Nick Bollettieri's Stroke Instruction Series: Sonic Serve DVD
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Actor: Nick BollettieriDirector: Human Kinetics
Brand: Human Kinetics
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Human Kinetics
Product features:
- Published 7/30/2008
- 50 minutes
- DVD
- VD105
- Nick Bollettieri
DVD Reviews of Nick Bollettieri's Stroke Instruction Series: Sonic Serve DVD
DVD Review: Fast Pace Jumping Serve with Pinpoint Stance
Summary: 5 Stars
Sonic Serve covers a fast pace tennis serve via many slow motion clips with lines and text drawn over parts of the video to emphasize body part alignments, e.g. where the knee and hip cross the baseline, caution to avoid arching one's back, where racket acceleration should occur, etc. In some cases, students are shown making mistakes in order to point out what to avoid.
Sonic Serve emphasizes a jumping serve from a pinpoint stance in which the front knee and hip slide forward across the baseline and then with both feet next to each other, the legs and torso thrust upward at the ball. The forward slide helps with contacting the ball inside the court. I found that jumping from a pinpoint stance also helps me get my back hip higher than my front hip when I contact the ball.
For some parts of Sonic Serve, additional explanation would have been helpful to me. For example, to me Sonic Serve seems to show a player leaning back before the jump via a knee bend, a turned torso, and his shoulders back, but I'm not sure if I interpreted everything correctly. According to the text on the screen, the player is not arching his back. I think more text like that would have been helpful. Although the video is in slow motion, it is still difficult for me to tell exactly what he is or isn't doing. After I watched this video and discussed what I saw, one person suggested that I do a crunch at the position before the jump in order to avoid arching my back. Likewise, Sonic Serve doesn't give much explanation on the differences among the flat, slice, and kick serves, but there is a very short clip that shows the approximate toss zones for each of those serves. It seems like a couple minutes of useful information may have been omitted. Even after watching Sonic Serve, consulting a tennis professional before attempting a fast pace serve seems recommended.
I definitely like Sonic Serve better than non-jumping beginner videos, e.g. Consistent Tennis Wins III The Serve, Tennis for Beginners: Instructional DVD with Lessons to Learn Forehand, Backhand, Serve and Volley - Tennis Mantra, etc.
For jumping videos, Sonic Serve has far superior production values than Pro Tennis Lessons "Ultimate Serve", such as slow motion, higher quality video, and effective use of graphics on slow motion sequences. I also found Sonic Serve more helpful than The Fundamentals of the Game: A Winning Serve, Professional Tennis Instruction and Lessons.
Of the 10 videos in The Nick Bollettieri DVD Collection: Complete 10xDVD set collects the Stroke Instruction Series and the Game Development Series (2008), I liked Sonic Serve, Tenacious Net Play, and Bollistic Backhand the best. I should have skipped the other 7 videos.
The target audience is probably intermediate or advanced tennis students who want to improve the speed of their serves.
Overall I was able to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of my serves after the combination of watching this video and discussing serve techniques with others. I used Sonic Serve much like a textbook to study before class so that I had slow motion visualizations in mind and questions ready to ask in advance.
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Description of Nick Bollettieri's Stroke Instruction Series: Sonic Serve DVD
Nick Bollettieri shows you the world's most powerful serves and a step-by-step plan for developing the skills to hit a sonic serve. Learn the correct techniques to spin your opponent off the court or to slam a service winner down the T. Drills to develop your serve are presented in classic Bollettieri style. Part of the 10-disk Bollettieri DVD Collection, Sonic Serve is one of six DVDs that focus on superior technique for the essential strokes. About the Author Nick Bollettieri is the most well-known and successful tennis coach in the world today. His training program is recognized as one of the best systems for developing top players-in fact, 10 of his players have reached the top ranking in the world. Some of his most notable students are Maria Sharapova, Venus and Serena Williams, Tommy Haas, Jelena Jankovic, Andre Agassi, Martina Hingis, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova, Marcelo Rios, and Boris Becker. Nick founded the world-renowned Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. Within 10 years, Nick expanded his vision when he joined forces with IMG to turn the tennis academy into a multisport training facility, now known as IMG Academies. IMG Academies trains over 13,000 junior, collegiate, adult, and professional athletes annually, including families and corporate groups, from over 75 countries. Nick's insights into the game of tennis are sought after by organizations around the world. He has authored numerous books on tennis and contributed to many television and video programs, and he regularly writes for magazines and Internet sites. A recipient of USTA's Coach of the Year Award, Nick is recognized globally for his promotion of the sport, especially for his work with youth. He currently resides in Bradenton, Florida.Bestsellers in DVD
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