Tennis court

Types of Tennis Courts 1. Clay Courts Clay courts are considered slow since a ball will bounce relatively higher and more slowly on a clay court, thus making it much more difficult for a player to hit unreturnable shots. Clay courts are unique in that the ball bounce leaves a mark on the surface, and this mark can be used to determine whether or not the shot was in. Type of Surface/Material Clay courts are made from natural stone that is crushed into different levels. The finest level which is in

It is another hot, muggy, September day in Tupelo, Mississippi. The sun is out, and the heat is radiating off of the tennis court. It is a single court with lots of tall trees swaying in the wind around it. I enter the court in my red shirt and am ready for my match to begin. I am all alone; nobody else is in sight. My match is not against another opponent, but it is against myself. I begin my warm up, but my groundstrokes, serve, and volleys all feel off. I feel almost scared to play this match

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 first round of the men’s semifinals, and perhaps the warmest day in November. I stood on center court battling for the number one men’s singles title. My competition

destination, a homeless shelter. Never having coached tennis before, ideas frantically buzzed through my head on how to engage the children at the shelter. Immediately sent out to the tennis courts upon arrival, we were left gaping at the half-torn nets and the dead tennis balls strewn across the moldy courts. We gathered the children together and divided them into groups, shepherding them to different courts. “Okay, have any of you played tennis before?” I asked with a smile. Met with confused stares

As tennis players we all strive to have the very best strokes and hit the ball as hard and as accurately as possible – EVERY single time. However, this strategy is not always the best and most intelligent one to employ. Tennis is a very unique sport that takes a lot of physical and mental strength, along with unyielding strategical discipline. In order to be a successful player you must resist the temptation of trying to rip every single ball past or through your opponent on the majority of your

Tennis is an expensive sport for an athlete because to become a professional tennis player, the parents firstly need to find a facility with tennis courts and which has a tennis program. Even after that is done, the parents need to book and pay for every hour spent on the tennis court and to find a tennis coach in order to improve the game of their kids. However, last year when I was working as a tennis coach I saw from up close some details of running a facility but just after reading this chapter

of the analysis, I will be giving information about the Tennis Court Oath itself so the picture will make more sense. On the day of June 20, the Third Estate got locked out of their meeting place. A man named Joseph-Ignace Guillotin had the suggestion to meet in the indoor tennis court that was nearby. About 600 deputies met while the president of the Third Estate, named Jean-Sylvain Bailly, proclaimed the Tennis Court Oath. The Tennis Court Oath declared in writing their pledge to governing themselves

investigation I discovered a painting of the Tennis Court Oath, by Jacques Louis David, and a book, The Age of Revolution, written by Eric Hobsbawm. The Tennis Court Oath depicts the pledge of the Third Estate to write their own constitution against the Estates General, and the book contains a small analysis of the French Revolution. The Age of Revolution analyses the more radical parts of the French Revolution, with some insight into the Jacobin objectives. The Tennis Court Oath, being a primary source and

Within Source One we see a famous depiction of the Tennis Court Oath, a pinnacle moment in French history and the world’s. During the late eighteenth century the people of France were beginning to show their lust for a new age, not ruled under a indecisive king but a democracy.This wish was the birth of a new age of nationalism and some would argue the birth of modern ultra-nationalism. These concepts expanded well across the world, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen influenced many

The French Revolution was a chaotic time of blood, death, and fear. Though there were many negative outcomes and events of the Revolution, it big change to sweep across France. The Revolution began in the middle of 1789 with the swearing of the Tennis Court Oath, in which members of the third estate, as well as some from the first and second estates, swore that they would not go anywhere until they had written a constitution for France. Then, the Revolution really took off, and continued on for years