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Show I How Well Can You Play Tennis? Ir V most stunning tennis togs n vv.ll av..l ou nothinc. if you are wu& R, in a communit when Lhc oilier oung people "go In" for ten : .s and can play far bet'er than' '' it you can. There are just as forlorn j HH' wallflowers around a tenn;s court as Uli 'hero are around a ballroom The v ' girl who cannot swim has her mens-1 M ure of good times for it Is delightful l to mankind to protect a shrieking. L.,'1 timid little woman ln the water c--peclally if she be a very pretty piece H-l'l1 of timidity, who has pluck enough to venture out Into big waves, or off I 9 a dork Into deep water If some big, I strong, expert swimrr.er j rlghl there I' to take care of her. But no man who 111 Plays tennis well cares to gle 'he , same attention to a girl who Is "a JIB dub" on tho court. He may laugh ' f tolerantly when balls "go throuph iHI her racket" and run Tood naturedl: after balls volleyed wildly over the jjkj backstops for one set. After that i) x tho tennis wallflower can sit on the sidelines and watch her hero play rool t games with more proficient young women ! H tllii f you arc r?a,ly ln earnest about HlIS Pia'!ng tennis your efforts will sooner HflH r later be rewarded. It takes time Ml Ju'1k distance-: to know Just about fll r when to hit the flying ball and howl V.( to hit It so that it will land within! H,' the court. These things come with I IIM constant practice, but there is another j Hi very Important thing which soin t people learn to play tennis fairly well I IBfl without ever acquiring and that i- tjjjm il form. Form Is to tennis what tech- llB nlque is to music. A woman may not l have played tennis for twenty yo r- 4 and may not be able to hit a ball Bi. j' over the net; but from the very way v . he moves oxer tbo court and hits at H li 1 her balls you know that once she did play tennis very well. She h ts form I thing that Is never quite lost, even Bnll 'hough her game has gone to p'.ccc I h!8 because of lick f pr.ic . Thr. B it 1r0 Professional who instruct ln ten- v nls form, but these lessons arc apt Lssfl ill 10 bo cPensIvc something liko five I T dollars the hour. Learn form by watching very care- I fully when expert pi ay err nr- 00 the ll court. Note their positions whin Mil standing and runnlnc; the way their fill rackets arc held for fore-hand .md M back hand strokes. Ask questions ! sometimes; most tennis players are , j willing and ready to explain point? fil ,0 hints to glnners who show themselves really in earnest. And here are some points to remember: re-member: N'evcr allow yourself to stand quite still. Be always moving on your feet a little. Then you will always be ready to start and not have to gather yourself together to do so when sudden sud-den speed Is necessary Keep your eyes on the ball. Judge where it 1? going to land. Don't wait until It strikes tho ground and then run after it Try to keep back of the ball. Most beginners hit the ball too soon aud therefore wildly and becau.se they do not like to run backward many balls pass them, bouncing behind them Only a clever and expert player can I essay a "net game," volleying balls that would bounce far back on the court Volley when you can, but keep back on the court and take most balls after the bounce, running up If you have to, to get balls that bounce near the net. Follow up your strokes. That Is, keep the racquet moving ln the dlrec- lion of the stroke after tho ball has hit the racquet. This gives greater force to the stroke and carries man) a ball across the net that would other, j wise drop Into it. And do not be I afraid to swing your racquet far back j before the stroke. It makes a swifter, ; longer stroke and a neater stroke and you will get balls that you think at first are too swift for you to hit. These two points are part of the technique of form. And finally, hold your racquet tight! A relaxed grip means a weak stroke and many balls in the not. Always hold the racquet handle so firmly thai you can feel the muscles of the forearm fore-arm tense above the wrist |