The sun., 1890-11-02
SOMETHING ABour LAWN TENNIS.
How nm Inexperienced Player Gsy Inprove
His Game.

His Game.
Much has been said and written about lawn
tennis. but still one hears on all sides such
questions. as what should an inexperienced
player do to become mors proficient In the
gamer DO the crack players Of the country
train for tennts contests as other athletes 90 =
"Is lawn tennis practice In winter beneficial to
ones game2" which style Of play. the net or
back court game is most In vogue among
players, and which the most effective"
These questions are nll Of tile greatest I'm
portanco to tho inexperienced player. and for
his benent an expert will ondeavor to answer
them In order.
In the first instance as to how an inexper-
fenced plnyer should improve his game. Hav-
ing become n member OF some club whose
courts are either turf or earth. the first point
to be considered is the service. Generally
speaking there IRE two kinds OF service. which.
OF course. admit OF many and extreme varia-
tions: 1. The over hand service. 2. The un-
dcr.hand service. 1t is. think. generally ac-
knowledged that the overland service.
II delivered effectively, Is the best. as 1t is
more difficult to return than the under
hand, but l should recommend all be-
ginnnrs to give both kinds Of service an equal
amount OF practice and adopt the one whioh
seems to be the most effective. SHOULD you hap, sI
icaily ha1d service the irst time. which usual
serviSe over over the the nor. % This is mi stake com:
mon among even tho most expert players, aud
Incidentally T hsr,! services tho lirst time y. In ro.
gard to receiving the service 1t will sufilce to
The serYss ne
in the centre OF the court. Should the service
be very swift 1t will be found necessary to stand
beyond,it One of the greatest aids 10 a be-
Ginner Is to watch game between two players
their strokes and different styles ,oI play. and
then cory them ss closely rs possible. Do not
W 4 BUT nn
you YOU have @ perfected it. T6e TACT that none OF
the ten hest PLAYERS in this country has
all goes to show that proficiency in the
game rIad cannot BE- acon;Fed In short
ent practice. A very common fault. among
players is the habit Of irving to Kill adm
turn eve every y time. This is ali wrong. When
you lni yourself out Of position. or perhaps
s of the ad
only time 10 recover T Your bfeash. but also to to
players look with scorn on this style Of game.
but 1t has been shown time and again that It is
portant part In tennis. and how mani many games
have beon lost by an absence Of this factorl
There sss Of PLAYER gno often beats
never, win were only the latter player to be
e9nay patient and not ct TO try to 90 @ fSo much
matehssS " Tnite Ike oshsr .h1eIie Contests est "s ten
and endurance: but a!so cooiness and juds-
mc1t and moderate degree OF confidence In
self Of N are not
player who expects to come out on top at the
end Of tho season must be very regular In his
H rule. restrict @ tSsmsel S YES. While % Disyina in
70, anv fixed aiet but are very care.
They shall Sh't e.t M, T. fs.. ana at xss
Of all kinds are seldom touched by the crack
bly, the most impor ant factor In tennis; as In
Ges ondGo, T. SoGd T1d s%o
Be- s rom ne the shousSts o enns @ ss. pss
BIT i fact thas shs
ten best 9 players In this %i country seven never
smaker
$50 much for the training which tennis play
eEs , indulge II IN nc nov gSu We come to the respeoo
volley and the back Rame-whioh has proven
suoh bone OF contention among PLAYERS In
can be any ground Tor oontent lon at ali: and
think It has been proven concusiyelv BY the
poon IN ont Of sefSs ssHns ns
Hon on Is as IT, r. 6sSf 6f q tSe court. 81 Course.
you to attempt the volley game Volley-
ss sss as ss. tSs ;ss.r 5 sSss osS Ss$
could from the bound The, Advantages Of .
ySsy pe Ss back asme fol-
net net. are these returned from the corner 9f ne
as G5 10 in ns soSr Th
ward position you are within easy reach Of any
ball dropped gently oyer the net while such
for | Your back line adyersary.' Isl Again. l. You You
W notice hs ssn IL how G1ek
versarY before no knows where he is: wherena,
while he T. waiting for the ball to bound, you
fs f you
while cannot see anything that rests with his
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s6s yGSy ia mnsa and sTsn 5bs i hpt az
q Islft tn ths s Ss m may ssys q from sesss
whole force Of any ent OF, twist there may
pc hoo1.r on II and run ,ha, the rISk q getting
bound. q q tho bali jumping as 8 high haas ss
e wG Eaen " ySp dS not ss
rolley every ball. but to vOley as much rs you
can: Take advantage OF every possible oppor-
tHnity offered to you Of doing 60 aud in . short
timc you will nnd yourself ahead Of all your
friends s E who still Isrsist in playing from the
beginners at yolleying is either that they are
nervous, and stay to2 far back IN the
re tee o, confident and come too close 70 the net
easy matter to pass man who plays too CLOSE
to the net. and also to toss over him 70 the
back OF the court when you have not only to
run run pa ba"k for It. but probably also to turn: and
the chances are you send back an easy return,
and. not being able to regain yonr position OF
being out OF breat b, you lose an ace.
Summing up. 1t is apparent that the player
who relies on back court play entirely can
seldom win against an equal player who PLAYS
an aggressive volley game.
Now the question is asked. Is lawn
tennis practice In winter beneficial to ones
gameT In the Grst place, for winter praotice
there Is nothing Ike lawn tennis self, trans.
{, ferred from ths green turf 70 the wooden nsor
courts are laid out, This luxury, Of course, is
not within the reach Of a very large majority Of
f., fGr the purpose lawn tenni. indoors Is deSira-
ers have found court tennis practice OF great