The choice of grip allows a player to increase the thickness of his racquet handle and choose a comfortable surface to hold.

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.

A variant played in Poland allows a player to claim a region of several squares as soon as its boundary is completed.

Limitations with mp3-player DJing equipment has meant that only second generation equipment such as the IDJ2 or the Cortex Dmix-300 have the pitch control that alters tempo and allows for beatmatching on a digital music player.

Similarly, frets on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gut and tied to the neck so that they could be moved around by the player at will ( as is the case with the modern saz, which allows for the microtonal playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian music ).

Castle of the Winds also allows the player to restore saved games after dying.

In poison, once a player has finished the course, his ball becomes " poison ", which allows him to eliminate other balls from the game by roqueting them.

Duke's jetpack allows the player to move vertically.

The game also features co-operative play ( co-op ) which allows players to complete the story based single player mode together.

Advocates of the German bow claim that it allows the player to apply more arm weight on the strings.

Some players use the more nimble tips of the fingers to play fast-moving solo passages or to pluck lightly for quiet tunes. The use of amplification allows the player to have more control over the tone of the instrument, because amplifiers have equalization controls that allow the bassist to accentuate certain frequencies ( often the bass frequencies ) while de-accentuating some frequencies ( often the high frequencies, so that there is less finger noise ).

Progress cards granting victory points are an exception, being played immediately ( without regards to whose turn it is ), while the Alchemist progress card, which allows a player to select the roll of the white and red dice, necessitates the card being played instead of rolling the numerical dice.

The Road Building card allows a player to build 2 roads, 2 ships, or one of each when used.

*" Dear Esther " is a 2012 video game by thechineseroom that allows the player to traverse an uninhabitated Hebridean island ; as the player does so letters and diary excerpts are recalled audibly by the narrator to reveal the story and encourage progression towards certain areas.

EverQuest allows players to interact with other people through role-play, joining player guilds, and dueling other players ( in restricted situations -- EQ only allows Player versus Player ( PVP ) combat on the PvP-specific server, specified " arena " zones and through agreed upon dueling ).

This allows the player a wide range of expression in pitch, volume, and timbre, especially in comparison to fipple / ducted flutes.

It allows a tenor banjo player to provide a guitar-based rhythm section with little to learn.

Operation of the pedal re-engages the clutch and allows the player to resume normal playing.

On the other hand, if the player manually lowers the top cymbal of a standard hi-hat stand before playing, this allows any desired tension to be set, and the pedal can still be used to increase the tension while playing, but not to open the hats or to reduce the tension.

The X-hat gives control over the tension holding the hats closed, and allows the player to apply similar tension and produce similar tone to pedal operation, but not to vary the tension while playing.

Subtle manipulation of embouchure and air pressure allows the player to express timbre and dynamics.

This form of polo is usually played with three players per side — as opposed to the standard four-player polo — and therefore allows each player to get more involved and develop.

There is also a hub system that allows the player to travel back and forth between levels, which is necessary to complete certain objectives.

This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment.

Today it is common to print everything ( even plain text ) by sending ready bitmapped images to the printer, because it allows better control over formatting.

This allows him greater control of the armor.

The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface.

While many of these systems involve cars permanently attached to the cable, the system developed by Poma-Otis, a company formed by the merger of the cable car interests of the Pomagalski ski lift company and the Otis Elevator Company, allows the car to be decoupled from the cable under computer control, and can thus be considered a modern interpretation of the cable car.

The temperature of the steam is easier to control than the surface of a heating element, and allows a high rate of heat transfer without heating at a very high temperature.

Some aircraft, the Panavia Tornado for example, retain a very basic hydro-mechanical backup system for limited flight control capability on losing electrical power, in the case of the Tornado this allows rudimentary control of the stabilators only for pitch and roll axis movements.

A dominant position ( usually on top ) allows the dominant grappler a variety of options, including: attempting to escape by standing up, obtaining a pin or hold-down to control and exhaust the opponent, executing a submission hold, or striking the opponent.

This allows for more precise motor control

Along with helping IKEA make non-taxable profit, IKEA's complicated corporate structure allows Kamprad to maintain tight control over the operations of Ingka Holding, and thus the operation of most IKEA stores.

* simple remote: The Medtronic pumps offer an optional RF remote control that allows the user to deliver a discrete bolus or stop insulin delivery when the pump is concealed or inaccessible.

Buffers allow data to be stored until it can be transferred, and flow control allows the network card to pause communications without having to discard data if the buffer is full.

Jean's telepathy allows her to read, influence, control, and communicate with the minds of others, project her mind into the astral plane, and generate telepathic force blasts that can stun or kill others.

Lazy evaluation allows control structures to be defined normally, and not as primitives or compile-time techniques.

* In Lisp, the Common Lisp Object System allows full control of the method combination.

The capability for remote control allows full-sized instruments to be replaced with smaller sound modules, and allows musicians to combine instruments to achieve a fuller sound, or to create combinations such as acoustic piano and strings.

Apple Motion allows control of animation parameters through MIDI.

The Eventide H3000 Ultra-harmonizer is an example of a unit that allows such extensive MIDI control that it is playable as a synthesizer.

MIDI Show Control ( MSC ) is a set of SysEx commands which allows sequencing and remote cueing of show control devices such as lighting, music and sound playback, and motion control systems.