Backhand Play (Part-3)
Keep your elbow away from your body so you can follow through on the stroke. Keep your eye on the ball every second. By so doing you are bound to judge the ball correctly and hit it in the center of your racquet.
In making a lob always lob high, as it gives you time to get a good court position.
Do not hit the ball too hard if an easy one will score the point. Get dept and pace to the ball, as it prevents your opponent from coming to the net. It is your short returns which give him the opportunity to come up.
No advantage is to be gained in hurrying your shots, and a hurried shot always reveals just where you are going to place the ball.
After you have made a return note where your opponent must receive it and get into the proper court position at once, as explained in the chapters on "angles."
Try for every shot, as that is the only way the player learns to judge and anticipate future ones.
In returning the ball make your opponent extend himself, that is, put the ball to some part of the court where he has got to move to get it. By so doing the balls are not returned to you so quickly. In volleying do not wait for the ball to come to you, but step forward and meet it sooner and higher. By meeting it higher you have more chance of getting it over the net and keeping it in the court. The angles are larger also for a return to right or left.
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