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Forogar wrote:
Sorry, I just got off a technical support call with AT&T!
Those are painful! And you have nothing positive to show for it at the end, other than maybe a sore ear.
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Service has to happen in diagonals so the person who has service has to be diagonally opposite and serve to the other person. So, the optimal place is near (but not quite at) the far corner because that gives the player the least amount of work to do. If they were close to the centre line, they may have to turn to run to get the ball to hit it back, whereas if they are near the far corner, they only have to turn if they are playing a back hander.
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Should I wade in and wax lyrically regarding Russian lady players and elephants?
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Just let me grab the popcorn first.
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A good serve requires the server, standing behind his back line and on the proper left-right side, to hit the ball such that it bounces in the rectangle of his opponent's side (and without hitting the net) and whose edge is the net and which is on the opposite left-right side of the server. An for any volley, the ball cannot bounce more than once, although it need not bounce at all (although perhaps it does for the serve?)
Good tennis players are able to hit this serve (i.e., the initial volley) at a very high velocity, which is facilitate by aiming as far away from the net as possible (i.e., deep into that rectangle), so the returner must be able to react to a very fast ball hit very deep into the upper rectangle, which of course has the bounce that can be all the way from the middle of the court t the side, a rather wide angle spread. And not only that, but very good servers are able to put spin on the ball - like a good billiard player would do - so that the ball comes from that initial bounce with an unexpected new trajectory. And all of this must be done while the ball is whizzing by at about 130 mph (Federer's speed)!
Now, with a fast, deep serve as "normal", an abnormal serve would be to have the ball hit farther up, but to accomplish that, the ball cannot be hit fast, as there must be a parabolic arc that could only happen with a soft shot. But a soft shot gives the returner a lot of time to run after it, so the optimal stance to return the ball is to be very deep.
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Hmmmm, maybe I'll court the idea and give this a shot to see if this is my racket.
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You are not 15, love it or not. If you did all that wrong, it would be a fault.
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Deuce you always seek the advantage to break point on topic whilst LOBbying for a grand slam?
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The ball has to be served into the 1/8th box (the service area) that's toward the net on the same side that the receiver is standing (diagonal of the server.) A right-handed player can then return the serve with the best control by standing in the left bottom corner or the bottom center, at most having to traverse half the width of the court.
If receiving on the left diagonal of the court, this means standing on the left corner. If receiving on the right diagonal, this means standing at the bottom of the center line.
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DavidCrow wrote: On what I know about tennis, I can count on one hand and have 3-4 fingers left over
Your question makes that abundantly clear 
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Is inspecting mirrors a job you could see yourself doing?
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I'll have to reflect on that...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Not to make light of it, but it's a poor reflection of who you are.
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those with too much vanity wouldn't get very far
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the any key okay
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That's one way to think of it...
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I can't see myself doing that.
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Are you a vampire by any chance? 
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?gniod flesruoy ees dluoc uoy boj a srorrim gnitcepsni sI
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.yllaer toN
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I'm a vampire and I resent that remark! 
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If yer house caught on fire last night from fireworks, did it go up in a blaze of glory?
modified 5-Jul-17 10:57am.
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You seem to be getting along like a horse on fire.
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Second only to a bat out of hell. 
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get to the NuGet website? NuGet Gallery
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