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Description: Sports: Tennis / Originating in Europe in the late 19th century, tennis spread first throughout the English-speaking ... more
Tennis in General ... world, particularly among the upper classes. Tennis is now once again an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society, by all ages, and in many countries around the world. Except for the adoption of the tie-breaker in the 1970s, its rules have remained remarkably unchanged since the 1890s. Along with its millions of players, millions of people follow tennis as a spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.

Newest Review: ... to start with. The chopper grip has its name because it's known for the way you hold the racquet which is similar to when you hold an axe. This tends to be a better grip for serving than a basic forehand grip as it allows you to swing the racquet faster generating more power on your serve and creates a spin making it harder for the opponent to return the ball. To find the grip for the chopper ... more

 ... grip, you should place your forefinger and the V part of the thumb slightly to the left and at the top of the grip. There are a few key factors when serving which include balance timing, co-ordination and rhythm. When placing the ball to serve ...more

cbrewer1991
Crowned Review Tennis in General: How do you serve in tennis? (1665 words)
by cbrewer1991 - written on 01/07/08 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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As I am a big fan of tennis, here is my factual information guide to one of the key types of shots in the sport, the serve. The serve is a very important part of tennis and if you ever want to get anywhere in tennis having a good, powerful and effective serve is the key to success. In tennis, a serve is a shot which starts of a point in a rally where the player aims to get the ball in the diagonally opposite service box on the court. There are four service boxes on a tennis court, two on each end of the court but you only use one per point of a game. You can have two attempts to serve in one point before you get a double fault then the opponent wins that point ...

sam1942
Crowned Review Forgotten Insects - The Journey Of Altered Images (2780 words)
by sam1942 - written on 29/11/06 (Very useful, 141 readings)
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The birth of this band from the wee darkest depths of Glasgow happened purely by accident in around 1980. Scruffy school mates by the strangest names of Tich, Tinny, Johnny and Caesar were struggling to get away from the school dances and town halls, getting paid peanuts to sweaty, drunken crowds of kids whose ears were just about as in tune to the music as the band were. It was only when the older brother of Johnny, by the name of Gerry decided that his girlfriend at the time's little sister Clare, had a fairly pretty singing voice and that a girl fronting the band might give the guys a bit of a boost. It is these life changing moments that one only hears ...

angiebabyqueen
Premium Review Tennis in General: *I'm hooked on your love, It's Xtasy from Above* (1795 words)
by angiebabyqueen - written on 31/07/06 (Very useful, 159 readings)
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I am a music lover and I thought I would publish a few of my lyric’s I have written over the years. Ever since I was twelve, I had this idea of become a song writer. Now, as things have changed throughout life, I see writing down my thoughts as poetry and occasionally songs which I will come up with a kind of tune to go with it. I have never shown anyone my song lyrics before, so I would be grateful for any constructive feedback to update and edit these lyrics. I see songs as a way of getting out what you feel, and like poetry, it’s brilliant, except you can have any tune with it you want. Will add more of them when I find them all….they are all spread around my room on ...

 
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