Adding a step to your serve might help. To master the technique, which is called the “pinpoint” stance, put thin rubber targets, or poly spots (available at tennistrainer.com), at the baseline ...

Serena Williams may have the best return of serve in tennis history ... The key to the shot is how it starts: with her stance. Williams prepares to return by turning not only her shoulders ...

Every great tennis player has a weakness ... changing his motion and stance to generate more lift and power. It made a good serve into a truly great one, which skids and slides off the lines ...

Like most big servers, he uses a pinpoint stance, where he starts with ... like blast emanates from Sam Groth’s tennis racket nearly every time he serves. If an opponent fails to react before ...

The way players now return the serve in tennis has evolved over the past decades ... modern return and Djokovic’s mastery of it. Wide stance Well-timed hop Wide stance Well-timed hop Wide ...

Obviously, there is a lot of variation among the serves of the top 100 singles players in men’s tennis, but the important patterns may surprise you. Let’s start with the least significant ...

But we’ve been missing a powerful, ancient weapon: the serve-and-volley. The tactic is all but extinct from women’s tennis, despite still being incredibly effective. Through the quarterfinals ...