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With all due respect the last thing I would be thinking about is ISR, I can assure you that 99% of advanced players with advanced serves don't know what ISR is. I'm not saying its not real or significant, I'm saying you don't need to know what it is and certainly shouldn't be thinking about it. Its not something you try to improve, Its a byproduct of proper fundamentals, its not a fundamental in and of itself. There are only 4 basic fundamentals to any serve, grip, stance, toss and contact point. What happens before after or between those things doesn't matter.
You have a basic idea of what your doing, The first thing that screamed out to me was your toss, its way to aggressive. Too far into the court for a kick serve and the other thing is the height of your toss, its way too low. The fact that some advanced players who have been playing their whole lives can hit a great kick with an aggressive low toss doesn't mean someone learning the serve should try and mimic those things. Fundamentals take a very long time to master, When you master them things come together and timing improves, When timing improves you can do things you couldn't do before. So it is mostly a waste of time to try and do what the pros do. Thats not how learning works.
If you are in the right grip and your stance is correct, if you are tossing the ball high enough and to the correct point in space which should be slightly to the left of your head, if you are making contact before the ball drops to low and are therefore stretched and reaching,... If you are doing all of those things ( you're not) and you're not happy with the amount of spin you're getting than either you are not dropping your racket low enough, not swinging fast enough or your arm/wrist /hand is not relaxed enough or a combination of all of those things. But every single thing I just mentioned takes years of practice to master. Don't be rushed. I estimated that it took my daughter 100,000 serves over 5 years to be able to hit high level serves. I practiced 200-300 serves a day for 3 years before I could consistently hit all my serves. It takes a long time and thats only if you are practicing the correct things ( fundamentals ie, grip stance toss and contact point) If you over analyze and start thinking about things like leg drive, the trophy position ISR racket lag etc you're going to overload your brain with a bunch or useless thoughts. Stick to the basics, Things like bending and the way you follow-through will happen as a result of mastering the fundamentals, Most people have it backwards, they mix up cause and effect.
Learning tennis is much easier than people want to make it out to be. The difficult part is the dedication persistence and sustained effort. Its not difficult to practice your toss, Its difficult to make yourself practice your toss every day until you master it. Practice the correct things enough and its impossible not to get really good at it. But you have to love it. You have to love practice.
As to why your toss should be higher rather than lower, You will get more spin regardless of the type of serve with a higher toss because the ball is traveling faster which means youre going to get more counter spin without trying when contact is made. But the most important reason to toss higher is for timing. A higher ball gives your mind and body more time to figure things out and that's pivotal when your learning something new.. The lower the toss, the less time you have, the less time the more rushed your are and the last thing you want when learning the serve is to be rushed. Give yourself plenty of time by tossing nice and high..
Good luck and now I will resist the urge to respond when others come along telling you how wrong I am.. Lol!
You have a basic idea of what your doing, The first thing that screamed out to me was your toss, its way to aggressive. Too far into the court for a kick serve and the other thing is the height of your toss, its way too low. The fact that some advanced players who have been playing their whole lives can hit a great kick with an aggressive low toss doesn't mean someone learning the serve should try and mimic those things. Fundamentals take a very long time to master, When you master them things come together and timing improves, When timing improves you can do things you couldn't do before. So it is mostly a waste of time to try and do what the pros do. Thats not how learning works.
If you are in the right grip and your stance is correct, if you are tossing the ball high enough and to the correct point in space which should be slightly to the left of your head, if you are making contact before the ball drops to low and are therefore stretched and reaching,... If you are doing all of those things ( you're not) and you're not happy with the amount of spin you're getting than either you are not dropping your racket low enough, not swinging fast enough or your arm/wrist /hand is not relaxed enough or a combination of all of those things. But every single thing I just mentioned takes years of practice to master. Don't be rushed. I estimated that it took my daughter 100,000 serves over 5 years to be able to hit high level serves. I practiced 200-300 serves a day for 3 years before I could consistently hit all my serves. It takes a long time and thats only if you are practicing the correct things ( fundamentals ie, grip stance toss and contact point) If you over analyze and start thinking about things like leg drive, the trophy position ISR racket lag etc you're going to overload your brain with a bunch or useless thoughts. Stick to the basics, Things like bending and the way you follow-through will happen as a result of mastering the fundamentals, Most people have it backwards, they mix up cause and effect.
Learning tennis is much easier than people want to make it out to be. The difficult part is the dedication persistence and sustained effort. Its not difficult to practice your toss, Its difficult to make yourself practice your toss every day until you master it. Practice the correct things enough and its impossible not to get really good at it. But you have to love it. You have to love practice.
As to why your toss should be higher rather than lower, You will get more spin regardless of the type of serve with a higher toss because the ball is traveling faster which means youre going to get more counter spin without trying when contact is made. But the most important reason to toss higher is for timing. A higher ball gives your mind and body more time to figure things out and that's pivotal when your learning something new.. The lower the toss, the less time you have, the less time the more rushed your are and the last thing you want when learning the serve is to be rushed. Give yourself plenty of time by tossing nice and high..
Good luck and now I will resist the urge to respond when others come along telling you how wrong I am.. Lol!
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