Sampras serve coil

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Comment by Tim Prapong on November 30, 2011 at 6:01pm

Haha! Well, I would say, see if you've got the flexibility there. If you do, then by all means, use your god given shoulder. If you don't, maybe go the Federer route: use a loose takeback, high compact trophy with a relaxed wrist. 

Comment by Bill Patton on November 30, 2011 at 5:05pm

Sampras showed incredible shoulder flexibility through his shoulder blades, which makes this possible.   Don't try this at home...

Comment by Tim Prapong on November 30, 2011 at 3:48pm

Look at how far the hitting elbow is behind. Gives additional inner shoulder rotation. His toss arm is completely vertical and he is on his toes.