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Tennis drinking glasses:

Tennis girl and butterfly on gold-rimmed drinking glasses.


1976 drinking glass of Foghorn Leghorn playing some zany tennis with Henery Hawk.


4 Comedic tennis plates, and matching napkins: "Controlling the Backswing", "Follow Through", "Serving the Ball", and 'Grand Slam".  These are all important things in tenns, albeit not necessarily as portrayed here.



These glasses with funny artwork have zany sort of accurate definitions.  We provide the more accurate definitions, click on the picture to read the zany version if the text is too small here.

Poaching -in doubles, when the serving team's net player intercepts the receiving team's cross-court return.

Lob -an arching shot to go over the opponent who has approached the net (ideally hit with topspin)



Advantage  - the score of the game for the player who won the deuce point and can now win the game by winning the point at 'ad'.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Backspin -when the ball is spinning such that the top of the ball rotates away from the direction of flight.  Backspin is attributable to 'slice', or in earlier wood tennis days 'chop'.  Trivia:  a slice shot will clear the net and travel farther than an equivalently hit topspin shot.



Dropshot - a ball intentionally hit to fall short into your opponent's court.   Best played with backspin when your opponent is deep on their own side and not expecting it.


Placement - a shot with the intended direction and depth.  Learning players should learn placement before focusing much on spin or power.


Let - a shot that does not count is must be replayed.  Most often this situation occurs on the service when the ball touches the net and still lands in the service box.  Eliminating service lets has been discussed as a possible rule change.  A let could also be played if a streaker runs across the courts as Wimbledon, or some other inadvertent disruption.

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This is a modern mug, with a vintage image of an advertisement for a Prosser & Sons Dorothy racquet.