Why, then, don't girls in particular go to the net more? They tell me that it is because volleying fg difficult, It is not, Just a little thought will convince anyone that, given a quick eye and hand, it is jex to play a ball which has not jounced than to Kao. If a ball ground it may do a dozen thing: Tt may break one way or the other, the bound may be long and high, through having cut put on may shoot, on a wet ground, for the same reason. But it can' do none of these things until i has hit the ground. Therefore I claim that itis cusier to play the ball in the air.
The trouble with most people is that they only volley to get themselves out of difficulties when they are caught out of position. Generally that position is the worst in the world for volleying, being either on the service line or between there and the base line. The best position for volleying is somewhere between three fect and three yards from the net. Of course the whol success of the thing depends on that een rule: Keep your eye on the all:
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