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Tenicity trainee, Lucky Kancherla playing tennis

Lucky Kancherla Success Story

I had the pleasure of meeting Likhitha “Lucky” Kancherla and her parents in December 2017. At the time, Lucky was a junior in high school and was looking for a coach who could create a development plan and program to help her to improve her game substantially. It was an excellent fit for both of us as my passion and interest is to develop players as part of a systematic and organized approach.

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Tennis coach, Harsh Mankad demonstrates the racquet extension to the point of contact on the return of a 2nd serve.

Attacking With Your Return Of The 2nd Serve

The return of the 2nd serve is an opportunity to attack which creates a sharp contrast between this shot and the return of the 1st serve. In this blog, I will illustrate the differences between the two shots and share tips and tactics to help you to develop your return of the 2nd serve into a strong point of your game as I did in my career.

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Tenicity Founder, Harsh Mankad with the ATP Manchester Open Singles Trophy.

Fundamentals of Developing Into A Solid Grass Court Tennis Player!

In thinking back to my early success on grass, it stemmed from the fact that I had an accurate serve, penetrating groundstrokes that enabled me to effectively transition from the baseline to the net, and solid returns which created opportunities for me to break serve. Later, as I made the Indian Davis Cup team, I found myself surrounded by a group of excellent grass court players.

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