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I've also seen players actually whistling or singing while they simulate the serve while waiting for their court. The point here is that the player is relaxed and can begin to set a pattern for the actual match serve. There's another advantage to all of this: the player who warms up the service motion slowly and carefully is actually preventing injuries to the shoulder. I can recall many times introducing Ken Rosewall to the crowd when he would come out on to the court simulating a short service motion while the fans cheered his arrival.

The typical serve we see today is characterized by the throwing arm going up while the racket pauses behind the back, i.e., the "trophy look". This is definitely a harder motion to simulate using a rhythmical method as the ball toss dictates the rhythm. The serve of the future will look more like the baseball pitcher's motion without the leg coil. The tossing arm and the hitting arm will both coil backwards together before the toss is made, making the rhythmic counting easier and more practical. With this style, the throwing hand delays the toss and the racket and the throwing hand are working in parallel most of the way. If you watch a baseball player coil his body before throwing the ball, you will get the idea.

A final word on the serve. Many servers tend to look out to the opponent's side before hitting the ball. It is always in your best interest to keep your head still during the complete service action. When you look out to see where the ball is going before hitting the ball, and because your head weighs more inch for inch than any other part of your body, your stroke will change dramatically and you'll be lucky to keep the ball in your home state.

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