Strokes: Return of Serve

Return of Serve – Breathe your way to a better return

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Unfortunately many of us hold our breath when we get nervous or uptight on the tennis court. If we do breathe, it’s usually shallow, which causes an increase in muscle tightness and blood pressure -making the situation worse.  We see this a lot on the return of serve. Players have a lot of time while   More >

Add Consistency to Your Return of Serve

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For a Consistent Return of Serve, Get to Know Your Routine UC Berkeley Hall of Fame Coach Jan Brogan has often been asked, “How do those servers or receivers stay so calm, cool, and collected regardless of the score on their serve and on their return?” When you’re returning serve, it’s critical to establish an   More >

A red hot doubles return for your game

Martha Downing, by Pat Parsons

Chip’n Charge Lob Return.  Wow, that’s a mouthful.  Here’s a way to mix up your return of serve on the doubles court AND take away the advantage from the serving team.  I see so many league players go on “auto pilot” with their doubles return of serve.  I’d say roughly 90% of the returns go   More >

Return of Serve Tennis Techniques

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If you think of your return of serve tennis stroke as a routine that you do every time you return a serve, you’ll be much more confident and successful. Different players have different techniques for tennis return of serve that make up their routines. Some walk up and back over the baseline, some sway back   More >

Return of Serve Tennis: Add Consistency and Power

Isa Return of Serve

One of my all-time, favorite shots in tennis is the return of serve. I love everything about the return of serve in tennis: the anticipation, visualizing exactly where I want to return the ball, focusing so intensely that once the ball is served there’s nothing in the world but me and my racquet’s point of   More >