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How to Practice backswing in a tennis serve

May 7, 2009 10:03 PM

A girl serves a tennis ball on a court while a male player watches.

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The third step of the tennis serve is the backswing. The backswing is how you take the racket back during your service preparation. You're backswing needs to position your arm and the tennis racket in a way that allows you to swing forward correctly later in your service motion. The relationship between your arm and the tennis racket that allows you to do that is called the "L" position.

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