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A New Teaching System: Serving Rhythm

A New Teaching System: Serving Rhythm

AuthorJohn Yandell
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Rhythm. It’s critical in almost everything in life–and especially in tennis–and especially on the serve. Here are the factors that make the serve different from the other strokes. And the critical factors that go into developing rhythm on the service motion. At the pro level and at all levels. This article shows you how to develop a factor that runs through the entire the serve motion–and something few players ever really address.

Check Out All the Articles in this series:

Introduction Doing Your Own High Speed Video Analysis Simply and Inexpensively

The Serve

Swing Keys Progressive Development 2nd Serve Spins and Placements 1st Serve Spins and Placements A Complete Teaching Progression Rhythm Body Rotation The Role Of the Legs The Trophy Position Toss Contact Point Swing Path Technical Elements

John Yandell

John Yandell is widely acknowledged as one of the leading videographers and students of the modern game of professional tennis. His high speed filming for Advanced Tennis and Tennisplayer have provided new visual resources that have changed the way the game is studied and understood by both players and coaches. He has done personal video analysis for hundreds of high level competitive players, including Justine Henin-Hardenne, Taylor Dent and John McEnroe, among others.

In addition to his role as Editor of Tennisplayer he is the author of the critically acclaimed book Visual Tennis. The John Yandell Tennis School is located in San Francisco, California.