Archive for January, 2009

CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION (1)

Chop Stroke. In tennis, a chop stroke is a shot where the angle towards the player and behind the racquet, made by the line of flight of the ball, and the racquet travelling down across it, is greater than45 degrees and may be 90 degrees. The racquet face passes slightly outside the ball and down [...]

VEGETABLE CULTURE

As a rule, we choose to grow bush beans rather than pole beans. I cannot make up my mind whether or not this is from sheer laziness. In a city backyard the tall varieties might perhaps be a problem since it would be difficult to get poles. But these running beans can be trained along [...]