Lesson 1 of 4 · Mind · 5 min

Reset in twenty seconds.
Point your attention outward.

Practise a repeatable preparation that leaves time for the serve.

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Watch a pro prepare beside a running serve clock

Choose a target cue and consider your own arousal level

Practise four phases before serving

Count completed routines across ten serving attempts

Watch it traced

The stroke, eight instants at a time.

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

Federer’s serve, instant 1 of 8 — Federer’s serve: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks before the toss.

Federer’s serve: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks before the toss.

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Reset in twenty seconds.Point your attention outward.

The stroke, eight instants at a time.

This lesson opens with its track.

Reset in twenty seconds.
Point your attention outward.