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Show Tennis Jta't (Sopy Pros Lm By ED COLLINS pley News Service '"""'ily the courts have been "m with impressionable in tk tenn's P'ayers' a" imi" J the styles and tactics of , """rmo Vilas and Jimmy -ler sutre .JSrYONE'S either try-in try-in i,. discover a vicious top brehand or leaping into srvice return with two ; on the racket and a on his face. ie imitators almost look e real thing. EPT FOR the results, impossible to learn this properly if you don't :t the progression in-- FORE YOU can learn o hit the ball hard, and t it to go in, you first leam how to hit it easy, first tew months of play i I be devoted to learning o relax and hit through ill, rather than at it. IG, SLOW strokes will Vi you a feeling of con-ig, con-ig, or carrying the ball on the strings. The longer the -ball stays with the racket, the easier it is for you to direct it. And being able to direct it is your present and forever-future forever-future goal. MOST club-level intermediate in-termediate players have only one shot they can (usuallv) rely on: a low, hard, flat, crosscou?t iorehaiid. Besides that, they have difficulty lobbing, lob-bing, returning serve, dropshotting, hitting approach shots, making soft angles, etc. They've developed this one-favorite one-favorite shot by running around their backhand and - hitting the ball too hard. NOW YOU, on the other hand, have an opportunity to learn a complete gratifying game of tennis, utilizing all the shots. Just follow these directions: direc-tions: 1. HIT THE ball only as. hard as you can control it. 2. Don't run around your backhand. J. OVERDEVELOP your ground strokes. 4. Concentrate on the basic fundamentals of balance, footwork, early racket-preparation racket-preparation and long, smooth strokes. AND, FOR the moment, forget about top spin two-fisted backhand putaways. |