Archive for February, 2009
CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION (3)
Court position. A tennis court is 39 feet long from baseline to net. There are only two places in a tennis court that a tennis player should be to await the ball. About 3 feet behind the baseline near the middle of the court, or About 6 to 8 feet back from the net and [...]
CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION (2)
The half volley. This shot requires more perfect timing, eyesight, and racquet work than any other, since its margin of safety is smallest and its manifold chances of mishaps numberless. It is a pick-up. The ball meets the ground and racquet face at nearly the same moment, the ball bouncing off the ground, on the [...]
