Dominating Tennis
Lesson 1 of 4 · Move and react · 6 min

Start the split as they hit.
Read the toss before the ball.

Inspect the strike, landing and first move. Practise the call separately from the return.

Free guideHow to return a fast serve: split, read, commitThe short answer, the numbers and one drill →
01
See the time budget on a 200 km/h serve, and where it goes
02
Inspect possible cues, then update from the ball
03
A split-and-call drill you can run with any partner
04
How one study separates split start, landing and lateral movement
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.

Djokovic's return, instant 6 of 8
FIG. 29 · DJOKOVIC'S RETURN
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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