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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What do these mean?
I'm having trouble understanding the following tennis instructions:
From the moment the ball leaves your racquet, you are in the finishing stage of your stroke, or the follow-through. (this part I understand)
Your follow-through should end with your racquet arm fully but comfortably extended, the racquet head pointing toward the sky at about a 45-degree angle. (this part I understand)
The racquet should be in line with the point where you want your shot to land. In fact, the path of your follow-through really helps you get the ball where you want it to go. (this part I understand)
If you want your shot to go across the court, come farther around on your follow-through. Shots that go across the court are called cross-court shots. To drive the ball cross court, strike it closer to its outside edge and finish farther across your body. (Don't you want all your shots to go across the court? What does come farther around on your follow-through mean? What does strike it closer to its outside edge and finish farther across your body mean?)
If you want the shot to go straight, use a slightly longer follow-through, and finish farther out in front of you. This kind of shot is called a down-the-line shot. For down-the-line shots, hit directly on the back of the ball and follow through forward, rather than around your body. (completely confused)
Thanks so much.
From the moment the ball leaves your racquet, you are in the finishing stage of your stroke, or the follow-through. (this part I understand)
Your follow-through should end with your racquet arm fully but comfortably extended, the racquet head pointing toward the sky at about a 45-degree angle. (this part I understand)
The racquet should be in line with the point where you want your shot to land. In fact, the path of your follow-through really helps you get the ball where you want it to go. (this part I understand)
If you want your shot to go across the court, come farther around on your follow-through. Shots that go across the court are called cross-court shots. To drive the ball cross court, strike it closer to its outside edge and finish farther across your body. (Don't you want all your shots to go across the court? What does come farther around on your follow-through mean? What does strike it closer to its outside edge and finish farther across your body mean?)
If you want the shot to go straight, use a slightly longer follow-through, and finish farther out in front of you. This kind of shot is called a down-the-line shot. For down-the-line shots, hit directly on the back of the ball and follow through forward, rather than around your body. (completely confused)
Thanks so much.
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I'm starting with the first part you don't understand. I don't know anything about tennis, but I think I understand the idea. Yes, all the shots cross the net into the other court, but some fall close to the net and others are near the boundary line.
- I'm starting with the first part you don't understand.
- I don't know anything about tennis, but I think I understand the idea.
- Yes, all the shots cross the net into the other court, but some fall close to the net and others are near the boundary line.
- I think this refers to longer shots that cross the opponents court to the back of it.
- You may hit the ball with the center of your racquet or you can try to hit the ball with the net part of the racquet that is closer to the plastic or metal edge of the racquet, so you would have the ball contact the racquet closer to the perimeter of the racquet than the center of the racquet.
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I'm starting with the first part you don't understand. I don't know anything about tennis, but I think I understand the idea.
Yes, all the shots cross the net into the other court, but some fall close to the net and others are near the boundary line. I think this refers to longer shots that cross the opponents court to the back of it. You may hit the ball with the center of your racquet
Yes, all the shots cross the net into the other court, but some fall close to the net and others are near the boundary line. I think this refers to longer shots that cross the opponents court to the back of it. You may hit the ball with the center of your racquet
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A cross-court shot is one in which the ball travels diagonally from near one side-line to near the other side-line. In other words, whilst it's travelling into your opponents court, the ball is also travelling either from right to left, or from left to right. The term has nothing to do with how close to the net the ball lands.
"To drive the ball cross court, strike it closer to i
"To drive the ball cross court, strike it closer to i
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