Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva did not notice the slight spin of the tennis ball when she lofted it to start her serve.
"I had been playing tennis for like 13 years and I never felt like my ball was spinning during my serve when I toss," she said. "Now I feel it and I'm working it and it helps me."
Jay Louderback noticed, which is the advantage of having someone who coached Notre Dame to 24 NCAA tennis berths on staff as the volunteer assistant at Wichita State.
Louderback, who retired in 2018 after 29 seasons at Notre Dame, spent most of the fall helping Shocker women's coach Colin Foster.