Racquets, tennis, and squash . I used to suspend a ball after the fashionof the old Punch-ball. India-rubber was fastened to itboth above (to the ceiling) and below (to the floor). Itcould be put at any height, for it was attached to rings inthe ceiling and the floor. And it would always return tothe same spot. But it was impossible to carry throughones stroke with the racket, because the india-rubber wasin the way. Then at last I solved the difficulty by the PatentApparatus which appears in Photographs XI and ball is hung from the ceiling ; the cord by which itis hung passes through a
Racquets, tennis, and squash . I used to suspend a ball after the fashionof the old Punch-ball. India-rubber was fastened to itboth above (to the ceiling) and below (to the floor). Itcould be put at any height, for it was attached to rings inthe ceiling and the floor. And it would always return tothe same spot. But it was impossible to carry throughones stroke with the racket, because the india-rubber wasin the way. Then at last I solved the difficulty by the PatentApparatus which appears in Photographs XI and ball is hung from the ceiling ; the cord by which itis hung passes through a metal ring in the ceiling, and isfastened to a clip in the Side-wall. At this clip the cordcan be pulled or loosened, and thus adjusted so that theball may be set at any height. When one strikes thisball it swings freely, and then returns to the same place. ?KT^ i|^IH Br i^ A n^^H ^^?^Jl , ^m ^^^^^H H\ |J|I ^^H H^B i ^BBI^—-- * ^ ™ Hb9B ^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hp^ -««^ Fig. 11.—Backhand Stroke, with Fig. 12.—Backhand Stroke, with position. (See page 78.)
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