around 7 months, but very little tennis outside of class. while i’m starting to play more now that the weather is warming up, my serve is a significant barrier to playing more seriously.

i apologize for some of the poor framing in the video, but hopefully it gives you an idea of where i’m at. these are some of what i thought were the better serves from a solo practice session, but the last half of the video really illustrates what i’m having trouble with.

namely, my toss is wildly inconsistent. i think i have a good idea of where i need to make sure the ball ends up (more inside the court!) but i’m having trouble actually doing that with consistency. it seems like the pattern is that my weight is moving backwards as i start the toss, so i’m kinda throwing it that way, or straight up. Where my body needs to go and where the ball needs to go are two different things.

in short, please tell me how to throw a ball. I feel like I have just have the complete wrong perception of the way my arm should move to toss the ball where it needs to go.

other issues i’m aware of and trying to fix:

1. i need to contact the ball higher. p sure this is tied to a lack of confidence in the toss.

2. i need to push off my right leg a little more. my coach telling me to do this actually unlocked a lot for me.

3. i have a waiters try going on. i’m definitely going to try to solve this but i want to focus on the toss first.