Racquets, tennis, and squash . or nearly so), and ready for a similarperformance. So far, however, the ball has been stationary. Wenow come to play with a moving ball, which is a verydifferent matter. Any ball or any racket will do for practice, though aLawn Tennis ball and a Lawn Tennis or Squash Tennisracket will probably be the easiest to get. Any wallmay be used, for instance, the wall of a room. Adado or a chalk-line or an imaginary line will representthe play-line or the net. Such practice may be compared to practice bymeans of the Apparatus. It is better than ordinarypractice with the M
Racquets, tennis, and squash . or nearly so), and ready for a similarperformance. So far, however, the ball has been stationary. Wenow come to play with a moving ball, which is a verydifferent matter. Any ball or any racket will do for practice, though aLawn Tennis ball and a Lawn Tennis or Squash Tennisracket will probably be the easiest to get. Any wallmay be used, for instance, the wall of a room. Adado or a chalk-line or an imaginary line will representthe play-line or the net. Such practice may be compared to practice bymeans of the Apparatus. It is better than ordinarypractice with the Marker in the Court in so far as it ischeaper, takes up less time, is possible at odd moments 84 CH. XIV] PRACTICE AGAINST A WALL 85 and in odd places, and enables one to go through themovements so many more times in a given number ofminutes. And one finds less to distract ones attentionunder such conditions. Only at first the movementsshould be superintended, if possible, by the Marker orby some other expert. TOP BOUNDARY LINE. LINE ABOVE WHICH SERVICE MUST GO (6 ft. from Floor) TOP OF TELL-TALE (2 ft. from Floor)LEVEL OF FLOOR / BrcadtK of COURT \ leftSirxS. \ Diagram 9.—Front-wall of a Squash-Tennis Court. The disadvantage of ordinary practice with a Markeris that no Marker, however skilful, can send manystrokes exactly alike. Hence the player must be think-ing not only of the position of his body and of the cor-rect movements for the stroke, but also of the positionof his feet before the stroke. His mind is, like that ofAchilles, divided hither and thither. He has too 86 RACQUETS, TENNIS, AND SQUASH [pt. II many points to attend to at once. Play against a wallor in a Squash-Court (for the Front-wall of a Court, seeDiagram 9) has been found very useful for Lawn Allen brothers keep up their Lawn Tennis practiceby this means through the winter months; and I findpractice with a Tennis racket and a Lawn Tennis ballin a Squash-Court by far the best preparation for aTe
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