The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-12-20

~ question of court position is
"A generalship on the court. 1t in
wolves:
First. Position.
Second: The other mans game.
Third. Headwork and selection of
the style game you play.
Position will be explained at length
in the text article. Whenever posi-
BILE place the other man in a position
that he has to play a shot hat he
does not like while you strive contin.
ually for the attacking position of the
net.
The relation to you of the other
mans game.
Never play the other mans game
unless it happens to be our own ma
tural style.
There are, generally speaking the
following styles of tennis:
First. The net game: Your OPP
ponent forces the net at all times, fol
lows his service in n relies on beat
ing you himself, not on your beating
yourself.
To meet this game rely on
(a) Taking the net yourself when
ever possible, thus making your op-
ponent play from a position he dis
likes, the back court. Always follow
your service to the net.
(b) Hit a sharp, chopping, slow
ground stroke at the mans feet as he
comes in and play generally for the
side lines. Do not try to pass clean
on every shot, but make him reach
and trust to his missing as many as
he kills.
Do not rely on speed, since the fast
-1~~A = 49, H. : - 90
volley.
The real reason Johnston's game
was so effective against both Williams
and McLoughlin's is that they relied
on speed instead of hitting slow-drop
shots at his feet when he played mid
court.
(c) When pressed and out of posi-
ton, lob and lob high and deep. 1t
is better to lob out and have your op
ponent chase it han lob short and
have him murder it, since it gives
him confidence to hit successful over
heads.
Second. The back court driving
game is the second style of play.
There are many ways of meeting
this game.
(a) You al play him at his W
oahAiS tNAA IN IN puNh Soul I.
This is not a good plan unless it is
your natural game.
(b) You may chop and rely on his
missing, owing to the spin on your
shot. This is Wallace Johnson's and
Joe Armstrong; method of beating
this game, although Armstrong; also
m to the net.
(c) You can drop short shots and
when your opponent is drawn out of
his favorite position either lob OF
drive deep, thus catching him retreat
ing, an almost fatal blunder for any
man.
(d) And by far the best method, is
to take the attack in your own hands
and go to the net whenever possible
and volley off short. This will give
no chance to your opponent to make
his favorite ground state and will put
you in the most advantageous position
in the court. Let all young players
develop the net game rapidly as pos
sible, no matter how often they gel
beaten in practice while doing it.
Third. The chop-stroke back-court
game. The same remarks which ap
ply TO the ground-strOke game, just an
alyZed here, except that ii is more
imperative TO go to the net since the
chop is a hard stroke to successfully
play from the back court.
Fourth. The "pat-ball' or steady
game.
When meeting a man who plays
this most eXasperating style OF tenni:
start out with two thoughts:
(a) | won't play his game.
(b) / will attack all the time. New
err let a steady player put you on the
defensive. Hit consistently hard al
the time and go to the net whenevel
possible. Keep the game moving as
rapidly as possible and mix your shots
as often as is practicable.
The notable examples of this style
of game are Norman Swayne, Stanley