1. My serve goes into the net.

Keep your head up and keep your tossing hand up as long as possible. Also, try tossing the ball higher and not too far in front. And check to see if you’re bending too soon. Usually if you bend your knees too soon you will go up to the ball too soon and then swing down as you hit the ball. Be sure to toss the ball and then bend so you can transfer your body up and forward when you hit your serve.

2. I lose control of the toss.

Place the ball, don’t throw it or flick your wrist. Imagine you want to place the ball on a bookshelf and not have it fall off. And hold the ball on your fingers and be sure you’re opening all your fingers at once only when your arm is fully extended. Also, try not moving your body so much when you toss the ball. Stay balanced and toss the ball by taking your tossing arm straight down and then up. Try not to loop your tossing arm too much.

3. I don’t have enough power on my serve.

Keep your arm and your wrist loose. Be sure to use your whole body starting with bending your knees, rotating your hips, turning your shoulders up and forward with your elbow bent and reaching up to pronate or snap the ball your wrist at extension and then finishing across your body with your elbow bent again. Try to have a smooth rhythm starting slow and then going faster when rotating your body up and forward. Also, be sure you’re turning enough and getting your elbow back diagonally when you take your racquet back. This will create more rotation. Once again, the key is to stay relaxed and loose.

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