SPEED ABOUT THE COURT.
BY JOAN FRS. The lawn tennis at Wimbledon this year- has been faster, in one respect than it had been before. I refer to the speed of the players about the .court, rather than the actual speed of the strokes. The American men, in particular, have shown tho great value of this in an otherwise evenly balanced match. Cochet was beaten as much by Allison's fieetness of foot as anything else. It is a subject on which I think I am entitled to offer a hint, because, rightly or wrongly, most of the critics have been kind enough to say that the speed which enables me to retrieve shots which look all over winners has had a great deal to do with my success. " Balanco " is the great thing. A player ought to feel she can start off in any direction with ease and speed. To be ablo to do this she must keep on her toes, or rather on the balls of her feet. Try to imitate a runner ready on the mark for a sprint., and you will get an idea of the "ready position."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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