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    crew did not have a tennis ball to play with. Then, as if in answer to this thought, I saw Levi and Tim struggling to get the tennis ball unjammed from the rungs of a gate to a ventilation system at the PCBC pavilion. Without giving much thought, I ran down to help them. For about a minute, we shared ideas on how to get the tennis ball down. After some intense brainstorming, I decided it would be a great idea to sit on Tim’s shoulders with a stick in my hand and wack at the tennis ball until it rolled

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    mistakes I’m making can only be forgiven by one thing. Handing this kid a loss. It’s been deuce forever, I can’t seem to take two in a row. I know I’m better than him, but I just can’t win. Tennis is the only thing I have to keep my mind off of things. I can’t lose it. Let’s take it back to the winter. Tennis open courts just started, and I really only went just to mess with my teacher Rush Walters. I acted like a child at

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    determine what level of understanding i am at when it concerns my tennis serve gameplay and how it can be improved. We will compare my serve to a professionals serve, also breaking down the different stages of my serve. The reason why we have focussed on the tennis serve is because it is the most important part of the game of tennis, without a serve you will lose every game. The tennis serve is the most important shot in the game of tennis. Many of the professionals have made their serve extraordinary

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    A fresh spring day is the best kind of day to play a match of tennis. When you look up and see a clear blue sky and the green soft grass under your feet as you walk towards the tennis court. I watch as parents gather around the courts, carrying their fold-up chairs of many colors and bringing their coolers with ice cold drinks for the players. I head over to my coach to find out the schedule for playing against Wahlert. I found out I play doubles with my partner third for our team. I'm filled with

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    “Stay focused, just pretend that it’s practice.” I calmly whispered to myself as I became set to receive my opponents fist serve of the match. I could feel the warm perspiration dripping off my nose onto the scorching tennis court. My opponents’ moral showed signs of distress as I smashed a strong cross-court forehand, sending him deep to the far left corner of the court as he lethargically swung and missed the ball, ending the point. The match had just begun, ending in my favor (1-0). It was the

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    Billie Jean King once said, ¨Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.¨ It was the last meet of the tennis season, Coach had me play four matches. For those who don't know, each tennis matches has individual games within in it. We played eight games in a match and each game is worth a point. This constant use of my shoulder along with pure tiredness lead me to hitting the ball at strange positions repetitively. During the last match, something

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    Tactics Of Table Tennis

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    Tactics Table tennis tactics In table tennis there are many tactics that you can try to outwit or gain an advantage on your opponents. They are important and if a tactic does not work use a new or similar sever. Tactics • Make sure to vary your serves like the Topspin. Topspin on the ball makes it drop quicker so if someone is playing a distance from the table use this so this can’t in and hit the ball. • Stay close to the table so you can get to the ball quick and hit it back towards your opponents

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    When Betty and Bill Moffitt gave birth to there daughter Billie Jean they didn't know that she would become a memorable tennis player. Billie started sports at a young age but stuck with tennis. Although she had a successful tennis career but her all time career great was on September twentieth of 1973. Her journey to success began on November twenty second of 1943 when she was born in Long Beach California. Before she got married her maiden name was Moffitt. The Moffitt family was a sport

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    Learning Cues for Tennis

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    I will be discussing the sport of tennis, the learning sequences, the skill techniques, learning cues, and teaching styles in that order. First that will be discussed is the learning sequences for the sport of tennis. According to Physical Education Activity Handbook, when you are first getting started with tennis, you need to introduce the scoring and tiebreaker procedures. Next, you need to explain the equipment used in tennis such as tennis balls and the racket. After that, the teacher should

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    afternoon of August 8th, 2016 a young girl was facing the tennis match of her life. The Girls 14s Nationals were coming to a close and the championship trophy was only 3 games and 1 set away. Everything she had dreamed for was so close, yet so far. The extremely sunny sky glared into her eyes, making it impossible to think. But she couldn’t lose hope now, if she won this match, she would be crowned the Girls 14s Nationals Champion for Tennis. All she had to do was clutch this game. Just a few more

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