The tennis primer . near to the ball,either in the line of its flight and bound or laterally. A beginner should start by letting the ball bound sothat it will fall to the second bound about two feet or twofeet six inches to the right of the left foot; then he canhit it shortly before it would strike the ground thesecond time if he did not play it. This is the fundamentalground stroke in tennis. Of course the whole theory of mod-ern tennis is to attack the ball at or before the top of thebound, but the fundamental ground stroke in tennis is toget the ball on the racket with the racket face upwa
The tennis primer . near to the ball,either in the line of its flight and bound or laterally. A beginner should start by letting the ball bound sothat it will fall to the second bound about two feet or twofeet six inches to the right of the left foot; then he canhit it shortly before it would strike the ground thesecond time if he did not play it. This is the fundamentalground stroke in tennis. Of course the whole theory of mod-ern tennis is to attack the ball at or before the top of thebound, but the fundamental ground stroke in tennis is toget the ball on the racket with the racket face upwards, sothat the ball bounds off the racket as it would off a table,placed at an angle of say 40 degrees. This is the strokewhich gives the player the lob and from it come the otherstrokes in the game. One thing which is of the utmost importance toremember is, that at the time of making every stroke theracket should be held very firmly. Playing with a loose wrist is one of the commonest 38 SPALDINGS ATHLETIC Plate BACKHAND DRIVE. This plate shows the racket coming forward on to the ball, alsothe weight being transferred to the right leg. Spaldings athletic library. 39 errors in tennis. There is no stroke in tennis which maybe played with a loose wrist. All the delicacy and finessewhich is shown in the game, although it is ascribed to thewrist, really comes from the turn of the forearm, the wristbeing, in practically all cases, fairly rigid, and in many asfirm as if cast in steel. Between the strokes, the player will, of course, relaxhis hold of the racket, so as not unduly to strain hismuscles, and he will when waiting for the service naturallycarry the racket in both hands supporting it at thesplice with his left hand. It is important in tennis to swing well back before onehits the ball and also to follow well through after theball, transferring ones weight, in the act of striking theball, on the forehand from the right foot to the left in thecase of the right-
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