The Beautiful Biomechanics of the Power Serve: Part 1
The serve: marvel of the kinetic chain!
The tennis serve is an incredible marvel of the human kinetic chain and a beautiful sight to behold when performed well. The serve is generally considered the most important shot in the game by coaches and sport scientists.
The serve is also the most complex and difficult shot in the game to master. Mark Kovacs, a leading biomechanics expert, says that the tennis serve may be the most difficult skill to master in any sport.
Remarkably, the first scientific study of the kinetic chain in nationally ranked players occurred only in 1986, and to this day there is still a relative scarcity of research on tennis serve biomechanics when compared to biomechanics research in other sports like baseball. This article and the one to follow will present some of the important biomechanical and technical details of the power serve to help coaches and players build a beautiful world class serve motion.
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Chris Lewit is a leading high-performance coach, author, and educator. He is the
author of the best-selling book, The Secrets of Spanish Tennis, and a new technique
book, Winning Pretty, which will be published by New Chapter Press in paperback in
2025. Secrets of Spanish Tennis, Second Edition will be published in September 2024,
also by New Chapter Press. He is also a contributing editor for Tennisplayer.net
magazine and a long-time member of the USPTA and PTR. As an educator, he has
presented at several large conferences including the PTR International Tennis
Symposium. Chris is currently studying kinesiology and biomechanics and headed for
graduate school in that field.
As a player, Chris Lewit played No. 1 for Cornell University and competed on the
USTA and ITF pro circuits. As a coach, he has recently worked with several No. 1 junior
players in the US and has trained hundreds of nationally ranked juniors. He directs a
full-time academy for homeschool/online players and a high performance summer camp
program, as well as high performance training for all ages and levels, all at his
club in the beautiful green mountains of Manchester, Vermont. Contact Chris directly by
phone/WhatsApp 914-462-2912 or chris@chrislewit.com.
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