How to Cock Your Serve

Do you push your serve? or stiff-arm it? If so, then this month's shot-making tip is for you.

A serve happens too fast for you to control it by thinking how to hit it. So don't even try to think your way through it. You can get the feel of it in slow motion. Once you've got the feel, go out there and let it go.

Here's one of the best servers of all time, Pete Sampras. Once he gets the racket cocked correctly (in about the 7th frame), it naturally drops behind his back as he starts to "throw" the serve, building up tremendous racket-head speed.

It's mostly leverage, not muscle.

See the rest in The Service Motion at the main site, where you'll see more photos and a video.