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Video Library (70 videos)
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The Athletic Foundation
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The Athletic Foundation (9 of 44)
Sharapova's movement and split-step footwork patterns from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. Her hips stay low with a deep knee bend as she loads, and you can see strong lateral leg drive pushing her in and out of each recovery step.
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7.3s |
Hitting on the Run (10 of 10)
Federer's recovery footwork to the center of the court, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His shoulders and trunk quickly unwind from the hitting side and then re-center, with the torso rotation clearly syncing with his crossover steps to regain a neutral position on the baseline.
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7.9s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (10 of 11)
Lleyton Hewitt's defensive footwork pattern on a neutral baseline position, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. He performs a quick drop step with his outside foot before crossing over, showing how he pivots his hips and keeps a low stance to move explosively toward the ball.
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5s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (10 of 15)
Pat Dougherty’s lateral and forward movement footwork pattern from the center of the court, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. The shoulder line stays relatively quiet while the trunk subtly coils and uncoils in sync with the hips as he transitions from lateral shuffles into forward acceleration.
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12.9s |
The Athletic Foundation (10 of 44)
Pat Dougherty's footwork drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His recovery steps bring him back to a neutral stance with feet shoulder-width apart and hands resetting in front of his body, ready for the next movement.
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6.5s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (11 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's lateral and forward movement footwork pattern from the center of the court, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. The shoulder line stays relatively quiet while the trunk subtly rotates over a stable pelvis as he shuffles, emphasizing how the torso stays stacked over the hips during directional changes.
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9.1s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (11 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork drill from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level angle. His recovery emphasizes quick reaction steps back to a neutral stance with his hands resetting in front of his body, ready for the next movement.
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6.6s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (12 of 15)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork drill for lateral and forward movement, filmed from a court-level side angle. The player’s neutral racquet position in the hand stays with a relaxed continental grip and stable wrist, minimizing excess wrist motion while the feet change direction.
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10s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (13 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's footwork animation for lateral and forward movement, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. The racket stays relatively quiet with a stable face angle while the focus is on the cross-behind steps that position the body for an optimal contact point in front of the hip.
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11s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (14 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's forward sprint footwork drill from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His quick forward drive steps transition into controlled deceleration steps, with a low, athletic stance maintained as he sprints and then brakes to simulate closing on a ball.
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9.4s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (15 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's footwork animation on lateral and forward movement, filmed from a side court-level angle. The hips stay relatively low with a consistent knee bend as the player executes a kick step, showing how the outside leg loads and then drives to push the body laterally into the next movement.
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9.1s |
The Athletic Foundation (1 of 44)
Federer’s neutral stance movement pattern in a baseline rally situation, filmed from a side animation angle. His shoulders and trunk rotate as a single unit over a stable lower body, with a clear separation between hip turn and upper-torso coil that illustrates the sequencing of the kinetic chain.
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7.8s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance (1 of 10)
Jannik’s serve from a central position, filmed from a side animation view. The animation clearly depicts his shoulder line rotating well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline as his trunk coils, then uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders into contact.
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18.1s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance
Jannik's groundstrokes from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle in an animation-style sequence. His hips load with a clear coil against a strong knee bend, then uncoil as his legs drive upward and forward to transfer weight into each shot.
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18.1s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (1 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's lateral movement drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His quick side steps and consistent split-step timing are clearly visible as he moves laterally along the baseline.
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6.4s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (1 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s movement and reaction footwork from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. He uses a well-timed split step followed by quick adjustment steps that keep his stance neutral as he reacts laterally to the incoming ball.
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8.5s |
Hitting on the Run (1 of 10)
Vaidisova's on-the-run forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact she lets the racquet wrap fully across her body while her outside leg plants and pushes her back toward a neutral, two-handed ready position.
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3.9s |
The Athletic Foundation
Federer's forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a CourtLevel side angle. His semi-western grip is clear as his wrist maintains a relaxed lag position before snapping forward into contact.
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The Athletic Foundation
Generic player's neutral forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. The side view makes the forehand’s semi‑western grip and delayed wrist lag into contact clearly visible.
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The Athletic Foundation
Paul Hamori's stroke biomechanics animation from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. The contact point is depicted slightly in front of the body with the racket face nearly square to the incoming ball, emphasizing a forward swing path through impact.
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9.6s |
The Athletic Foundation (2 of 44)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork animation on the baseline, filmed from a side angle. The trunk coil and uncoil are clearly sequenced with the shoulder turn, as the upper body stays closed while the hips initiate the forward movement before the shoulders unwind.
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2.9s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance (2 of 10)
Grigor Dimitrov's serve motion from a central baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His pinpoint stance is clear as he brings his back foot up to meet the front foot before driving upward, with a compact knee bend and synchronized leg drive visible in the sequence.
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8.9s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance
Grigor Dimitrov's forehand and backhand technique animation from center court position, filmed from a side and slightly elevated angle. The contact point is clearly shown with the racket face slightly closed on the forehand and more neutral on the backhand, with a pronounced low-to-high swing path and noticeable acceleration through contact.
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8.9s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (2 of 11)
Federer's neutral stance forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His shoulders and trunk coil early as the hitting-side shoulder turns well past his hips, then uncoil in sequence with a noticeable delay between hip rotation and upper trunk rotation.
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5.3s |
Hitting on the Run (2 of 10)
Federer's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is stable with clear wrist lag on the takeback, followed by a pronounced wrist snap forward just before and through contact.
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7.1s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (2 of 15)
Pat Dougherty’s lateral movement drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side court-level angle. The racket stays relatively quiet at about waist height with a stable, neutral face as the player shuffles and crosses over, emphasizing footwork over swing motion.
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12.2s |
The Athletic Foundation (4 of 44)
Federer’s neutral-position movement drill at the center of the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. The contact point is modeled clearly in front of his body with the racket face slightly closed, emphasizing an upward, low-to-high swing path through the hitting zone.
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5.4s |
The Athletic Foundation (3 of 44)
Federer's movement patterns in this Pat Dougherty animation are analyzed from a tactical, full-court perspective. His split-step timing into explosive first steps, followed by efficient recovery strides back to a neutral athletic stance, is broken down to emphasize how he stays balanced and ready between shots.
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3.3s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (3 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's footwork drill on adjusting steps near the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His recovery emphasizes small adjustment steps with his weight transferring back to a neutral stance and hands resetting in front of his body ready for the next movement.
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8.5s |
Hitting on the Run (3 of 10)
Nadal's running forehand from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. His footwork features a pronounced crossover step into the shot followed by a quick hop-step recovery that readies him for the next ball.
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6.5s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud hit forehands from the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. Their exaggerated shoulder turn and trunk coil make it easy to see how the torso uncoils ahead of the arm to sequence the kinetic chain into contact.
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14s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance (3 of 10)
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud’s serve animations from a pinpoint stance on the baseline, filmed from a side/court-level angle. The side view makes the wrist pronation and relaxed continental grip pressure visible as the racquet accelerates up through contact.
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14s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (3 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s advanced reaction footwork drill from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. The video makes it easy to see how his feet stay light and active under his hips, with quick, short steps that keep his body ready to explode in any direction.
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3.9s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance (4 of 10)
Daniil Medvedev’s serve footwork drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His pinpoint stance emphasizes how the back leg drives up to join the front leg before knee bend and hip extension into the serve motion.
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8.9s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance
Daniil Medvedev’s groundstrokes from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. His footwork pattern features a pronounced split-step into wide lateral strides, settling into a strong semi-open stance before each stroke.
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8.9s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (4 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's neutral stance footwork drill at the baseline, filmed from a side angle. The shoulder and trunk stay relatively quiet while the lower body works, with only a mild upper-body coil and uncoil as he steps laterally to emphasize separation between leg drive and torso rotation.
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9s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (4 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork drill on lowering the center of gravity from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His deep knee bend and pronounced hip drop into a wide base make it easy to see how the legs load and stay engaged as he moves.
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5.1s |
Hitting on the Run (4 of 10)
Nadal's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His footwork features a pronounced crossover step into an open stance followed by a quick recovery shuffle back toward the center.
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7.3s |
The Athletic Foundation (5 of 44)
Sharapova's baseline movement drill from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. Her hips stay low with a consistent knee bend as she drives laterally, showing strong push-off from the outside leg on each change of direction.
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11.9s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (5 of 15)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork drill on lateral and forward movement from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level angle. The racket is held in a stable, neutral position at contact height, helping align the strings square to the incoming ball as the player adjusts with small steps.
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5.7s |
Hitting on the Run (5 of 10)
Guillermo Coria's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point just in front of his lead hip, with a steep low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through the outside of the ball.
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9.6s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (5 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s step-out footwork drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a court-level rear angle. His semi-open stance step-out is paired with a neutral, relaxed hitting-hand wrist that stays stable with minimal flexion or extension throughout the movement pattern.
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3.7s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance
Alexander Zverev's forehand and serve mechanics are broken down in Pat Dougherty's animated analysis, filmed from a mixed side and rear instructional angle. You can clearly see how Zverev maintains a relaxed wrist with pronounced lag in the forehand loop and a strong pronation-driven wrist snap on the serve through contact.
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17.1s |
Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance (5 of 10)
Zverev's serve footwork progression from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. His pinpoint stance recovery is illustrated by his back leg driving up to meet the front foot, then landing balanced and ready to move into the court after contact.
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17.1s |
The Athletic Foundation (6 of 44)
Pat Dougherty's footwork animation from center court, filmed from a side angle. The racket stays in a neutral ready position at about waist height, with the strings roughly vertical as the player moves through the footwork pattern.
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11.7s |
The Athletic Foundation
Paul Hamori's stroke biomechanics animation from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through clearly brings the racquet up and across his body while his weight transfers onto the front foot before returning toward a neutral stance.
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9.3s |
Hitting on the Run (6 of 10)
Ferrero's neutral forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip stays firm while the wrist maintains noticeable lag through the running step, then snaps forward just before contact.
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8.6s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (6 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork unweighting drill from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After each unweighting step he quickly regains a neutral stance with both hands in front and weight evenly reset, ready for the next reaction step.
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9.1s |
The Athletic Foundation (7 of 44)
Pat Dougherty’s footwork animation on neutral-court positioning, filmed from a side instructional angle. The sequence clearly illustrates how his feet stay light with minimal heel contact, while the ankles and knees flex in sync to keep the weight centered over the balls of the feet for quick, low-impact directional changes.
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5.6s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (7 of 11)
Pat Dougherty's neutral stance baseline position, filmed from a side animation angle. The contact point is modeled with the racket slightly in front of the lead hip, showing a closed racket face and upward swing path coordinated with a precise foot pivot.
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4.4s |
Hitting on the Run (7 of 10)
Nadal's running forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a side court-level angle. His outside leg plants deeply with significant knee bend while the hips stay closed to the net until just before contact, emphasizing lateral push-off and hip unwinding on the run.
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27.5s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (8 of 11)
Federer's return from a neutral position, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip stays relaxed with a subtle wrist layback on the unit turn, then firms up just before contact to stabilize the racket face.
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5.2s |
Hitting on the Run (8 of 10)
Pat Dougherty's footwork drill focusing on hitting on the run from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. After contact the player’s momentum continues through the court with a long lateral recovery step and the non-hitting arm extending for balance before returning to a ready position.
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9.7s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (8 of 15)
Pat Dougherty’s neutral-stance movement drill from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level angle. The relaxed continental grip keeps the wrist relatively firm, with only a slight, controlled hinge as the racket moves through the preparation and contact phases.
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13.7s |
The Athletic Foundation (8 of 44)
Nevi's footwork drill in the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His rapid split-step into small adjustment steps and recovery shuffles keeps his stance compact and ready to move in any direction.
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5.6s |
Pat Dougherty: Advanced Reaction Steps (9 of 11)
Pat Dougherty’s reaction footwork drill from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay low with a deep knee bend as he executes a quick drop step, using strong lateral leg drive to push off and change direction.
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3.1s |
Hitting on the Run (9 of 10)
Hewitt's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face, and the upward windshield-wiper swing path is clear as the racket accelerates through contact.
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7.9s |
April 2006 Issue
Player's forehand from an open stance near the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The rear view makes the degree of shoulder turn and timing of the trunk uncoil especially clear as the torso rotates ahead of the arm during the forward swing.
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23.2s |
April 2006 Issue
Pat Dougherty’s open-stance footwork drill from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The player’s semi-western forehand grip stays constant while the wrist remains relaxed with a slight laid-back angle as they load and push off laterally.
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23.2s |
Building the Pinpoint Serve: The Checkpoints (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty’s serve instruction on the pinpoint stance from a central baseline coaching position, filmed from a CourtLevel rear angle. The video emphasizes how the shoulders and trunk progressively coil as the back hip loads, then uncoil in sequence from the legs through the torso to the hitting shoulder at each checkpoint of the motion.
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243.5s |
Detailing the First 6 Serve Checkpoints (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty's serve from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. At contact his racket face is slightly tilted forward with the ball struck just above full arm extension, and the racket head accelerates on an upward-and-forward path along the right side of his body.
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1262.2s |
The Pinpoint: The Preset Motion (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty's serve using the preset motion from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact he lands on his front (left) foot and quickly lets his tossing arm drop and fold across his body as he returns to a balanced ready stance.
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179.9s |
The Pinpoint: The Full Motion (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty's full-motion serve progression filmed from a fixed side angle. His pinpoint stance sequence is clear as he brings the back foot up to the front, then drives up with a coordinated knee bend and upward leg drive into the trophy position.
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264s |
The Last 6 Pinpoint Serve Checkpoints (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty's serve with a pinpoint stance from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively closed as the back foot slides up, with a pronounced knee bend and upward leg drive creating a strong vertical push into the trophy and launch phases.
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1238.2s |
The Pinpoint Serve Part 5: The Cylinder (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty’s pinpoint serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact his follow-through wraps across his body as his back leg swings forward, helping him land balanced and recover into a compact ready position.
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595.3s |
Throwing Skills: Drills and Exercises (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty's throwing motion drill filmed from a side angle at court level. His relaxed grip and loose wrist clearly hinge back during the loading phase and then snap through late toward the target.
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885.2s |
Building the Pinpoint Serve: 4 Power Sources (1 of 1)
Pat Dougherty’s pinpoint serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. You can clearly see the continental grip with a loose wrist that pronates aggressively through contact, creating a distinct wrist snap as the racquet accelerates up and into the ball.
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877.2s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (6 of 15)
Pat Dougherty's one-handed backhand in a closed stance from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. The side view makes it clear how his front knee drives forward and his rear hip rotates through as he steps into the ball, with significant knee bend during the loading phase.
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7s |
Lateral and Forward Movement (7 of 15)
Player's two-handed backhand from a neutral court position in a closed stance, filmed from a side angle. After contact, the player’s weight clearly transfers onto the front foot as the racquet finishes high and the non-hitting hand helps guide the shoulders back toward a ready position for the next step.
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6.9s |
