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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Tennis question.
Message-ID: <90@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 17:25:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: unc.90
Posted: Fri Sep 27 17:25:44 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:37:07 EDT
Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Distribution: net
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 


In Bill Tilden's classic, Match Play and the Spin of the Ball,
he recommends that a student first learn the drive as the foundation 
of his game.  He then states that the eastern grips should only
be used for driving, whereas other strokes should be hit with
an English (semi-continental) grip.

My question is, "What is a drive?"  At first I thought that
"drive" was a synonym for "goundstroke".  Then I learned that
advanced players may drive their volleys as well, if the ball
is high and slow.  Then I figured that it had to do with the
spin put on the ball -- drives were hit flat, or with topspin,
whereas lobs, volleys, dropshots, etc are usually hit with underspin.
Now I've read another author praising Ken Rosewall's "beautiful
underspun backhand drives."

So if a drive can be hit with topspin or underspin, at the net
or off the ground, then how does one differentiate between
a stroke that is a drive and one that is not?

	Frank Silbermann


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