GRIP, FOOTWORK, AND STROKES IN TENNIS
Footwork is weight control. It is correct body position for strokes, and out of it all strokes should grow. In explaining the various forms of stroke and footwork I am writing as a right-hand player. Left-handers should simply reverse the feet. Racquet grip is a very essential part of stroke, because a faulty grip will [...]
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 [...]
