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Leylah Fernandez has been voted the #BJKCup Finals Heart Award winner in recognition of her performance at the Finals! ๐จ๐ฆ ๐
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My son is aiming for a 130 MPH serve! Follow his journey and game plan to ramp up that speed. Watch the first speed check. #tennis
130 MPH! Day 3 (radar gun locked in) https://t.co/e7R41NS1Pm
Best ways to improve serve speed...
- Lift heavy (cleans, squats, shoulder press)
- Plyos & Sprints
- Practice 8-12 Max out serves twice a week
It's not always the technique.
๐ฆ๐บ Nick Kyrgios on comparing todayโs Tennis game to those in decades past:
โThe game was so slow back then.
Iโve watched Boris Becker and Iโm not saying they werenโt good in their time, but to say that they would be just as good now, itโs absurd.
A big serve back then was like 197 to 200 KM/H. People like me, we serve 220 consistently, to corners. Itโs a whole different ball game.
Iโm not saying they wouldnโt have found their way.
But serve and volley, to do it all the time now, you need to be serving 220, because if you serve anything less than 220, bro, Djokovic eats you alive. He eats you alive. Bro Lleyton Hewitt destroyed Sampras one year at the U.S. Open. That was the first prototype of someone who could return serve.
He made Sampras look like sh*t. And what would Djokovic do to someone like Sampras? It would be a cleanup. If Hewitt was doing it, Djokovic would destroy him. He would eat him alive.โ
Source: The Athletic ๐ฃ๏ธ
It's not just about the skills; the right gear can make all the difference on the tennis court. ๐พ
Whether it's...
- A precision racquet
- Low-to-the-ground shoes with the perfect grip
- Strings that feel like an extension of your arm