improving your tennis game. Different strokes‚ rules‚ boundaries and many other aspects make up the game of tennis. Over the next few pages‚ I will do my best to explain the forehand and backhand stroke‚ the serve and volley‚ the rules of tennis‚ and without a doubt the grandslam. The forehand stroke is the most popular in tennis. Stand facing the net‚ knees slightly bent‚ weight evenly distributed and forward on the balls of your feet. The racket is held in front of your body‚ elbows in close and
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THE HISTORY OF TENNIS The sport of tennis has been played for hundreds of years‚ but the game as it is known today is about 130 years old. By the 1850’s different versions of the game appeared. The eairlier version of the game was called "Sphairistike" invented by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield and first played by him on a grass court in Wales. It was called "Sticky" at first and in books about history of tennis and in popular usage came to be known as "lawn tennis". Eventually the game was played
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HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS The origin of table tennis has never been exactly pinpointed‚ even though it’s a relatively young sport‚ younger than lawn tennis and not much older than basketball. The earliest known form of the sport‚ called indoor tennis‚ was played in the early 1880s by British army officers in India and South Africa‚ using lids from cigar boxes as paddles and rounded corks from wine bottles as balls‚ with a row of books set up across the middle of a table to form the net. Other versions
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couldn’t use their arms‚ elbows‚ etc.). It’s unfair for those people that can’t do things that normal people can do. Over time‚ as technology grew‚ we figured out a way to help these people. We called it “Joint Replacement Technology”. Today‚ I would like to show you our new design‚ elbow replacement. The elbow is an important part of the body that helps humans to bend their arms. What if someone loses their elbow? It’s really hard to do lots of things without a “ live elbow” like cooking‚ lifting
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Tennis is a highly competitive sport with participation in over 200 countries throughout the world. It is a non-contact racquet sport which requires aspects such as strength‚ power‚ speed‚ coordination and agility. Like any sport‚ tennis places specific demands on the body which can predispose any player to injury. These demands placed on the body result in injuries specific to the game. It is said by Pluim et al (2006) that although many injuries that occur in tennis are common in other sports‚
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Treat golfer’s elbow effectively with an athletic tape Golfers typically encounter a problem called golfer’s elbow. It is a wound to the muscles which flex your fingers and wrist. There is a wound in the skeletal bump on the inner side of the elbow at which the muscles are attached. This happens due to the injured muscle tissue at anchor to the arm bones at your elbow. Golfer’s Elbow is caused by recurring powerful gripping when flexing and twirling the wrist. It is a frequent outcome of a golf
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Table Tennis Table Tennis is an Olympic Sport which is played indoors – although it can be played outdoors as a recreational sport. The game was invented in the late 1880’s when game makers tried to emulate the popularity of lawn tennis by developing indoor versions of it. Around 1898 the English sports company John Jaques & Son were manufacturing the first table tennis sets and popularizing the game. They used rackets (bats/paddles) with velum stretched over an outer casing (similar to small drum)
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self against an attacker. 1. Elbow Jab— lots of women are not aware that their elbows might be their best friend through attacks or assaults. This is since elbows are active and can create damages or discomfort when striking an attacker. On the other hand‚ women need to learn methods to put their body mass to execute an elbow jab. This action is easy since you only have to turn your midsection and utilize your lower and upper half to maximize the power of your elbow swing. It is better to go for
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Interestingly‚ it is possible to convert stress-building thoughts into stress-busting ones. Here are ten sure ways for managing stress in our life. 1. Time Management Tips Time is money‚ said Benjamin Franklin. Centuries later‚ the dictum still holds. Which is why management guru Peter F. Drucker said: "Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed‚ nothing else can be managed." Time is inelastic-once squandered‚ it is lost forever. Make sure that every waking and working moment is used
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Bottom of Form TABLE TENNIS scoring A match is played best 3 of 5 games (or 4/7 or 5/9). For each game‚ the first player to reach 11 points wins that game‚ however a game must be won by at least a two point margin. A point is scored after each ball is put into play (not just when the server wins the point as in volleyball). The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface‚ but not the sides. Flow of the Match Each player serves two points in a row and then switch server. However
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