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Footwork is a very general term that has come to have many different meanings. For some it means the ability to get ready for a hit or throw, for others it means how to get to the ball quicker and for still others it means the ability to do the side shuttle or simply to
If you’ve been following tennis in the USA you already know that we do not have any high-level players knocking on the door of the world arena. Our best men’s and women’s players appear to be over the hill as they cannot successfully compete against the world’s best on a regular basis. For example, in
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In most any professional tennis match, injuries to the players are not uncommon. To have a high-level seed drop out in the quarters, semis or even in the finals is fairly common. According to some tennis professionals, such injuries are inevitable. They blame it on the game. For example, “It is an explosive game the
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Many men’s University basketball teams have players go down with injuries in their most important games. For example a player “…slipped and suffered a left ankle sprain on a fast break shot attempt…”. Another player “…injured his right foot just before falling…” Still other players step on someone else’s foot. How the first player who
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