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How to Learn to Serve in Tennis Without Swinging a Racquet

Is it possible to learn to serve without swinging a racquet? Sounds ridiculous. But is it?

Let’s look a study that explored at this very question. Some researchers recruited undergraduate students with no previous tennis experience.[1] First up, the students were given traditional instruction where the coach described and demonstrated how to serve. The students were told about such things as the correct grip, stance, biomechanics of the swing and the transfer of weight.

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Tennis. How to Return Serve like Roger Federer

Want to return serve like Roger Federer? Is this even possible? Or has Federer just got a natural talent.

If it’s natural talent, you’re probably out of luck if you didn’t receive a good share of return-of-serve genes.

But is it really your genes or is it something else that’s holding you back from being the champion you deserve to be?

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