Racquets, tennis, and squash . linto the Dedans; and a Lob which shall reach thatopening after it has bounced once is occasionally thestroke to which one is compelled to resort. The Half-volley generally puts a drag upon the must be able to use both the Volley and the Half-volley, even if one need not use them frequently. Whilethey are risky, they yet have this advantage, that theyget hold of the ball while it still has much pace on it. Boasted Strokes.—Of the Boasted Strokes we havealready spoken. The angles at which they will come offthe Side-walls and Back-wall need not be describe


Racquets, tennis, and squash . linto the Dedans; and a Lob which shall reach thatopening after it has bounced once is occasionally thestroke to which one is compelled to resort. The Half-volley generally puts a drag upon the must be able to use both the Volley and the Half-volley, even if one need not use them frequently. Whilethey are risky, they yet have this advantage, that theyget hold of the ball while it still has much pace on it. Boasted Strokes.—Of the Boasted Strokes we havealready spoken. The angles at which they will come offthe Side-walls and Back-wall need not be described herein detail, since Mr. Julian Marshall has done the task sowell already. But one example may be taken, i6. Each player should work out the rest forhimself by drawings, and by experiments in the example is copied from the Annals of Tennis. Sometimes the Boast is the only possible stroke : forinstance, it is hard to imagine any other satisfactory wayof dealing with many American Overhead Services. The. Fig. 41.—Practice of Aolley off posilioii. iSee page 231.)


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