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Tennis forehand technique

The forehand is the next thing that is the most fundamental in tennis. It is the most basic and most used shot in tennis once get it right you are able to hit with consistency and power. Start from the ready position and just your opponent initiates his or her forward swing do a split step. As you push off, prepare to hit the ball by rotating your shoulders away from the ball. I remembered that we used to pick a lot of balls while practicing this in the start than trying to hit the balls. This technique is the basic but requires effort and time in order to play tennis.

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Some pictures of the ads

Land rover advertisment

Cannon advetisment

Here are some of the advertisments that the tennis star features in. She is actually under 21 and yet she has received these huge amounts of advertisements campaigns. Her catchy phrase in the cannon advertisement is "Every shot is a power shot". Sounds funny in the way they try to link tennis and camera but it works ha.

Chateau de Versailles

One of the most visited monuments in France is the Chateau de Versailles. The Chateau de Versailles has more than 2,000 windows, 700 rooms, 1250 fireplaces, 67 staircases and more than 1,800 acres of park. The paintings, tapestries , sculptures ,furniture of this fabulous castle, have been executed by the best Italian and French artists of the time, which makes it one of the largest castles in the world. And when I got the chance to visit Paris again, I never miss the chance of going there, to see the beauty of the palace in my own naked eye.

We take the 30-minute ride on the RER train, Line C, to Versailles Rive Gauche Station, the last stop on the line. This station brings you within just blocks of the famous Chateau of Versailles.

Lots of people want to visit the Palace of Versailles too but the queue is way too long and we're under the heat of the sun... Whew!

...and our patience has been rewarded, it surely is an amazing and beautiful place. By the way, that is the Grand Canal over there.

See that huge Maze behind me? It's been said that the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' was filmed there...

This is the Coronation room.

The Queen's Bedchamber. It was in the Queen's Bedchamber that the French Queen would give birth to heirs to the throne. Many people would crowd into this room to watch the event.

Welcome to the King's Chamber... :)

The Hall of Mirrors, completed in 1686, was a passage through which Louis XIV would go each day to get from the King's Apartment to the Chapel. There are magnificent views of the gardens through the windows. Mirrors are placed on the opposite wall to reflect the light, and a series of chandeliers hang from the ceiling. It was in this room that the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, formally marking the end of the First World War.

...and how I love looking at this painting... =)

Until then... I'll post more about my Travel escapades from different places soon. Just been busy with work lately...

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Tennis stars

If you want to know how much famous tennis players are earning they are about 25 million dollars and about 17 million dollars for Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer respectively.

They have millions of dollars from advertisements for Maria it really is kind of many for an athlete.

They are brands like cannon, cars like land rover and others more. Maria is the highest paid female athlete.

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The ready position

The ready position is vital for getting your body set up to return serve, playground strokes and execute volleys. Yes not only soccer have volleys tennis too have. It allows you to react quickly to your opponent's shots, allowing you to push off the ball quickly. One thing for sure it is important that you have to keep your eyes on the opponent and the ball. But I know that is quite difficult at the start because of concentrating on the basics like the ready position and to smack the ball.

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The forehand grip continues...

There are actually four types forehand grips: continental, eastern forehand, semi-western forehand and western forehand. To find a certain grip, use the base of your index finger as the main reference point. Your thumb should and index finger should form a v shape. Your grip should be fine. On contact with the ball, your grip should be tightened. Different grips actually gives different effect such as continental grip the ball is too flat and the shot will be close to the net which is risky. The western forehand grip creates too much top spin which takes off the ball's speed. To which grip to use by the way, Roger Federer uses the semi-western, while Rafael Nadal uses the western. Ultimately, use the grip that is most comfortable.

Tennis basics

Grip is the foundation of all tennis strokes. Where you position your hand on the eight-handed handle affects the angle of the racket face, which is the contact point of the ball. Now you have an rough idea why it can quite boring at the start because it is like so complicated. Just hit the ball ha! But to really enjoy the game it is a process that the basics must be included. Once some practicing is done, there will be a sense of satisfaction.

Tennis to me...

Tennis to me is a game that I wasn't really a talent to start with. I have started to get contact the sport during school days as part of physical education program and... I was totally ain't good with it. Still remember the first thing about it is to swing the racket we just keep swinging to get that hang of it and started to hit some balls. This part is really tiring and boring as most of weren't that good most of the time we were picking the balls after it flew away.

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Okay, okay, it's not 100% original. Based on a funny photo I saw on the internet, I decided to cartooon-ize it. If you download the picture, and use Window's Picture and Fax viewer, you can print it out to a full page (unlike the photo, which was a bit blurry and 'yellowish'.

Print and post at your favorite bulletin board; perhaps that boring stuffy one at work...


The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes (Klutz)

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