History of lawn tennis: Predecessors While the modern game of tennis originated in late 19th century England‚ most historians believe that the game’s ancient origin lay in 12th century France‚ where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand. Louis X of France was a keen player of jeu de paume‚ which evolved into real tennis‚ and became notable as the first person to construct indoor tennis courts in the modern style. Louis was unhappy with playing tennis out of doors and accordingly had indoor
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Rules‚ regulation and scoring systems for one individual sport Table tennis [pic] ADDING UP THE POINTS • The winner of a match is the one who wins the first THREE or FOUR games (according to the competition) • A game consists of 11 points • There must be a gap of at least two points between opponents • If the score is 10-10‚ the game goes in to extra play until one of the players has gained a lead of 2 points • The point goes to the player who successfully ends a
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Developing Brand Positioning Strategy for Canadian Club Whiskey [pic] Developing branding strategy for Canadian Club A. Assess and fully critique the success of Canadian Club’s repositioning strategies used in the case. Use brand theories and concepts to evaluate the company’s branding strategies listed in the case. According to Keller(1993) the
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Does cleaning a table tennis racket and keeping it in a case preserve its power and spin? Introduction: Spin plays a large part in most‚ if not all‚ ball sports. In no sport is the Magnus Effect more conspicuous than in the sport of table tennis. The small‚ light ball can spin up to 150 revolutions per second in a match situation. (Qun‚ et al.‚ 1992) This is due largely to technique‚ but the level of spin has greatly improved since the 1950’s‚ due to the invent of “sandwich rubber”‚ or “Inverted
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year winning the Australian titles‚ where she won 4 doubles titles. She was the top women’s tennis player in the world in the late 1990s. She finished with 43 titles in singles and 37 in doubles. Hingis also led Switzerland to its only Fed Cup final in 1998 before losing to Spain. Martina Hingis used a Yonex RD‚ Pro 70 Long‚ 105‚ and the blacked out Babolat. Teenage Martina Hingis was the top women’s tennis player in the world in the late 1990s‚ but ankle injuries and a cocaine scandal cut her career
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Interview an Athlete Tennis Player I have chosen to interview a tennis player‚ “John”. Although not a professional tennis player he competes with family members every other weekend. In addition to eating a well balanced diet and maintaining a healthy weight John keeps himself hydrated by drinking sports drinks‚ which he believes‚ gives him an edge. His sports drink of choice is Gatorage Tiger because it has L-Theanine and advanced electrolytes. L. Theanine is an amino acid‚ which is found
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The author of this article basically asserts that whether a person be playing chess or tennis‚ the brain is utilized in a similar manner between aspects that require knowledge and the ones that seemingly don’t. In the article‚ elite athletes are used as examples to show how they easily use just as much brain power as the champion for professional checkers does. In athletics‚ the players need to be able to keep their A game‚ and get in the “zone”; in entering their zones‚ the brain manipulates a part
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ultimately led to the demise of their Value Club stores. If Wal-Mart had properly used CP’s expertise to better understand the Chinese marketplace they would have devised an entry strategy that catered to the wants and needs of the local market and subsequently increased their chances of success. Every industry has certain key success factors that all businesses must possess to be a viable competitor. For warehouse clubs‚ “The key operating strategy is to maintain low costs and high turnover”
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Why I See Tennis as a Lifelong Sport For me‚ I do see tennis as a lifelong sport that I will always like to play. I have enjoyed playing tennis since the age of 11 when my father took me out to my neighborhood court and taught me to play. Ever since then I decided that tennis would be my sport of choice. Tennis is a sport that only requires one other person to play‚ it is fairly easy to play for fun‚ and tennis requires you to use your entire body and stay in shape. Those are my reasons for keeping
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Table Tennis History Like many other sports‚ Table Tennis began as a mild social diversion. It was probably played with improvised equipment in England‚ during the last quarter of the 19th century. Though Table Tennis evolved‚ along with Badminton and Lawn Tennis‚ from the ancient game of Tennis (also known as Jeu de Paume‚ Real tennis‚ Court Tennis or Royal Tennis)‚ the game was developed after Lawn Tennis became popular in the 1880s. Game manufacturers tried many experiments to market
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