Anatomical Analysis Of Tennis Serve

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

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-

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