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  2. Grip (badminton) - Wikipedia

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    In badminton, a grip is a way of holding the racket in order to hit shots during a match. The most commonly used grip is the orthodox forehand grip. Most players change grips during a rally depending on whether it is a forehand or backhand shot. A grip is also the wrapping around the handle of the racket. There are many types and varieties of ...

  3. Forehand - Wikipedia

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    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 run.". At a professional event in 1951, the forehand drives of a number of players were electronically measured.

  4. Badminton - Wikipedia

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    In singles, players will often start the rally with a forehand high serve or with a flick serve. Low serves are also used frequently, either forehand or backhand. Drive serves are rare. At high levels of play, singles demand extraordinary fitness. Singles is a game of patient positional manoeuvring, unlike the all-out aggression of doubles. [26]

  5. Forehand (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The forehand in tennis and other racket sports such as table tennis, squash and badminton is a shot made by swinging the racket across one's body with the hand moving palm-first. Forehand may also refer to: People. A. C. and Mamie Forehand, American gospel musicians active in 1927

  6. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Banana shot or banana forehand: Forehand hit down the line with sufficient spin that it curves in the air outside over the tramline and then back into the court again. A signature shot of Rafael Nadal. [20] Baseline: Line at the furthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. If the ball goes over the baseline it will be ...

  7. Glossary of table tennis - Wikipedia

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    This glossary defines terms related to the sport of table tennis.. Alternation of ends After each game, players switch sides of the table. In the last possible game of a match, for example the seventh game in a best of seven matches, players change ends when the first player scores five points, regardless of whose turn it is to serve.

  8. Table tennis grips and playing styles - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Battledore and shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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    Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks , made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed ...