WHY YOUR TENNIS SERVE BREAKS DOWN UNDER PRESSURE - And the Two Things That Fix It
Why Your Tennis Serve Breaks Down Under Pressure — And the Two Things That Fix It By Paul Dale \ The 3AM Method Most serve problems in matches aren't technique problems. They're pressure problems. Here's what to focus on when it counts. The Serve Is the One Shot You Can't Avoid If you can't hold serve, you can't win the match. That's not a coaching opinion. It's a fact of the game. Players with average groundstrokes but a reliable serve have competed at the highest levels, particularly on faster surfaces. The serve is the one shot in tennis where you control every variable — the toss, the technique, the timing, the target. Nothing the opponent does can affect those things. And yet, for many players, it's the first thing to go when the match gets tight. Double faults at 30-40. Serves that float. A toss that suddenly feels wrong. A motion that worked perfectly in the warm-up and seems to fall apart the moment a break point appears. If this soun...