Dave Kregel Tennis: The Rally
Posted on August 15, 2011
Filed Under Marin Tennis, Private tennis lessons, tennis lessons in Marin
The Rally
The term “rally” has several meanings in tennis. It generally means “to hit the ball back and forth without keeping score”. The object is to hit the ball to the other player with the hope she will hit it back to you so that you will have time to hit a nice stroke back to her. A compatible partner allows you to “groove” your strokes. Many players spend a lot of time doing this. Some players prefer this to”playing”, that is, serving and keeping score. The object in playing is to hit the ball where your opponent will have trouble returning it.
Another meaning is when rally means to warm-up before a match. Again you should hit the ball where your opponent wants it.
When we say “there was a long rally in the last point” we mean that a lot of shots were hit before the point ended.
In tennis we don’t “rally for serve”. Instead we spin the racquet.
Finally, coming from behind is called “rallying’ or “putting on the rally cap”.
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