If a player does not lift, his only remaining option is to push the shuttlecock softly back to the net: in the forecourt this is called a netshot ; in the midcourt or rearcourt, it is often called a push or block.

When the shuttlecock is near to net height, players can hit drives, which travel flat and rapidly over the net into the opponents ' rear midcourt and rearcourt.

Pushes may also be hit flatter, placing the shuttlecock into the front midcourt.

Drives and pushes may be played from the midcourt or forecourt, and are most often used in doubles: they are an attempt to regain the attack, rather than choosing to lift the shuttlecock and defend against smashes.

If a pair is forced to lift or clear the shuttlecock, then they must defend: they will adopt a side-by-side position in the rear midcourt, to cover the full width of their court against the opponents ' smashes.

In the forecourt and midcourt, most strokes can be played equally effectively on either the forehand or backhand side ; but in the rearcourt, players will attempt to play as many strokes as possible on their forehands, often preferring to play a round-the-head forehand overhead ( a forehand " on the backhand side ") rather than attempt a backhand overhead.

Whenever possible, a pair will adopt an ideal attacking formation with one player hitting down from the rearcourt, and his partner in the midcourt intercepting all smash returns except the lift.

In Game 3, the Lakers led by two points with 37. 1 seconds remaining when Ariza stole Kenyon Martin's pass to Carmelo Anthony near midcourt to help Lakers take a 2-1 lead.

Korda was also known for the " Scissors Kick " which he would do at midcourt after winning matches.

Selvy obliged, hitting 41 of 66 field goals and 18 of 22 free throws, his last two points coming on a desperate heave near midcourt at the buzzer.

In general, this latter style of deception is more common in the rearcourt ( for example, dropshots disguised as smashes ), whereas the former style is more common in the forecourt and midcourt ( for example, lifts disguised as netshots ).

The resulting timeout call allowed Phoenix to inbound the ball at midcourt, rather than go the full length of the court.

* With 20 seconds left in the third overtime and the Celtics seemingly in control at 128 – 122, Westphal scored two quick baskets to cut it to 128 – 126 and nearly made a steal at midcourt after the second, but failed and the Celtics ran out the clock to the victory.

In the 1984 tournament, Charles Barkley's " sitting at midcourt " episode occurred after his Auburn Tigers were beaten in the tournament championship by the Kentucky Wildcats.

90 seconds after Wallace shoved Artest, most of both teams ' players and coaches huddled at midcourt, attempting to calm down Wallace.

On December 9, 1977, during an NBA game between the Lakers and the Houston Rockets, a scuffle broke out between several players at midcourt.

In the forecourt, a high shuttlecock will be met with a net kill, hitting it steeply downwards and attempting to win the rally immediately.

This overhead hitting allows them to play smashes, clears ( hitting the shuttlecock high and to the back of the opponents ' court ), and dropshots ( hitting the shuttlecock so that it falls softly downwards into the opponents ' forecourt ).

If the shuttlecock has dropped lower, then a smash is impossible and a full-length, high clear is difficult.

Lifted serves may be either high serves, where the shuttlecock is lifted so high that it falls almost vertically at the back of the court, or flick serves, where the shuttlecock is lifted to a lesser height but falls sooner.

The trophy is 20 inches high with a rotating globe on top of a plinth and a female player standing on top of a shuttlecock.

If we grasp this opportunity to build an age of productive partnership between the less fortunate nations and those that have already achieved a high state of economic advancement, we will make brighter the outlook for a world order based upon security and freedom.

These chatty merchants made amusing and instructive traveling companions, for their business took them to all four corners of the globe, and Florentine gossip had already reached a high stage of development as even a cursory glance at the Inferno will prove.

It has already been reported in your newspapers that the East Greenwich School Committee is considering additions to at least one elementary school and to the high school to insure future accommodations for a school population that we know will increase.

Pauling's estimate of 200 megatons yield from the present series of Russian tests will probably turn out to be too high, but a total of 100 megatons is a distinct possibility.

Mr. Dryfoos' outstanding career as a journalist guarantees that the high standards which have made the Times one of the world's great newspapers will be maintained.

This work will cover the most serious one-fourth of all land needing such treatment, and will consist of burning 250,000 acres of highly hazardous debris concentration, felling snags on 350,000 acres of high lightning-occurrence areas, prescribed burning on 3.5 million acres, removing roadside fuel on 39,000 acres, and clearing and maintaining 11,000 miles of firebreaks.

We are initiating research on the use of solid state materials for infrared detection using a method which will not require cooling of materials to attain high sensitivity.

He may welcome their appropriate participation in the determination of high policy, but he has a right to expect, in return, that they will leave administrative matters to the administration.

Used in several sets of high reps once or twice each week it will not be long before your entire upper leg takes on a razor-sharp definition in which the muscles look like wire cables writhing and twisting under the skin!!

Because of this, it would appear inevitable that an increasing percentage of strategic missiles will seek self-protection in mobility -- at least until missile defenses are perfected which have an exceedingly high kill probability.

A sudden high rise in temperature will turn your pool poison green overnight.

Often one floodlight high in a tree will provide all the light you need at much less expense.

If we wait until children are in junior high or high school, we will never manage it.

Eventually the class will be able to kick up high enough so that the teacher can catch the leading leg.

My answer is in the negative because I believe that total capital demands during the Sixties will continue to press against available supplies, and interest rates will generally tend to be firm at high levels.

If the rake angle **yc of the knife is high enough and the friction angle **yt between the front of the knife and the back of the chip is low enough to give a positive value for Af, the resultant vector R will lie above the plane of the substrate.

It will be shown theoretically that the high image intensification obtainable with such a tube and contact photography permits the utilization of extremely low incident light levels.

If the farm is in an industrial area where wages are high, farm labor costs will also be high.

Publishers want books that will sell, recording studios want discs that will not seem strange to ears used to hillbilly and jazz music, grade and high schools want quaint, but moral, material.

The apprentice program will involve further education on a part-time basis, usually at night, perhaps using some of the same equipment of the high school.