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1、THEARTOFLAWNTENNISTHEARTOFLAWNTENNISbyWILLIAMT.TILDEN,2D1THEARTOFLAWNTENNISToR.D.K.ANDM.W.J.MY"BUDDIES"W.T.T.2D2THEARTOFLAWNTENNISINTRODUCTIONTennisisatonceanartandascience.ThegameasplayedbysuchmenasNormanE.Brookes,thelateAnthonyWilding,WilliamM.Johnston,andR.N.Williamsisart.Yet
2、likealltrueart,ithasitsbasisinscientificmethodsthatmustbelearnedandlearnedthoroughlyforafoundationbeforetheartisticstructureofagreattennisgamecanbeconstructed.Everyplayerwhohelpstoattainahighdegreeofefficiencyshouldhaveaclearlydefinedmethodofdevelopmentandadheretoit.Heshouldbece
3、rtainthatitisbasedonsoundprinciplesand,onceassuredofthat,followit,eventhoughhisprogressseemsslowanddiscouraging.Ibegantenniswrong.Mystrokeswerewrongandmyviewpointclouded.IhadnoearlytrainingsuchasmanyofourAmericanboyshaveatthepresenttime.Noonetoldmetheimportanceofthefundamentalso
4、fthegame,suchaskeepingtheeyeontheballorcorrectbodypositionandfootwork.Iwasgivenaracquetandallowedtohittheball.Naturally,likeallbeginners,Iacquiredmanyveryseriousfaults.IworriedalongwithmoderatesuccessuntilIhadbeengraduatedfromschool,beatingsomefairlygoodplayers,butlosingsomematc
5、hestomenbelowmyclass.TheyearfollowingmygraduationthenewCaptainofmyAlmaMater'steamaskedmeifIwouldaidhimindevelopingthesquadfornextyear.Well,"Foolsrushinwhereangelsfeartotread,"soIsaidYes.Atthatpointmytenniseducationbegan.Theyoungsterscomprisingourtennissquadallknewmewellandfeltat
6、perfectlibertytoaskmeasmanyquestionsastheycouldthinkup.IwasbesiegedwithrequeststoexplainwhyJonesmissedaforehanddrivedowntheside-line,orSmithcouldn'tservewell,orBrownfailedtohittheballatall.Frankly,Ididnotknow,butIansweredthemsomethingatthemomentandsaidtomyselfitwastimeIlearnedso
7、mefundamentalsoftennis.SoIbegantostudythereasonswhycertainshotsaremissedandothersmade.Whycertainballsarehitsomuchfasterthoughwithlesseffortthanothers,andwhysomeplayersaregreatwhilemostareonly3THEARTOFLAWNTENNISgood.Iamstillstudying,butmyresultstodatehaveresultedinadefinitesystem
8、tobelearned,anditisthiswhichIhopetoexplaintoyou
