You hear it all the time: You’re only as good as your second serve. Perhaps that’s an overstatement, but it’s tough to advance in the tennis ranks if your second serve is inconsistent and attackable.

The former US Open champion has an amazing kick serve. Stosur hits one of the heaviest balls on tour—high velocity combined with incredible topspin, on both her first and second deliveries. The key to ...

Learning The Kick Serve With This ExerciseUse this targeted drill to develop the spin and height needed for an effective kick serve#kickserve#tennisskills#servepractice What new satellite photos ...

Objective: To quantify and compare the full body kinematics and shoulder joint kinetics during the high-performance tennis flat (FS) and kick serves (KS). Methods: A 12-camera 250 Hz, Vicon motion ...

Correspondence to Dr Marc Safran, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, 450 Broadway St, M/C 6342, Redwood City, California 94063, USA; msafran{at}stanford.edu Purpose The tennis ...

It’s not quite a first serve. It’s certainly not a typical second serve. Then what is it? It’s a hybrid of the two, and Novak Djokovic has brought it out to play in 2020. The 16-time Grand Slam ...