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Novak Djokovic actually gives 7 lessons in this video on the fundamentals of tennis (and one wicked John McEnroe impression)_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 18, 2016 2:15 PM UTC  ATP chairman Chris Kermode and vice chairman Mark Young listen to reporter's question during a press conference at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 18, 2016. ATP chairman Chris Kermode and vice chairman Mark Young listen to reporter's question during a press conference at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 18, 2016. Shuji Kajiyama—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 18, 2016 2:15 PM UTC Tennis authorities are denying claims that they have suppressed or overlooked evidence of suspected match-fixing among top players. On Sunday, one day before the start of the Australian Open, BuzzFeed News and the BBC [published a joint report](http://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket#.yy5AQlDQBm) describing leaked documents that allege a group of about 16 players have continued to compete without sanctions despite repeated warnings about corruption to the sport’s governing bodies from bookmakers, police and gambling authorities. No athletes were named in the story. “The Tennis Integrity Unit and tennis authorities absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match-fixing has been suppressed for any reason or isn’t being thoroughly investigated,” Chris Kermode, head of the Association of Professional Tennis Players, said at a news conference Monday, [the AP reports](http://time.com/4184281/tennis-deny-suppressing-fixing/). He added that the sport’s anti-corruption body, the Tennis Integrity Unit, investigates every claim, including “lots of anecdotal reports,” but only takes action when there is “evidence that we can use.” Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic, who said his team rejected an offer in the mid-2000s to throw a game in Russia, for now has dismissed the report as “just speculation.” “We have, I think, a sport \[that has\] evolved and upgraded our programs and authorities to deal with these particular cases,” he said. “There’s no real proof or evidence yet of any active players \[taking part in match-fixing\], for that matter. As long as it’s like that, it’s just speculation.” \[[_AP_](http://time.com/4184281/tennis-deny-suppressing-fixing/)\] ## Transcript >> Hi. I'm Sean Gregory from TIME. com. And we are here in Tenafly, New Jersey, across the Hudson River with Novak Djokovic, the 4th ranked player in the world. And Novak is gonna give us a free tennis lesson here on TIME. com. Novak, thank you for-- so much for doing this. >> My pleasure. >> Novak, let's talk about the serve. Obviously, we all can't serve above 100 miles an hour like you guys. But just talk to me a little bit about, you know, the motion, the angles of your body, throwing the ball up. >> Considering my case, I always try to-- try to toss a ball a bit higher. Tossing the ball higher gives you more time to involve your legs, which basically are-- maybe even the most important, you know, part of your body for the serve, including the wrist. It's very important, the moment of impact-- the moment of impact, the speed and pace, where you get is from the wrist, you know. So, acceleration from this part of the-- exactly. From this part of the arm, from the elbow, and of course, the wrist-- wrist action in the end. And you want to keep your upper body as loose as possible. >> Are you ready? >> Yup. 125 down the middle. >> Ouch. >> Just walk us through your forehand and also, again, the follow through. You know, I've heard you-- all your legs should come through, you should twist on one foot. Tell me what you do. >> I start with the-- with the right foot. And if I have more time, I just try to follow through because then, I get more pace and, you know, more power in the shot. So, if I wanna produce more spin, I try to get from this back foot, you know, more acceleration from the back foot so I can get more spin. Keep your hand as relaxed as possible because then, you can actually get this follow through-- which is really important in any shot you play, especially a forehand. When I wanna get that follow through. If you wanna get a spin, you bend more, and you do more work with your wrist. >> Okay, Novak. Let's talk about the backhand. One hand, two hand. You have two hands. Walk us through your two- hand backhand. >> Actually, when I started playing tennis, I started playing it for two years with the one- handed backhand. And then, I decided to change because I was small, I was tiny, I was skinny with no power. And then, I just got frustrated by all the players playing to my backhand, and I couldn't, you know, get the ball back. And so, I decided to play with two hands. And today, I think, you know, my two- handed backhand is even-- may be even a best shot in my game. I try not to involve too much the wrists. The second thing is obviously a weight transfer and hip involvement. If I wanna hit the long line, then I have to, you know, close myself a bit more. If I wanna hit across court, then I open up-- open myself up because then, I have a bigger range of, you know, placing the ball more to the sidelines. >> People try to do the drop shot. They see somebody back in the baseline and they just try to kind of sneak it in there, and then they wind up hitting it five feet short. Can you just walk us through how you do the drop shot? >> Well, yes. Drop shot is actually one of my favorite shots. It's because you, you know, you get to change the pace. It's much more difficult to play a drop shot from the back foot. It's much easier to ply a drop shot when you're in front of your body and when your upper body is in, you know, forward position. So, you know, you try to open up your racquet-- racquet head and just go through it and make like a short slice. You wanna make this little cut, you know, make this little spin so the ball can stop. >> How can you make yourself strong at the net? >> With the volleys, the most important thing is to try to hit the ball just in front of yourself and always keep your head still, obviously, and try to be low, low- balanced in your legs. So basically, again, you're covering this part of the court and up to here. And you wanna stay a bit inside of the service line but not too much. Because if you get too much-- too close to the net, then you give your opponent an option to lob you. This is the natural and starting position for the tennis player from the baseline, from the volley. You try to keep your racquet just in front of you because from here, you have this motion, this motion. If you keep it here, then it takes more time to lift your head up. So, this is very important to keep your head still and up. >> Beginning players, the-- somebody makes a bad shot, the ball is up in the air. You're just ready to smash it and you either swing and miss or hit it, you know, into the net. Just help us not make that mistake. >> Okay. >> How do you hit that smash shot well? >> One of the most important things is a-- is a left arm with the right handers. This arm is like your target, you know. It helps you find the ball and position your body always, you know, in upwards position and just be stable. And like at the serve, you know, you need to have this follow through and this wrist action. Exactly-- >> So you think it's the wrist. >> Exactly. You want above the wrist, you want to relax as much as you can, the upper body. But footwork is most important. Because if you have a bad footwork and for example, you are-- you have a narrow position of the back foot, you know, you have no balance and then you try to do different things with the upper body. But if you have a good position, here, then you can do whatever with the upper body. And again, you have to keep the arm you're hitting with, you have to keep it more-- very relaxed. So, you wanna keep your left arm always ahead and try to search for the ball. Search for the ball, keep your-- keep your legs working all the time, and finding a way to hit the smash. And you wanna follow through all the time. Uh- oh. Uh- oh. Trouble. One more. Exactly. So, you need to follow through. >> Whatever you're going against, what are some of the basic things to keep in mind in returning the serve? >> What I like to do, I like to stay somewhere in the middle because-- for the first serve-- because that gives me enough options to block the shot and to, you know, to spin it and follow through. For the second serve, I like to come a bit closer to the baseline and make a split step. So, what you wanna do is you wanna do a very small split step, just to be ready and be able to, you know, accelerate from then on. Just try to make a short swing because any big swing with a big serve is-- you serve more than 120 miles per hour, you're losing your time. So, you wanna make a short swing and try to keep your upper body-- keep your upper body straight all the time. So, you can-- you can get forward, you know, and being in control and-- being in control of the point than being aggressive. >> Can you serve second serve? >> So, second serve, I start from here and make a split step in the court, and try to hit-- to hit the ball and getting the control of the point and getting to the comfort zone. If that comfort zone is on the baseline or if the second serve is very short and I have a feeling that-- and I see and I recognize that the return of the second serve was really good, and that my opponent is stretching out than being very defensive. That's when I wanna move a couple of steps and try to hit the second shot volley. >> You're famous for your impressions. Wanna give us any good impressions right now? >> Should I do it or not? I don't know. >> Come on. >> I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Let's do John McEnroe because we have-- we never did John McEnroe. Seventies and 80s, they used to wear socks like these. >> Yet they have tighter shorts. >> Exactly. So-- and I'll just try to reduce the size of my shorts and-- exactly. Something like this. John, you're never gonna forgive me. >> What? It was white? You cannot be serious. You cannot be serious. 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