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  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    There’s no point serving fast if your opponent knows where the ball is going, that’s worthless. If you can have your opponent guessing, that’s worth a lot.

    IMPORTANT!! SERVE

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Never expect to serve an ace

    Important: serve

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Sabine Lisicki, a former Wimbledon finalist who has held the record for the fastest serve in the women’s game, on ‘HOW TO SERVE AT 131MPH’ …

    Fact

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    The key to hitting a fast serve is rhythm: ‘Without rhythm, you will struggle. To get rhythm on your serve, you need to spend some time on the practice court – when you’ve got it you can stand there on the baseline, just toss the ball up and hit it as hard as you can.

    IMPORTANT: serv

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    The flatter serves are the quick ones.

    IMPORTANT: serve

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Sam Groth, who holds the world record for the fastest recorded serve, on ‘HOW TO SERVE AT 163MPH’ …

    Fact

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Try to stay relaxed: ‘If I try to really wallop the ball, I’m prone to mis-hits, and I end up being all over the shop.

    IMPORTANT: serve

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Sam Stosur, a former US Open champion, on ‘HOW TO HIT THE PERFECT KICK SERVE’ …

    Fact

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    ‘To hit a good kick serve it needs to be to the left for a right-hander and, I find, a little bit behind. You don’t want the ball to be too far in front of you, too far into the court. If you think of a square, you’re moving the racket from the bottom left corner up to the top right.’
    Use your whole body: ‘You have to have good core strength and the ability to bend. You don’t necessarily want to be thinking specifically about bending your back; a lot of it’s got to come from the legs as well. Then, you need good rotation through your shoulders.’

    IMPORTANT: kick serve (liftado)

  • Mariia Panasyukhas quotedlast year
    Sabine Lisicki, a former Wimbledon finalist, on ‘HOW TO HIT A BODY SERVE’ …

    Fact

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