The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ately on her partner who fails to pick upthe deadly return which is the general result ofsuch a stroke. This fault is most common among ladies, andlack of strength, perhaps, may be the cause. Having accomplished a steady lob, the nextobject is to kill the return. This is most effec-tively done by an overhand smash. There is greatart in placing these slams in the weakest spot ofvour opponents court. The left-hand side is afavourite place for these special strokes, because,even should the shuttlecock be returned, it is d
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ately on her partner who fails to pick upthe deadly return which is the general result ofsuch a stroke. This fault is most common among ladies, andlack of strength, perhaps, may be the cause. Having accomplished a steady lob, the nextobject is to kill the return. This is most effec-tively done by an overhand smash. There is greatart in placing these slams in the weakest spot ofvour opponents court. The left-hand side is afavourite place for these special strokes, because,even should the shuttlecock be returned, it is diffi-cult for the defendant to take the command fromyour hands with a back-hand stroke. A great deal, naturally, depends in the matterof returns upon your opponents position. Shouldhe have been previously drawn close up to the net,the best way would be to make a target of him andsmash the shuttlecock into him before he has timeto place himself on the defensive. In a smashingstroke much is often gained by a smart cut acrossthe court, and a good plaver should be able to do. D o Z i. o 244 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. this back-handed or fore-handed, as the occasiondemands. Winning shots, it is true, are otten made bydropping the shuttlecock just over the net. Thesestrokes, however, must be rightly timed, onlywhen your opponent is too far from the net totake them overhand, otherwise you will probablyreceive an uncomplimentary slam in return. Cross-drops from the back of the court, justover the net, ought to be cultivated. They re-quire much practice and very accurate judgment. seldom expending strength on a slam when astroke can be won by a turn of the wrist so fast a game there is little time to think ofanvthing bevond the ever-changing emergenciesthat present themselves. It is therefore a gameinto which little extraneous to the actual playenters. Even temper runs less chance of beingruffled than in games like croquet, or even tennis,where the attention is not always kept
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