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A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to begin the point. The most common serve is used is an overhead serve.It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air over the server's head and hitting it when the arm is fully stretched out (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.
The sweet spot is a place where a combination of factors results in a maximum response for a given amount of effort. In tennis, squash, racquetball, baseball, cricket or golf a given swing will result in a more powerful hit if the ball strikes the racket, bat or club on the latter's sweet spot.
Hit and giggle: non-competitive social tennis. Hitting partner (or sparring partner): specialist employed by a tennis player to practice strokes during training. Hold (or hold serve): To win the game when serving. Compare break. Hot Dog: A shot where the player hits the ball between their legs.
Lenny Harris had 212 hits in 804 pinch hit at bats, both records in Major League Baseball.. In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter.Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute.
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All is well after an errant Rafael Nadal shot hit a ballgirl in the head at the Australian Open. The Spanish tennis player took to both Twitter and Instagram to share a selfie he took with Anita ...
In a pinch. Kerry Carpenter, a left-handed hitter, led the Tigers on offense with two extra-base hits. He also leads the Tigers in batting average (.302) and on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.920 ...
Raley had the first pinch-hit, inside-the-park home run in Tampa Bay history and Aaron Civale pitched six strong innings for his first victory since being acquired at the trade deadline in the ...