Serena Williams’ childhood coach Rick Macci has an advice for Coco Gauff, telling the 20-year-old to “experiment” with her serve during the offseason because doing different things could help her get a better understanding of what’s the best for her in that regard.
As you probably know very well, the world No. 3 struggled mightily with her serve in 2024, especially in the second part of the season. In the end, the American tennis star blasted a total of 430 double faults and led the WTA Tour in that department. Since Gauff had 71 clashes this year, that makes it six double faults per match.
During the season, the 2023 US Open champion didn’t hide that she was frustrated with her serve and that she would like to address it. Also, she indicated several times that she was willing to hear other opinions and see if something could help.
A couple of days ago, Gauff shared that she kicked her preparations for the 2025 season.
“The time for pros to improve is the offseason. Experiment on the serve since you are in control. Changing from pinpoint to platform or platform to pinpoint could help and understanding that it is counter intuitive regarding the leg drive innates the racquet entry. @CocoGauff,” Macci wrote on X.
