Posts Tagged “Tennis Rackets”To stay out of trouble, my friend and I decided to learn to play tennis. I purchased each of us a $5.00 wooden racket, and we went to the tennis court. Our tennis shoes cost about as much as our tennis rackets, shorts and a t-shirt was the tennis wear of the day, and we collected coke bottles to purchase our tennis balls. Getting time on the tennis courts back then took longer than today. Everyone was playing; waiting for a court (there was an abundance of outdoor courts and no indoor courts where I lived), could take up to a couple of hours; but we were persistent, and we waited. When we first started playing, we hit balls everywhere. The people playing next to us had to be the most patient people in the world. Chasing balls was what we really did for awhile, but soon we got where we could actually hit a rally. Then we got where we could play for points. Then, we started play other people, and eventually could pretty good. We joined a league which used the ladder challenge system ( y … Tags: Abundance, Coke Bottles, Court Shoes, Indoor Courts, Ladder Challenge, Outdoor Courts, Rally, T Shirt, Tennis Balls, Tennis Court, Tennis Courts, Tennis Rackets, Tennis Shoes, Tennis Shorts, Tennis Wear
Jul
15
2009
 
Tennis Basics Include Grip, Stroke and Footwork - Here’s Some Help With All of ThosePosted by: Mr.Tennis in Interesting SiteGrip is how you hold the tennis rackets. A faulty grip may ruin your service and injure you badly. Hold the racquet head perpendicular to the ground, the edge of the racquet frame pointing towards the ground and the handle facing towards your body. It is sort of a hand shake gesture if put plainly. Ensure that the line of the racket, the handle, your arm and hand is one. This is ideally your forehand grip. The backhand grip should be about ninety degrees turn of the handle from what it was for a forehand grip. The hand should be on top of the handle and the knuckles of your hand should be facing up (as in pointing up). It is advisable that the natural grip is modeled around these grips for maximum output and efficient play. Do not give up your comfort but try to reach a middle path if need be. Once you have your grip in place, you need to learn the stroke. Returning the ball will be impossible unless you learn strokes - the forehand and the backhand. Shoulders parallel to the ball or … Tags: Footwork, Forehand Grip, Gesture, Hand Shake, Knuckles, Maximum Output, Middle Path, Natural Grip, Shoulders, Stroke, Strokes, Tennis Basics, Tennis Grip, Tennis RacketsInteresting Websites : |
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