Racquets, tennis, and squash . r aForehand position or a Backhand position. A Diagramof the steps will be found in Chapters IX and X. We shall see below that the best players, when theyare running to take a ball, do not run in the ordinaryway, but first get into position, and then run. PeterLatham is the clearest example. Directly he sees towhich side a ball is coming, he immediately gets intoposition and faces sideways ; then he runs to the ball,still facing sideways. Therefore it is essential that aplayer should practise running not only with his bodyfacing straight forwards, but also with h
Racquets, tennis, and squash . r aForehand position or a Backhand position. A Diagramof the steps will be found in Chapters IX and X. We shall see below that the best players, when theyare running to take a ball, do not run in the ordinaryway, but first get into position, and then run. PeterLatham is the clearest example. Directly he sees towhich side a ball is coming, he immediately gets intoposition and faces sideways ; then he runs to the ball,still facing sideways. Therefore it is essential that aplayer should practise running not only with his bodyfacing straight forwards, but also with his body facingsideways. And in the two sideways positions. Fore-hand and Backhand, he should be able to move forwardor backwards or to the right or to the left, without delayand without loss of the invaluable poise. 2. The Body-swing is essential to success in Racquetsand Tennis and Squash. The feet and head and eyesshould be kept as still as possible. Meanwhile the bodyshould swing, first round to the right, and then round to. fcracquetstennissq00mile
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