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Experience how it feels to hold your racket with different degrees of firmness. Allow your wrist to show you what it feels like to move in a full, flexible arc. Don’t assume you know just because you’ve been told; let yourself feel the wrist motion intimately. If you are in any doubt, ask the pro to show you the motion, not tell you about it. Then, in your mind’s eye imagine your serving motion, this time seeing distinctly your wrist moving from a fully cocked position, reaching up to the sky, then snapping down until it points to the court on the follow-through. After you have fixed the image of your new wrist motion, serve again. Remember that if you try to snap your wrist, it will probably overtighten, so just let it go. Let it be flexible; allow it to snap in an everincreasing arc as much as it wants to. Encourage it, but don’t force it. Not trying does not mean being limp. Discover for yourself what it does mean.