Follow along as Serena Williams gives step-by-step twerking tutorial

In 2015, Serena Williams treated us to a tennis-flavored dance interpretation of Beyoncé’s hit song “7/11.” The following year she gave a step-by-step lesson in twerking — the booty-shaking dance that’s like Chubby Checker’s twist rotated 90 degrees.

A video posted by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Mar 10, 2016 at 1:44pm PST

How does one sufficiently develop the core muscles needed for superior twerking? Steal a page from Williams’ book and play tennis with a big-ass racket.

When you’re ready to take your twerking to the next level, here’s a full-length instructional video from South Bronx dancer and choreographer Tweetie of TweetBoogie fame. Happy twerking!