Playing the Racquets: The Complete Guide to the Basics of Tennis, Squash, Racquetball, Paddle Tennis, Platform Tennis, and One- and Four-wall Paddleball |
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allow angle back court back wall backhand backspin backswing ball in play baseline body bounce called ceiling ball corner corner shots cross-court Davis Cup Decision deep defensive doubles drive drop shot fault feet follow-through foot footfault forehand grip four-wall front wall hand handball hinder hit the ball hits the deck inches International Racquetball Association keep knees loses the point match meet the ball move one-wall opponent opponent's overhead paddle face paddle tennis paddleball platform tennis play the ball player racquet back racquet sports racquetball rally rebound receiver's receiving team Refer to Rule referee replayed return of serve return the ball score screen served ball server server's partner service box service court service line short line shoulder side wall sideline sidespin singles slightly spin squash strike the ball stroke swing tennis court tiebreaker topspin toss tournament volley wears or carries wrist