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In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, who had a great forehand himself, devotes a page to the best tennis strokes he had ever seen. He wrote: "FOREHAND—Segura was best, then Perry, followed by Tilden and Vines (although I never saw Big Bill's till he was in his forties). Of the moderns, Năstase's forehand is a superb one, especially on the ...
The forehand (red) and backhand (black) view of The Claw. Sometimes, the fingers in the back may be curled and allow use of the backhand side. Dubbed this by Yuna Ojio, this is a variant of the Penhold grip. This involves using the thumb on the forehand side and the other four fingers on the back.
The player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time, amateur and professional champion Don Budge, [14] had a very powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and '40s that imparted topspin onto the ball. He used an Eastern grip, and some pictures show his thumb extended along the side of the racquet for greater support.
Volleyball offense is how a team can attempt to score a point by causing the ball to land on the opposing teams side of the court. Generally, this is done by first receiving the ball from the other side in the form of either an attack or serve, having the ball set to an attacker, and then having a player jump and attack the ball. Once the ball ...
For a number of years during the first two decades of the 20th century the small, frail player Bill Johnston was considered by many [weasel words] to have had the best forehand of all time, a stroke that he hit shoulder-high using a Western grip. Few top players used the Western grip after the 1920s, but in the latter part of the 20th century ...
A player's weaknesses may also determine strategy. For example, most players typically have a stronger forehand shot and therefore they will favor the forehand, hence will re-balance their posture and re-adjust their position by "running around" a more logical backhand cross-court to enable them to hit an inside-out forehand instead.
Court documents — meant for his ongoing divorce — were obtained by E! News on August 22 and showed that Joey Lawrence had been accused of cheating on his ex-wife Samantha Cope with Socked in ...
A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to begin the point. The most common serve is used is an overhead serve.It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air over the server's head and hitting it when the arm is fully stretched out (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.