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  2. Table tennis grips and playing styles - Wikipedia

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    The backhand stroke is achieved by swinging the forehand side of the racket down and around in an underhand position across the body, like an upside-down windshield wiper. This results in a backhand which is suitable for blocking and returning balls, but does not properly allow shoulder mechanics for fast attacks or producing topspin.

  3. Professional wrestling strikes - Wikipedia

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    The wrestler faces toward the opponent, and strikes the front or back of the head with a full swinging back elbow. The move can be performed on an opponent who is kneeling and facing away. This is commonly used by Will Ospreay as a finisher, which he names the Hidden Blade, which usually sees him charge towards a seated, kneeling, or rising ...

  4. Glossary of table tennis - Wikipedia

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    Stroke of a two-sided penhold player using his backhand rubber. It is called reverse as the classical penhold players until 2000 used only one side of the racket. Nowadays, most of the penhold players play two-sided penhold grips and often have strong topspins with the reverse penhold backhand. Rubber Refers to the rubber that is attached to ...

  5. Weapons of pencak silat - Wikipedia

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    Blades range from 15 to 30 in (380 to 760 mm) in length and may be straight or slightly curved. Sundang. The sundang is a sword created by the Bugis people of Sulawesi. As with the kris, the sundang usually features a wavy blade, but straight-bladed specimens also exist. Sakin. The sakin or sokin is a slender thrusting knife with a straight blade.

  6. Backhand - Wikipedia

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    The backhand is usually performed from the baseline or as an approach shot. For a right-handed player, a backhand begins with the racquet on the left side of the body, continues across the body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of the body, [1] with the racquet over the right shoulder. The backhand can be a one-handed ...

  7. Tennis strategy - Wikipedia

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    Maria Sharapova is another aggressive baseliner who excelled by generating powerful strikes on both wings, and was regarded as one of the best during her era. Novak Djokovic is also a notable offensive baseliner, with his powerful and precise backhand which is widely regarded as the best backhand in the men's game. Serena Williams is considered ...

  8. Grip (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    While this is by far the most common way to hit a two-handed backhand, there are players who use different ways of holding the racquet for a two-handed backhand. The player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time, Don Budge, had a very powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and 1940s that imparted topspin onto the ball.

  9. Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade - Wikipedia

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    It was the 6th best-reviewed GBA title of 2003. [ 37 ] Japanese magazine Famitsu praised the characters and felt it was a suitable addition to the Fire Emblem series, [ 38 ] while Eurogamer ' s Tom Bramwell cited the storyline as being similar to better examples within the Japanese role-playing genre and its near-seamless integration with ...