To me a lot of people do not understand how important the 2^nd serve is. For me it’s the most important shot in tennis. You either win or you will lose matches with your 2nd serve. And oddly enough, very few people practice the 2nd serve if it is the most important shot in the game.I think that’s something that tennis players should be doing.

Just like when kids are playing basketball in their driveway if they have a basketball hoop. over their garage. They are practicing free throws since they’re 8 years old. They practice free throws so that when you do get to a match and you are a basketball player and it could 1 second left in the clock, these guys rarely miss their free throw. They come into that line. They’ve got their routine. They do exactly the same routine for years and years and years. They go in there and “boom” and it’s just nothing but net.

Well, the free throw is the 2^nd serve for a tennis player and a tennis player should get to know their 2^nd serve to the point where he or she can take that 2^nd serve as his ally to the battle rather than his enemy to the battle.