The ball weighs approximately 3 ounces. Sounds so easy, yet 80% of most out serves are due to a poor toss. Here are some tips to get control of your toss:

• If you have to move your front foot, (your "plant" foot) at all, do not hit the ball.


• The human head weighs approximately 8 lbs. and should stay relatively still. Moving it a lot to chase the toss will result in many muscle pulls (neck, lower back, etc.).


• If you feel like you need to bring your toss hand down too soon, because you think you might hit it with your own racket, do not hit the toss. Remember, the racket is approximately 27" long. Your arms are approximately the same length. Try this sometime: throw the toss up and and leave that arm up straight up and hit the ball as usual. You will see that you can still serve and get it in. The rushing of your toss arm down is one of the biggest problems for chasing a bad toss.


• When you first start your serve motion and your toss arm drops, make sure the toss arm touches your lead hip and it should be straight at this point. Continue to keep it "straight" as you lift, even past the toss release. When you bend the toss arm the toss always goes awry.