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	<title>Comments on: Learn the Lingo and Talk Like a Tennis Pro</title>
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		<title>By: Aaress Lawless</title>
		<link>http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/05/15/learn-the-lingo-and-talk-like-a-tennis-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-24097</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaress Lawless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 05:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew, thanks for the extra words. I&#039;ll try to get those added soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew, thanks for the extra words. I&#8217;ll try to get those added soon.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Broad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew Broad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s great to see a tennis-glossary!

I have issues with the following definitions:

Ballboy - A ballboy can only be male! The female counterpart is a ballgirl, and the generic term is ballperson.

Counterpuncher - A counterpuncher is not necessarily defensive. She absorbs the pace of her opponent and uses it against her, rather than generating her own pace.

Lawn-tennis - Can also be played on clay, carpet or hard courts. It&#039;s the term that distinguishes the tennis we know from the ancient game called real tennis.

Let - For a &#039;let&#039; serve, only the serve is replayed, not the whole point. However, if a let occurs after the serve (e.g. a foreign object appears on the court), then the whole point is replayed and you get a first serve.

Unforced error - The definition should be reworded to avoid implying that unforced errors can only occur on the serve or return of serve (the word &quot;return&quot; should be reserved exclusively for returns of serve).

And I would like to suggest adding the following terms:

Ad-court
(hit back) Behind
Body-jamming serve
Bye
Carpet
Centre-line
Challenge
Changeover
Chip and charge
Choke
Clay
Coach
Code-violation
Continental grip
Cyclops
Default
Draw
Drive
Drive-volley
(taking the ball) Early
Floater
Forced error
Foot-fault
Game
Golden set
Grass
Groundstaff
Gut-saver
Half-volley
Hard court
Hawkeye
Heavy ball
I-Formation
Initiative (in a rally)
Intercept
ITF
Knockout-draw
Long
Lucky Loser
Medical Time-Out
Momentum
Moonball
Net
Netcord
Off-forehand/backhand
One-two punch
Order of play
Overhead
Punch-volley
Qualifier
Race
Ranking
Rebreak
Retire
Retriever
Return
Round robin
Seed
Set
Sideline
Sidespin
Selesian (two hands both sides)
Semi-Western grip
Serve down the middle
Serve out wide
Service-box
Service-line
Split step
Spread
Stop-volley
Tempo
Throw (a match)
Touch
Trainer
Unseeded
Volley
Warm-up
Western grip
Wide
Wrong-foot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s great to see a tennis-glossary!</p>
<p>I have issues with the following definitions:</p>
<p>Ballboy &#8211; A ballboy can only be male! The female counterpart is a ballgirl, and the generic term is ballperson.</p>
<p>Counterpuncher &#8211; A counterpuncher is not necessarily defensive. She absorbs the pace of her opponent and uses it against her, rather than generating her own pace.</p>
<p>Lawn-tennis &#8211; Can also be played on clay, carpet or hard courts. It&#8217;s the term that distinguishes the tennis we know from the ancient game called real tennis.</p>
<p>Let &#8211; For a &#8216;let&#8217; serve, only the serve is replayed, not the whole point. However, if a let occurs after the serve (e.g. a foreign object appears on the court), then the whole point is replayed and you get a first serve.</p>
<p>Unforced error &#8211; The definition should be reworded to avoid implying that unforced errors can only occur on the serve or return of serve (the word &#8220;return&#8221; should be reserved exclusively for returns of serve).</p>
<p>And I would like to suggest adding the following terms:</p>
<p>Ad-court<br />
(hit back) Behind<br />
Body-jamming serve<br />
Bye<br />
Carpet<br />
Centre-line<br />
Challenge<br />
Changeover<br />
Chip and charge<br />
Choke<br />
Clay<br />
Coach<br />
Code-violation<br />
Continental grip<br />
Cyclops<br />
Default<br />
Draw<br />
Drive<br />
Drive-volley<br />
(taking the ball) Early<br />
Floater<br />
Forced error<br />
Foot-fault<br />
Game<br />
Golden set<br />
Grass<br />
Groundstaff<br />
Gut-saver<br />
Half-volley<br />
Hard court<br />
Hawkeye<br />
Heavy ball<br />
I-Formation<br />
Initiative (in a rally)<br />
Intercept<br />
ITF<br />
Knockout-draw<br />
Long<br />
Lucky Loser<br />
Medical Time-Out<br />
Momentum<br />
Moonball<br />
Net<br />
Netcord<br />
Off-forehand/backhand<br />
One-two punch<br />
Order of play<br />
Overhead<br />
Punch-volley<br />
Qualifier<br />
Race<br />
Ranking<br />
Rebreak<br />
Retire<br />
Retriever<br />
Return<br />
Round robin<br />
Seed<br />
Set<br />
Sideline<br />
Sidespin<br />
Selesian (two hands both sides)<br />
Semi-Western grip<br />
Serve down the middle<br />
Serve out wide<br />
Service-box<br />
Service-line<br />
Split step<br />
Spread<br />
Stop-volley<br />
Tempo<br />
Throw (a match)<br />
Touch<br />
Trainer<br />
Unseeded<br />
Volley<br />
Warm-up<br />
Western grip<br />
Wide<br />
Wrong-foot</p>
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		<title>By: Aaress Lawless</title>
		<link>http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/05/15/learn-the-lingo-and-talk-like-a-tennis-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-24085</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaress Lawless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ryan, 

Thanks! I checked out your site and added it to my RSS reader. You are definitely off to a good start!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ryan, </p>
<p>Thanks! I checked out your site and added it to my RSS reader. You are definitely off to a good start!</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/05/15/learn-the-lingo-and-talk-like-a-tennis-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-24081</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey nice blog dude. If you get a second, check out my blog http://breakastring.blogspot.com/ . I welcome any criticism you may have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey nice blog dude. If you get a second, check out my blog <a href="http://breakastring.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://breakastring.blogspot.com/</a> . I welcome any criticism you may have.</p>
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		<title>By: Aaress Lawless</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aaress Lawless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad it was able to help!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad it was able to help!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The lingo dictionary is a great addition! Thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lingo dictionary is a great addition! Thank you!</p>
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