Why Your Serve Is Getting Worse — And It Has Nothing to Do With Your Arm I John Craig

S1E31 - Why Your Serve Is Getting Worse — And It Has Nothing to Do With Your Arm I John Craig

Published: April 28, 2026

Duration: 22:55

If your serve has quietly gotten shorter, slower, and less reliable over the last few years, you've probably blamed your shoulder, your elbow, or just "getting older." John Craig has coached hundreds of senior players over 40 years and says the real culprit is almost never what you think — and the fixes most players are chasing are making it worse. In this episode, we get into what breaks down first as we age, why stability beats jumping every time, how grip tension is silently killing your racket head speed, and why hunting serve tips on YouTube is basically building a ja...