Return
Of tennis and tennis stroke.
A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return".
This concept's ID is @1~2919
Tennis
- drive
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash).
- forehand
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as...
Also contains
- backhand
A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke.
- chop
A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball.
- drop shot
A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net.
- get
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point...
- ground stroke
A tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once.
- half volley
A tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces.
- lob
An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
- smash
A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head.
- passing shot
A tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net.
- volley
A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces.