{"id":16,"date":"2026-09-30T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/2026\/09\/30\/five-serve-drills-that-add-pace-without-losing-control\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:15:42","slug":"five-serve-drills-that-add-pace-without-losing-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/2026\/09\/30\/five-serve-drills-that-add-pace-without-losing-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Serve Drills That Add Pace Without Losing Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bigger serve rarely comes from swinging harder. It comes from a smoother toss, a longer kinetic chain and a relaxed arm. These five drills are the ones our competitive squad runs every week.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Toss-and-catch<\/h2>\n<p>Ten tosses, no swing. Let the ball drop and check it lands just inside your front foot. A consistent toss fixes half of all serve problems.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Trophy-pose holds<\/h2>\n<p>Freeze in the trophy position for three seconds before every serve. It trains balance and teaches your legs to load before your arm moves.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Target cones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Place cones in the T, body and wide corners<\/li>\n<li>Hit ten serves to each target<\/li>\n<li>Only count serves that land in the service box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4. Kneeling serves<\/h2>\n<p>Serving from your knees forces a full upward swing and good wrist snap. It feels strange for a week, then your normal serve feels effortless.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pace is a by-product of rhythm. Get the rhythm right and the speed comes on its own.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>5. Second-serve ladder<\/h2>\n<p>Play a game where you only get one serve, but it must be a kick or slice. It builds the confidence you need when the match is tight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach Daniel Reyes shares the five drills our competitive squad uses every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,6,8],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-tips","tag-drills","tag-serve","tag-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-tennis-club-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}