This shot requires more perfect timing
2020年5月25日This shot requires more perfect timing, eyesight, and racquet work than any
other, since its margin of safety is smallest and its manifold chances of
mishaps numberless.
It is a pick-up. The ball meets the ground and racquet face at nearly the same
moment, the ball bouncing off the ground, on the strings. This shot is a
stiff-wrist, short swing, like a volley with no follow through. The racquet
face travels along the ground with a slight tilt over the ball and towards the
net, thus holding the ball low; the shot, like all others in tennis, should
travel across the racquet face, along the short strings. The racquet face
should always be slightly outside the ball.
The half volley is essentially a defensive stroke, since it should only be made
as a last resort, when caught out of position by your opponents shot. It is a
desperate attempt to extricate yourself from a dangerous position without
retreating. never deliberately half volley.
A tennis court is 39 feet long from baseline to net. There are only two places
in a tennis court that a tennis player should be to await the ball.
1. About 3 feet behind the baseline near the middle of the court, or
2. About 6 to 8 feet back from the net and almost opposite the ball.
The first is the place for all baseline players. The second is the net
position.
If you are drawn out of these positions by a shot which you must return, do not
remain at the point where you struck the ball, but attain one of the two
positions mentioned as rapidly as possible.
The distance from the baseline to about 10, feet from the net may be considered
as "no-mans-land" or "the blank." Never linger there, since
a deep shot will catch you at your feet. After making your shot from the blank,
as you must often do, retreat behind the baseline to await the return, so you
may again come forward to meet the ball. If you are drawn in short and cannot
retreat safely, continue all the way to the net position.
Never stand and watch your shot, for to do so simply means you are out of
position for your next stroke. Strive to attain a position so that you always
arrive at the spot the ball is going to before it actually arrives. Do your
hard running while the ball is in the air, so you will not be hurried in your
stroke after it bounces.
It is in learning to do this that natural anticipation plays a big role. Some
players instinctively know where the next return is going and take position
accordingly, while others will never sense it. It is to the latter class that I
urge court position, and recommend always coming in from behind the baseline to
meet the ball, since it is much easier to run forward than back.
Should you be caught at the net, with a short shot to your opponent, do not
stand still and let him pass you at will, as he can easily do. Pick out the
side where you think he will hit, and jump to, it suddenly as he swings. If you
guess right, you win the point. If you are wrong, you are no worse off, since
he would have beaten you anyway with his shot.
Your position should always strive to be such that you can cover the greatest
possible area of court without sacrificing safety, since the straight shot is
the surest, most dangerous, and must be covered. It is merely a question of how
much more court than that immediately in front of the ball may be guarded.
A well-grounded knowledge of court position saves many points, to say nothing
of much breath expended in long runs after hopeless shots.cpvc fitting factory--https://www.chinavalvefittings.com/product/fitting-series/sch80-cpvc-fitting/
other, since its margin of safety is smallest and its manifold chances of
mishaps numberless.
It is a pick-up. The ball meets the ground and racquet face at nearly the same
moment, the ball bouncing off the ground, on the strings. This shot is a
stiff-wrist, short swing, like a volley with no follow through. The racquet
face travels along the ground with a slight tilt over the ball and towards the
net, thus holding the ball low; the shot, like all others in tennis, should
travel across the racquet face, along the short strings. The racquet face
should always be slightly outside the ball.
The half volley is essentially a defensive stroke, since it should only be made
as a last resort, when caught out of position by your opponents shot. It is a
desperate attempt to extricate yourself from a dangerous position without
retreating. never deliberately half volley.
A tennis court is 39 feet long from baseline to net. There are only two places
in a tennis court that a tennis player should be to await the ball.
1. About 3 feet behind the baseline near the middle of the court, or
2. About 6 to 8 feet back from the net and almost opposite the ball.
The first is the place for all baseline players. The second is the net
position.
If you are drawn out of these positions by a shot which you must return, do not
remain at the point where you struck the ball, but attain one of the two
positions mentioned as rapidly as possible.
The distance from the baseline to about 10, feet from the net may be considered
as "no-mans-land" or "the blank." Never linger there, since
a deep shot will catch you at your feet. After making your shot from the blank,
as you must often do, retreat behind the baseline to await the return, so you
may again come forward to meet the ball. If you are drawn in short and cannot
retreat safely, continue all the way to the net position.
Never stand and watch your shot, for to do so simply means you are out of
position for your next stroke. Strive to attain a position so that you always
arrive at the spot the ball is going to before it actually arrives. Do your
hard running while the ball is in the air, so you will not be hurried in your
stroke after it bounces.
It is in learning to do this that natural anticipation plays a big role. Some
players instinctively know where the next return is going and take position
accordingly, while others will never sense it. It is to the latter class that I
urge court position, and recommend always coming in from behind the baseline to
meet the ball, since it is much easier to run forward than back.
Should you be caught at the net, with a short shot to your opponent, do not
stand still and let him pass you at will, as he can easily do. Pick out the
side where you think he will hit, and jump to, it suddenly as he swings. If you
guess right, you win the point. If you are wrong, you are no worse off, since
he would have beaten you anyway with his shot.
Your position should always strive to be such that you can cover the greatest
possible area of court without sacrificing safety, since the straight shot is
the surest, most dangerous, and must be covered. It is merely a question of how
much more court than that immediately in front of the ball may be guarded.
A well-grounded knowledge of court position saves many points, to say nothing
of much breath expended in long runs after hopeless shots.cpvc fitting factory--https://www.chinavalvefittings.com/product/fitting-series/sch80-cpvc-fitting/
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