Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 478
the ball is hit and the blow greatly weakened. Every motion, as far as possible, should be indirect line with the intended flight of the ballafter it is hit. All side motions show a loss inpower to the stroke, and the more directly theswing of body, shoulders, arm, and racket canbe made to follow… … THE BEGINNING OF THE FOREHAND DRIVE. body to allow a free swing, and the ball must bemet at a point well away from the body. It isbetter to lean out and meet the ball, to jump at itand bend forward and outward toward it, ratherthan to meet it standing erect. Dont try to hit the ball hard at first;…
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