Lesson 3 of 4 · Serve and return · 6 min
Hit the second serve with intent.
Make them beat you.
The second serve is the shot pressure finds first. Practise a familiar serve, then count ten attempts.
01
See what changes between your first and second serve, and what shouldn't
02
Why clearance alone cannot choose your second serve
03
A scored routine with a make-rate to beat
04
The one serve you fall back on when the score is against you
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.
FIG. 28 · DJOKOVIC · SERVE TYPE UNVERIFIED
Opens Thu 29 Oct with Serve and return
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