The Mysteries of Table Tennis The ball comes toward me fast, faster than I expected, and I flail the paddle, hoping to connect and return the ball successfully. The ball smacks into the rubber, and the ball shoots back over the net. Right after the bounce, my opponent slices the ball, making it float slowly back to my side. This ball looks vulnerable and easy to hit, so I put all my energy into one drive, and the ball barely bypasses the net. There is topspin, and the ball curves downward. I mentally
Ali Juergensmeyer How to Overhand Serve a Volleyball with your Right Hand Karch Kiraly, an American volleyball player with two gold medals, once said, “No volleyball game can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is completely under your control.” The serve is what starts every play and is used to attack the other team’s offense. With the rally scoring used in volleyball today, there is no room for service errors. With plenty of practice and these eight simple steps, you
TOTAL Short Serve //// 4 ////// 6 Long Serve //////// 8 // 2 Backhand ///// 5 ///// 5 Forehand ////// 6 //// 4 Clear /////// 7 /// 3 Smash ////// 6 //// 4 Drop Shot /// 3 /////// 7 Based on the observations of the player in the above table I have will give the person a tick in the correct box. 1 is poor and 5 is excellent 1 2 3 4 5 1. Effectiveness in the game X 2. The
I. Sporteology.com ranks tennis as one of the top five most popular sports, which has about one billion fans worldwide. II. I have been playing tennis for three years, all of which have been for the Tomah High School Varsity tennis team. Almost everything that I know about tennis I have learned from my tennis coach Andrew Johnson. III. Today I will be showing you a basic tennis shot known as the forehand, which is probably the first shot that any tennis player would learn. IV. The forehand is
the language of tennis and this is what I belong to. I’m a big tennis fan and also a tennis player. I will watch every single match in the ATP world tour final and the World Cup of Tennis. Tennis match gets me excited and bursts my fire inside my heart. I love tennis so I join tennis team in high school and in college. Tennis has made a significant impact to the world and unlike other sports, each member has their own unique ranking in the team, ranking is essential for each tennis team member. From
The Five Types of Tennis Players You Will Encounter Every single tennis player experiences ups and downs throughout every match and throughout their whole career. The contrast between each category is how girl tennis players can grasp their tennis matches and all the hardships tennis has to offer. With these five types of players, it is evident that some girls deal with these difficulties in better ways than others. Now this first category is a tennis player who does not take anything from anyone
your life now revolves around this fast-paced and exhilarating sport. Tennis is an outdoor game played by two individuals or pairs of players on a clay or grass court that’s divided by a low net. Each game is played with tennis rackets and small, yellow elastic balls. Tennis was first introduced in Wales and the United Kingdom in 1873 by “Major Walter Wingfield” (tennistheme.com). While most sports are easy to pick up, tennis takes extreme dedication to learn how to play the game, to perfect the
Tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world, mainly due to its ease of play and universal appeal. It is also an Olympic sport which is played at all levels of society and at all ages. Aside to that, tennis is the most major spectator sport because of the four Grand Slam tournaments: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Going back in history, the earliest form of tennis was seen in a game created by the 12th century French monks, who were looking for entertainment
Tennis History Tennis is a sport where you have a racket and you hit a ball back and forth . You can play against one person called singles or have a teammate and play two people called doubles. The way to win a point is when the other player can not hit the ball back and they miss. Tennis is in the olympics and is played by all ages. The sport was made in Birmingham England and first played in 1865.The rules have barely changed at all. Historians believe that it was originally played by minks in
Backhand and Forehand Skill Analysis in Elite Tennis Athletes Gonzales, Orsolino, Lukang & Cortado Abstract The purpose of our study is to analyze the backhand and forehand skill between winning and losing elite tennis players. This comparative study uses a sample of two professional tennis athletes, both males and can be assumed that they are at their prime years. The instrument used in the study is a match analysis of the samples’ match performance during the US Open Semi-finals
Benefits of Playing Tennis In a one hour match of tennis, a male can burn as many as 600 calories and a female can burn up to 420 (Groppel); tennis also raises optimism and lowers risk of depression and anxiety (Ogoen). Tennis improves cardiovascular health and mental health as well as encourages social behavior. Tennis includes many different grips and techniques that enable the ball to have different types of spin. Tennis is also great for children and the community. Tennis is a sport that improves
Tennis serve Introduction to tennis Tennis is a sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain
The Society of Tennis Tennis is the world’s fastest growing sport today for many reasons. One of the biggest reasons is the variety of opponents one can face. In examining the game of tennis, most players can be categorized into one of four groups, the talented, the rabbits, the pushers, and the blasters. These different players make the game different each time one plays. This changes each match for the better, or for the worse. The Talent is a player who is able to adapt his game to give him the
Introduction When playing tennis, I have found that the serve is the most crucial part of the game. The serve is the first shot for any point, so the ability to utilize the serve as needed will give an advantage to the serving player. A great server could win a game with just four winners (shots that the opponent fail to return). Although the serve is a great weapon, it can backfire if the player serves a fault (a shot that hits the net or passes the lines). Just as a player could win a game with
is a true example of an athlete high in both ego and task orientation, through her self-determination, confidence, and sportsmanship. These characteristics were evident on Day 7 of the 2015 US Open during her match against underdog Madison Keys. Tennis is
Over the past few years, no one in tennis has been as dominant as Novak Djokovic. With his title at the French Open earlier this year, Djokovic completed his career Grand Slam collection. Beyond even the Grand Slam is the Golden Slam, which includes winning the four grand slam events (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal in the same season. Djokovic entered the Olympics as the No. 1 seed and a heavy favorite to accomplish a career Golden Slam. However
I was very excited when I was invited to play for the girls’ high school tennis team, when I was still in eighth grade. Playing for the team was both very intense, because of the many practices we had every week, and fun, since I was able to meet my friends. There came a time every week when I would feel very nervous, and that was when we played matches against other high schools. In the first two weeks, I was able to win all my singles and doubles matches, which helped me gain a lot of confidence
most likely is the end of my tennis career, I have begun to reminisce on how I have adapted and grown as a player. I think one of my biggest growth periods in my game came after I really started to focus more on my mental tennis. It is one of those things that you don 't think about much when you are just learning the game but becomes an essential part of developing into a better player. I think my uncle, Vic Braden, explained mental tennis best in his book, Mental Tennis: How to Psych Yourself to
Tennis was not just a sport I played, it was an eye opener to who I wanted to be as a person and a player. My dad was once a professional tennis player back in the 1980s, so I was not surprised when I was only four years old to receive my first tennis racquet. God was that thing heavy! Even though it was too big for my little body, I swung it around anyway. I could not stop playing with this racquet. My dad had an obvious vision for me as a child, and giving me a tennis racquet was just the first
The score is almost identical with Serena Williams, the number one singles women’s tennis player in the world, owning the first set; her sister, Venus Williams, claimed the second set. My heart races knowing how much they both have on the line; for Serena it’s a chance to continue her Grand Slam bid. As they battle out the third set to finish the match, I sit back and reminisce about my surprising, even to me, tennis career. It started out with my own sister, hitting a ball around on an old overgrown