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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1937.
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TO HELP JUNIOR TENNIS STARS AUSSIE DAVIS CUP RECRUITS
Sydney, June” 3.
Possibly the best way of cor- recting faults of outstanding junior tennis players, with a view to preparing them for future Davis Cup contests, is an inten- sive study of slow motion films of the stroke production of the world's best players. Support for this view is forthcoming from some of the leading. State selec- tors.
Officials of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, as far back as 1923, conceived this idea, and a series of pictures of W. T. Tilden, W. M. Johnston, Vincent Richards, R. N. Williams, G, L. Patterson, J, B. Hawkes, and many others were taken. When these pictures were shown in Sydney, what the human eye had failed to observe when watch- ing these masters was a revela-
s a re tion.
These films, and others as well, are the property of the Lawn Ten- nis Association of Australia, and the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association should arrange for them to be shown and explained to the outstanding junior players. The operator could stop the machine at any given point for further study or, for the commentator to explain his views more fully.
REVELATION OF ERROR After the young lads had been allowed, to study these films a film could be taken of their stroke pro- duction which the experts thought was not correct, and by studying this in alow motion the defect would be more obvious, hence its correc- tion would be easier. It would be interesting for Gilchrist to see just how he throws the ball up for his service. I think the camera would reveal that he throws the ball in front of him and that his ac- tion is not always the same."
A series of lectures on stroke pro- duction and their demonstration would help, but this should be pre- ceded by lectures on the various grips used by the world's great players and with instructions on the advantage or disadvantage of each.
SELECTORS" VIEWS);
Mr. W. B/Dive, who has acted as a State selector for a number of years and who is one of the sound- est judges in Australia, said coach- ing must be for three continuous months and should start at once, since there would be no tournament play until October. While the boys were being coached they should not be permitted to play in exhibition matches or tournaments. He would bar them from competing, in country tournaments which were played dur ing, a weak-end, as they necés ed a player,who was winning. ing on the court all the time, coach should confer with
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