Serve

Tennis Serve Analysis The all important tennis serve; people say it’s the hardest part in tennis; that the server wins the point and so people need to know how to do it well. In this presentation I will compare and contrast my tennis serve with a professional to highlight my weaknesses and to provide recommendations through different types of practice and feedback to improve my serve. The major weakness in my tennis serve is the incorrect balance of weight in the prep phase, no snap of the wrist in the impact phase, no follow through motion in the recovery phase and an inconsistent ball toss. To improve on my serve I will use different types of practice relative to my flaws and feedback. If I apply my recommendations of types of practice and…

“public way”. There are many factors behind said choices. For most, they do not choose to live on the streets and panhandle for a living. Additionally, the author then goes on to talk about how after Local Law 45, there was a further deterioration of sidewalk life. How people would fight every day for the only remaining bit of legal sidewalk for their business. How vendors would fight not only other vendors, but police as well for the space. The sidewalk eventually became a first come first…

In tennis, there are a few movements that are key to winning the match. When someone plays tennis they are looking for the other player to make a mistake, or to make a shot too hard for the other player to hit. The basic movements of a tennis match are serves and rallies. How a player hits the ball with their racket determines what speed, spin, and trajectory of the ball. These actions can be analyzed through the lens of a physicist to find out what exactly happens. Let’s begin with the serve.…

All it took for my friends to lure me into tennis was to suggest that I join the team with them sophomore year. At first it started out as something to do with my friends, but soon became a hobby and passion of mine as I learned more about the game. Tennis is a sport that involves two players hitting a ball back and forth across a net to each other using a racquet. It may sound simple, but decades have passed since the game was created and has given people time to turn the game into a highly…

Growing up in Brooklyn, in the early 90’s was one of the best experiences in my life. I remember the ice cream trucks, corner stores, fire hydrates being opened for the kids especially when there was a block party but most of all, the unity of families and neighbors. Many people will say “Brooklyn, only the strong survive” and I have lived by that phrase my entire life. It showed me the beauty of living in one of the boroughs that makes up New York City and has taught me to be a strong…

In the article “To Serve and Collect? Police Department Fundings, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy”, Brian A. Jackson discusses how the financial crisis that hit the City of Ferguson has lead the people to mistrust their Justice, Law, and most of all Police departments. In Ferguson due to the insufficient fundings in past years, the Police Department has come up with a method to gain revenue on their own. However, their method of seizing properties from crimes that in some cases have yet to be…

I heard my scooter wheels harshly scratching against the rocky pavement. I glanced up to see a very unfamiliar place and Pearl, my best friend. I felt my stomach growl a roar of hunger calling for food as I remembered the lunch I had a lengthy and tiring 4 hours ago. I wanted to go back to Pearl’s house to play so dreadfully. We were lost and we needed to get back home, soon. It all started when we were playing on Pearl’s driveway. We heard loud, high pitched, music booming from the icecream…

During my time at the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, I experienced a different setting in which I was given a great amount of independence and responsibility. I helped manage Day to Serve, an annual initiative, that our office coordinates on behalf of the Governor of Maryland. I worked with two other interns and we were given almost complete autonomy in overseeing this huge program. I connected with many community leaders and nonprofit, business executives to network Day to Serve…

Serve Or Fail Summary Dave Eggers’ story talks about the benefits of doing public service and the downside of it. As said in his story many students have a little bit too much of free time during their college days, sometimes it goes up to four days, especially with athletes who don't do much but train all four years like Eggers. “In 14 states, a bill was passed that required 90,000 students perform 25 hours of community serves’’ to help out the community and to probably get their asses of their…

with a serve and as time went on, the serve became more and more complex. Different varieties and techniques of the serve started to emerge as the game grew. There are three primary techniques that are used for the serve; the standing float, the jump float, and the topspin jump serve. A closer look at the proper form for the topspin jump serve will be broken down into four main phases. The joint angles and outcomes of a novice will be compared to those of an expert to analyze this popular serve.…