The tennis serve is a shot that starts the point no matter who is serving. holding serve is a normal routine in professional tennis – rather than worrying about trying to hold serve, the game turn into more about trying to dictate play on challengers serve. Many begginers atheletes struggle with their tennis serve because the absence of the fundamental technique they need to hit a well and more dominant serve. There are five tennis serve movement phase descriptins with anatomical analysis of movement. 1 ) Stance
An athelet begin the serve in launching position holding down the racquet (in right hand) with the tennis ball (in left hand) out in front of the body and tilting in the direction of the net. The body is totally relaxed and turned
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Left elbow- extension
Phallanges - adduction
Hip joint – right hip- abduction
Knee joint – right and left – slightly flexed
2 ) preparation
Cervical spine – neck- slight flexion,
Thoracic and lumbar spine – slight flexion
Shoulder girdle- right shoulder – adduction , upward rotation Left shoulder- upward rotation
Shoulder joint – right shoulder – diagonally abduction Left shoulder – abduction
Elbow joint – right elbow – slight flexion Left elbow- extension
Wrist - extension
Phallanges - adduction
Hip joint – -adduction
Knee joint – right and left – fully extended
3) Acceleration
Cervical spine – neck- slight flexion
Thoracic and lumbar spine – slight flexion
Shoulder girdle- right shoulder – upward rotation Left shoulder- dowanward rotation
Shoulder joint – right shoulder – abduction Left shoulder – adduction
Elbow joint – right elbow – extended Left elbow- extension
Wrist - extension
Phallanges – adduction, adduction
Hip joint – right hip- extension Left hip – abduction, flexion
Knee joint – right knee- fully extention Left knee-
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scapula and clavicle abduction
Glenohumaral joint Internal rotation Flexion Extension Adduction
Ulna, radius , humerus elbow – flexion, extension
And elbow joint forearm - supination, pronation
Phalanges adduction
Carpals wrist hyperextension
Pelvic girdle (hip joint) hip flexion Hyper extension Abduction
Femure ( knee joint ) flexion
Tibia, fibula (ankle joint ) ankle dorsiflexion
Tarsals , calcaneus, cuboid extension
Navicular, cuniform,
Metatarsals, phalanges MUSCULAR ANALYSIS
Neck hyper extension semispinalis capitis Splenus capitis Rectus capitis Posterior major Lattisimus