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Tennis Groundstroke

midnightpanther

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This year, on the tennis team, I found that one area in which I performed relatively well was in my groundstrokes, all because of the physics that I know and how I apply it every time that I hit the ball from the baseline. When the ball is coming towards me with a certain momentum, I account for the speed that it is coming with, and based on the velocity I decide how hard I need to swing in order to return the ball. For example, when I am returning a serve that is very fast, I don't swing at all, I just allow the ball to hit my racket and because it is going fast enough that once it bounces off of my racket is still has enough momentum to go back to the other side of the net without me even having to swing, saving energy and making a good shot as well.

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