Here’s a progression to help you learn to serve using a continental grip, similar to holding a hammer. The ideal serve should be fluid, utilizing the whole body to hit the ball and making contact on top. With practice, you’ll be able to hit with both slice and flat, as well as execute a kick serve, similar to a topspin shot.
As a beginner, you may have a basic idea of what a serve looks like – a sideways fluid motion utilizing the whole body. But how do you achieve this? How do you start and consistently maintain full motion throughout?