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Why You Keep Faulting Your Serve: Complete Fix

Missing your serve is the only error your opponent didn't force. Nobody is attacking you, and the point still goes to them.

Coach Tyler of Universal Rackets traces it to three mechanical causes, and the first is the toss. It isn't a toss at all, it's a drop.

Tossing the ball up gives it more hang time and more room for error. Instead, stick your arm straight out, palm down, and release the ball like a grab claw, without slamming it down like you're dribbling a basketball.

Drop it at the same height, from the same spot, every time. Spread your arms like a snow angel with 12 o'clock in front: righties release at 1 o'clock, lefties at 11 o'clock, with the arm out where it's comfortable, not raised.

To practice it, hold your paddle at that spot with your other hand and drop the ball onto it. Same drop equals same serve.

The second cause is swing path. Swing too flat and the ball goes in the net, swing too far up and under it and it goes long.

Start with the paddle low and swing forward first, then up through the ball, so it clears the net by a foot or two. If it hits the net, swing more up, and if it goes long, swing more forward.

The third cause is deceleration. On big points players tense up and slow down to play it safe, and that's why they fault.

Keep the same swing speed through contact on every serve. He suggests starting your serves at 60 percent and building to 70 and then 80 rather than coming out at 100, like shifting up through the gears on a mountain bike, because depth beats power.

The video shows the clock position and the drop onto the paddle in person, plus what a loose swing at one continuous speed looks like.

Key points

Drop the ball palm down from an outstretched arm instead of tossing it up.
Release from the same spot every time: 1 o'clock for righties, 11 o'clock for lefties.
Practice by holding your paddle at that spot and dropping the ball onto it.
Swing forward first, then up, so the ball clears the net by a foot or two.
Keep the same swing speed through contact instead of slowing down to play it safe.

Watch the full tutorial here.