The Eastern Forehand grip allows for flat shots on the forehand while making it more difficult to hit topspin, because the shift along the handle is only 45 degrees.

* buggy whip: Forehand hit with a follow-through that does not go across the body and finish on the opposite side, but rather goes from low to high and finishes on the same side ( similar to the driver of a horse drawn carriage whipping a horse ).

* squash shot: Forehand or backhand shot typically hit on the run from a defensive position, either with slice, or from behind the player's stance.

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The Eastern Forehand grip is obtained when placing the hand such that the base knuckle of the index finger is right on the third bevel.

The basic Two-Handed Backhand grip, is obtained by holding the racquet in a regular Continental grip, then placing the left hand above holding it in a left-handed Eastern Forehand grip.

* groundstroke: Forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball bounces once on the court.

This technique, a precursor to impressionism, is noted for the short brush strokes where the colors are not necessarily blended smoothly.

In doubles, a lift is the safest option but it usually allows the opponents to continue smashing ; blocks and drives are counter-attacking strokes, but may be intercepted by the smasher's partner.

Against weaker players whose intended strokes are obvious, an experienced player may move before the shuttlecock has been hit, anticipating the stroke to gain an advantage.

Since one person needs to cover the entire court, singles tactics are based on forcing the opponent to move as much as possible ; this means that singles strokes are normally directed to the corners of the court.

In contrast to soccer, however, all free strokes are “ direct ” and allow a goal to be scored without another player touching the ball.

Each key is essentially a shift key so that with ten keys, there are ten single strokes and ninety two-finger keystrokes.

Large engines are usually multicylinder to reduce pulsations from individual firing strokes, with more than one piston attached to a complex crankshaft.

Characters are then grouped by their primary radical, then ordered by number of pen strokes within radicals.

The well-known Chernorizets Hrabar's strokes and incisions are usually considered to be a reference to a kind of property mark or alternatively fortune-telling signs.

Since there are no dedicated intake or exhaust strokes, alternative methods must be used to scavenge the cylinders.

In this engine the intake and exhaust strokes are eliminated and ports are used instead of valves.

Katakana are characterized by short, straight strokes and angular corners, and are the simplest of the Japanese scripts.

In a field where airbrushing is common practice, paintings by Freas are notable for his use of bold brush strokes, and a study of his work reveals his experimentation with a wide variety of tools and techniques.

The pitch symbols themselves resemble brush strokes and are colloquially called gántzoi (" hooks ") in Modern Greek.

However, as we will see below, they are distinct from the geometric microliths because of the strokes used in the manufacture of geometric microliths, which mainly involved the microburin technique.

The strokes are often simplified character shapes, making them easier for the device to recognize.

In addition, most typing strokes are done with the left hand in the QWERTY layout.

These operations are repeated cyclically and an engine is said to be 2-stroke, 4-stroke or 6-stroke depending on the number of strokes it takes to complete a cycle.

Once players have mastered these basic strokes, they can hit the shuttlecock from and to any part of the court, powerfully and softly as required.

The lightness of modern racquets allows players to use a very short hitting action for many strokes, thereby maintaining the option to hit a powerful or a soft stroke until the last possible moment.

A short hitting action is not only useful for deception: it also allows the player to hit powerful strokes when he has no time for a big arm swing.

Elite players develop finger power to the extent that they can hit some power strokes, such as net kills, with less than a racquet swing.

If a pair cannot hit downwards, they will use flat strokes in an attempt to gain the attack.

As a typical golf game, the player's objective is to hit the ball into the hole using as few strokes as possible.

* sometimes on a punishee who is wholly or partially undressed for strokes administered on the bare skin, especially severe caning, to avoid accidental damage when the wrong part of the body ( e. g. the reins ) is hit instead of the target ( usually the buttocks or back ).

" He played very straight and hit the ball hard in defence, but could not play all the strokes, particularly on the off side.

:; Green in regulation ( GIR ): A green is considered hit " in regulation " if any part of the ball is touching the putting surface and the number of strokes taken is at least two fewer than par ( i. e., by the first stroke on a par 3, the second stroke on a par 4, or the third stroke on a par 5 ).

This thin stick is often held cross-grip, and the drummer can quickly hit thin accent strokes by gently twisting the wrist.

Though at times he would hit very hard, he had very little backlift and could play only a restricted range of strokes, and his size made him rather slow of foot and hence seldom likely to make many runs on the numerous rain-affected pitches of his day.

Bill Tilden, the dominant player of the 1920s and one of the fathers of the cannonball serve, nevertheless preferred to play from the backcourt and liked nothing better than to face an opponent who threw powerful serves and ground strokes at him and who rushed the net — one way or another Tilden would find a way to hit the ball past him.

The competitive object of the game is to hit the ball into a hole with a club in the fewest number of strokes.

For instance, the bow works long range but requires precise aim, whereas the sword slices with broad strokes that make it easy to hit enemies but is short range only.

As a batsman, Fender's approach was very attacking ; whatever the circumstances, he hit the ball very hard and his ability to play a variety of strokes made it difficult for captains to place fielders effectively.

NME called it a " assive, massive massive hit " adding " Piano tinkles, drum machine coughs like an athsmatic whippet and Alicia strokes your spine with ice cubes and spatters your spotty back with hot candle wax ".