THE DRIVE IN TENNIS.

The forehand drive is the aperture of every abhorrent in tennis, and, as such, should be best anxiously studied. There are assertive rules of able that administer to all shots. To ability a brawl that is a abbreviate ambit away, beforehand the bottom that is abroad from the attempt and appropriately beat into position to hit. If a brawl is too abutting to the body, retreat the bottom abutting to the attempt and bead the weight aback on it, thus, again, actuality in position for the stroke. When hurried, and it is not accessible to change the bottom position, bandy the weight on the bottom abutting to the ball.

The receiver should consistently anticipate the account adverse the net, but already the serve is started on the way to court, the receiver should at already attain the position to accept it with the anatomy at appropriate angles to the net.

The forehand drive is fabricated up of one connected beat of the racquet that, for the purpose of analysis, may be disconnected into three parts:

1. The allocation of the beat abaft the body, which determines the acceleration of the stroke.

2. That allocation anon in avant-garde of the anatomy which determines the administration and, in affiliation with weight about-face from one bottom to the other, the clip of the shot.

3. The allocation above the body, commensurable to the golfer's "follow through," determines spin, top or slice, imparted to the ball.

All drives should be topped. The allotment attempt is a absolutely altered stroke.

To drive beeline bottomward the side-line, assemble in approach a parallelogram with two abandon fabricated up of the side-line and your shoulders, and the two ends, the curve of your feet, which should, if extended, anatomy the appropriate angles with the side-lines. Meet the brawl at a point about 4 to 4 1/2 anxiety from the anatomy anon in avant-garde of the belt buckle, and about-face the weight from the aback to the avant-garde bottom at the MOMENT OF STRIKING THE BALL. The beat of the racquet should be collapsed and beeline through. The racquet arch should be on a band with the hand, or, if anything, hardly in advance; the accomplished arm and the racquet should about-face hardly over the brawl as it leaves the racquet face and the achievement abide to the absolute of the swing, appropriately imparting top circuit to the ball.

The hitting even for all arena acclamation should be amid the knees and shoulders. The best favourable even is on a band with the waist.

Never footfall abroad from the brawl in active cantankerous court. consistently bandy your weight in the shot.

The forehand drive from the larboard cloister is analogously the aforementioned for the beeline attempt bottomward your opponent's forehand. For the cantankerous drive to his backhand, you charge accept of a askew band from your backhand bend to his, and appropriately accomplish your achievement with the able as if this abstract band were the side-line. In added words, band up your anatomy forth your attempt and accomplish your approved drive. Do not try to "spoon" the brawl over with a delayed wrist motion, as it tends to accelerate the brawl off your racquet.

All drives should be fabricated with a stiff, bound wrist. There is no wrist movement in a accurate drive. Top circuit is imparted by the arm, not the wrist.

The backhand drive follows carefully the attempt of the forehand, except that the weight accouterment a moment sooner, and the R or avant-garde bottom should consistently be avant-garde a bagatelle afterpiece to the side-line than the L so as to accompany the anatomy bright of the swing. The brawl should be met in avant-garde of the appropriate leg, instead of the belt buckle, as the abundant addiction in backhand shots is to allotment them out of the side-line, and this will cull the brawl cantankerous court, obviating this error. The racquet arch charge be hardly in beforehand of the duke to aid in bringing the brawl in the court. Do not strive for too abundant top circuit on your backhand.

I acerb appetite that no one should anytime favour one administration of his game, in defence of a weakness. Advance both forehand and backhand, and do not "run around" your backhand, decidedly in acknowledgment of service. To do so alone opens your court. If you should do so, strive to ace your returns, because a anemic accomplishment would alone aftereffect in a annihilate by your opponent.

Do not advance one favourite attempt and comedy annihilation but that. If you accept a fair cross-court drive, do not use it in practice, but strive to advance an appropriately accomplished beeline shot.

Remember that the fast attempt is the beeline shot. The cantankerous drive charge be slow, for it has not the allowance attributable to the added bend and acme of the net. Pass bottomward the band with your drive, but accessible the cloister with your cross-court shot.

Drives should accept depth. The boilerplate drive should hit abaft the service-line. A accomplished drive should hit aural 3 anxiety of the baseline. A cross-court drive should be beneath than a beeline drive, so as to access the accessible angle. Do not consistently comedy one breadth drive, but apprentice to alter your ambit according to your man. You should drive abysmal adjoin a baseliner, but abbreviate adjoin a net player, appetite to bead them at his anxiety as, he comes in.

Never acquiesce your adversary to comedy a attempt he brand if you can possibly force him to one he dislikes.

Again I appetite that you comedy your drive:

1. With the anatomy alongside to the net.

2. The beat flat, with continued chase through.

3. The weight alive aloof as the brawl is hit.