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What is ISR?
Part 1: The Serve
Part 2: The Forehand
Part 3: The Onehanded Backhand
Part 4: The Twohanded Backhand
Part 5: The Forehand Volley - New

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Where Are We Now? The Serve
The Arc of the Toss
Second Serve
The Women
Part 1
Part 2

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Where Are We Now? The Forehand
Two "Modern" Forehands
The Forehand: Part 1
The Forehand: Part 2

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Your Forehand and the Modern Forehand
Your Forehand and the Modern Forehand: A Summary
The Contact Point
Shoulder Rotation
The Reverse Forehand
The Forward Swing Part 1: Extension
The Forward Swing Part 2: Hand and Arm Rotation
Hitting Arm Positions: The Straight Elbow Hitting Arm Position
Hitting Arm Positions: The Double Bend
Backswing: Part 1
Backswing: Part 2
Grip and Contact Height
Preparation

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Classical Tennis and Modern Tennis
How Modern was Don Budge's Forehand?
Classical Tennis, Modern Tennis, Your Tennis

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The Pro Return of Serve
The Pro Return: The One Handed Backhand Drive
The Forehand Return of Serve Part 1: Compact Classical The Forehand Return of Serve Part 2: Extreme Grips


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Novak Djokovic Forehand
Novak Djokovic's Forehand: A New Synthesis Novak Djokovic's Forehand: Start of the Preparation
Novak Djokovic's Forehand: The Full Turn and the Backswing
Novak Djokovic's Forehand: The Forward Swing


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The Modern Pro Slice
The Modern Pro Slice: Spin Levels The Pro Slice: Stroke Components
The Pro Slice and Your Slice


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Volleys
Backhand Volley
Backhand Volley Variations
The Forehand Volley
The Forehand Volley Variations

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Sampras Serve
The Mystery of the High Elbow
Hip and Shoulder Rotation
Measuring Racket Head Speed: A New Study of the Sampras Serve
New Filming Protocols Classic Motions

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Backhand Stances
Two Handed Backhand Stances in Women's Pro Tennis
The Extreme Closed Stance: The Pro One Handed Backhand
Backhand Stances in the Pro Two-Hander

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The One-Handed Topspin Backhand
Introduction
The Grip Shift and Unit Turn
The Backswing(s)
The Forward Swing
Hitting Stances
Hand and Arm Rotation

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The Osmosis Clinic
The Osmosis Clinic: Forehand
The Osmosis Clinic: Backhand
The Osmosis Clinic: One-Handed Backhand
The Osmosis Clinic: Forehand Volleys

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Federer Serve
Federer's Serve Locations: 2nd Serve Placements
Federer's Serve Locations: Deuce Court
Federer's Serve Locations: 1st Serve Ad Court
The Upward Swing: Federer's Serve in High Speed and High Def
Roger Federer Serve Part 1
Roger Federer Serve Part 2

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The Two-Handed Backhand
Two-Handed Backhand: The 4 Variations
The Two-Handed Backhand: Hand and Arm Rotation
The Two-Handed Backhand: Preparation and Backswing
The Two-Handed Backhand: The Hitting Stances
The Two-Handed Backhand: The Forward Swing
Andy Roddick's Two-Handed Backhand

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Andy Roddick: The New Serving Model?
Andy Roddick: Understanding Andy Roddick's Serve Part 1
Andy Roddick: Understanding Andy Roddick's Serve Part 2

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Building The Modern Forehand
Andy Murray and the Open Stance Forehand
What is "True" in Tennis
Extension and Rotation
Grip Structures in the Modern Forehand
Grip Structures in the Modern Forehand part 2
Hitting Stances in the Modern Forehand
Rafael Nadal's Forehand
Roger Federer: Evolution of The Modern Forehand Part 1
Roger Federer: Evolution of The Modern Forehand Part 2
Shot Variations
Hand and Arm Rotation
Shoulder Rotation
Racket Face Angle
Key Differences Across the Grip Styles
Understanding the Backswing(s)
Common Elements Across the Grip Styles

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Myths and Realities in Pro Tennis
The Myth of the Message Board
The Myth of Hitting Around the Ball
The Myth of the Dog
The Myth of Lag and Snap
The Myth of the Archer's Bow
Myths About Low to High on the Pro Forehand
The Myth of the Recovery Step: Backhand
The Myth of the Recovery Step: Forehand
The Stringbed and the Pro Contact Point
The Myth of the Tennis Tip
The Myth of the Wrist: Serve
The Myth of the Wrap
Myth of the Pinpoint Stance
The Myth of the Back Foot
The Myth of the Toss
The Myth of the Pitch
The Myth of the Wrist: The Forehand
The Myth of the Backswing
The Myth of the Wrist: The Backhand

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Tennis Magazine
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Tennis Channel
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Matt Barrett: A Memorial
Matt Barrett: A Memorial

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In Memoriam: Cynthia Yandell
In Memoriam: Cynthia Yandell