Andy Murray's Serve

[stotty]

Tennis player articles do travel...and travel well.

Let's discuss my latest Tour Strokes article, "Andy Murray's Serve"!

I think this article is terrific. It breaks Andy's serve down real nicely in a way that is easy to understand and, better still, is something coaches can look at with their own students.

Having witnessed Andy play at Wimbledon many times, the article goes some way to explaining why his serve looks like a "slap" at times. But I still feel the flailing left arm is more dramatic and less controlled than Roddick and others that do it.

I think analysing serve effectiveness in players is tricky. Andy can serve really well some days. But very, very often when it comes down to the crunch on the really big points and in the really big matches, it lets him down. I think it's an area that has let him down when he's played the top three.

Teaching "wrist snap" was (still is) commonly taught over here so John could well be right in his theory about that one. I would like to confirm that for him but doubt anyone would own up to it. The trouble with coaches is that we are experts which makes us terribly vain.

Rest assured, these articles travel worldwide. At Wimbledon this year I am willing to put money that Andy's internal rotation and incomplete racket turnover gets mentioned in commentary.

[gzhpcu]

Hope he reads the article. We discussed this issue 5 years ago here:
http://www.tennisplayer.net/bulletin...e+forum+murray

[johnyandell]

Let's discuss my latest Tour Strokes article, "Andy Murray's Serve"!