Paul Goldstein's Serve

[tennisman1]

Bravo John, great analysis! I learned a lot about my serve from reading how you worked with Paul. I just tried swinging my raquet in the pendulum and felt the immediate difference of a better raquet drop. I have learned so much about my game [and I think have made nice improvements] in the year I have subscribed. I will continue to sing your praises to my opponents and friends on the tennis court.
tennisman1

[gzhpcu]

It is working for me, my racket drop is improving. I find that the swinging of the racket and attempting the full backswing causes you to be a lot more relaxed, which aids the racket drop. Thanks John.

[johnyandell]

Awesome. It's been an insight coming from practice not theory--because fashionable advanced theory likes the abbreviated style. You guys are to be commended for experimenting for yourself and trusting what you feel (and in Phil's case actually see!)

[mdhubert]

Works also for me, I finally found the racquet drop I was looking for, my serve is much more reliable in terms of net clearance, spins, locations. I need to work a bit on the speed but I want to keep the movement smooth and not muscle the ball. By the way I watched Goldstein in San Jose, he lost a bit the drop you hepled him to acquire but I think it takes time before you can get consistency in competitive matches. Funny to see a top 100 doing the pendulum exercise in your article, and congrats to Goldstein to be ready to go back to basics after so many years of play.
Thanks John

[johnyandell]

Yeah it is definitely underrated. You'd have a hard time telling what the drop really is with the naked eye--if you could I'm sure it would have been more apparent to coaches over the years. I filmed Paul in Las Vegas and Indain Wells the drop is probably about 90% consolidated.