. Lawn tennis for girls. Equipped for battle(See page 17). V Correct grip for backhand, with thumb down(See page 27) Spaldings Athletic Library 9 to bring about defeat, than shortness ofbreath. I am often asked who coached me at^tennis. Was it this famous professional,or that? My game, many seem to think,can only have been the result of profes-sional coaching. Well, no professional ever coached first to last my father has been myonly coach. This is vs^hat he did. Afterhe had coached me for a good while hemade a careful selection of the best strokesof first-class players; strokes in whi
. Lawn tennis for girls. Equipped for battle(See page 17). V Correct grip for backhand, with thumb down(See page 27) Spaldings Athletic Library 9 to bring about defeat, than shortness ofbreath. I am often asked who coached me at^tennis. Was it this famous professional,or that? My game, many seem to think,can only have been the result of profes-sional coaching. Well, no professional ever coached first to last my father has been myonly coach. This is vs^hat he did. Afterhe had coached me for a good while hemade a careful selection of the best strokesof first-class players; strokes in whichthese players had specialized; strokeswhich he thought worth imitating. Onlymens strokes were taken. I was to learn,as far as possible, to play like a was to imitate these strokes, but withoutmodelling myself on the movements ofthe players or their manner of making thestrokes. I was to aim at getting the sameresults as they did, but in my own way. 10 Spaldings Athletic Library I am sometimes asked on what playeror players I have modelled my style
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