Play 29 · Track 02 · Serve and return · 6 min

Land as they hit.
Read the toss before the ball.

The pros aren't faster than you. They start earlier. Three beats that buy you the half second.

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See the time budget on a 200 km/h serve, and where it goes

The two cues that tell you the direction before contact

A split-and-call drill you can run with any partner

How to test your own read against the benchmark

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The stroke, eight instants at a time.

Traced frame by frame from real footage, then lit like the rest of the package. Flip through it: the shape of the swing is the lesson before a word of it is written.

Djokovic's return, instant 6 of 8 — Djokovic's return: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks contact.

Djokovic's return: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks contact.

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Land as they hit.Read the toss before the ball.

The stroke, eight instants at a time.

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Land as they hit.
Read the toss before the ball.