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In badminton, a server has far less an advantage and is unlikely to score an ace (unreturnable serve). In tennis, the server has two chances to hit a serve into the service box; in badminton, the server is allowed only one attempt. A tennis court is approximately twice the length and width of a badminton court.
The run defense is designed to defend against offensive running plays. The pass defense is designed to defend against offensive passing plays. The blitz is a play where defenses send extra players to rush the line of scrimmage in order to try to get to the quarterback in quick fashion, giving the offense less time to make a run or pass.
The term may refer to the tactics involved in offense or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is offense. Generally, goals are scored by teams' offenses, but in sports such as American football it is common to see defenses and special teams (which serve as a team's offensive unit on kicking plays and defensive on returning plays) score as well.
Medium long serve A serve where the second bounce is ideally on the white line on the back of the table. This type of serve is more difficult to directly attack, especially in combination with backspin, as the returning player cannot wait until the ball bounces off the table while at the same time it is difficult to attack the ball early as the ...
The three most popular net and wall games (tennis, badminton, and volleyball) usually involve arching of the back when serving or spiking/smashing the ball or bird. [ 4 ] Although basketball , hockey , water polo , Football and other sports have netting around the goal area designed to more clearly indicate when goals are scored, they are not ...
Maneuver warfare, or manoeuvre warfare, is a military strategy which emphasizes movement, initiative and surprise to achieve a position of advantage. Maneuver seeks to inflict losses indirectly by envelopment, encirclement and disruption, while minimizing the need to engage in frontal combat.
Minutes after tank muzzles flashed and the crack of guns rang out across muddy grounds, the head of the EU's Special Training Command explained how Ukraine is seeking more training on offensive ...
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 ...