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PAGE 19 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15,1984 Sports Two simple methods lead to successful service returns Walt Harriett, Jr. •SPTA "I'm controllin' my service return a mite better now* ol' Pro," declared the tall Texan, Armarillo Sidewinder. |4I kin even hit 'em in about half the time, which tickles me pink! What'll it take to improve that there percentage even more?" he Well, Armarillo, do you know how and when to play servers "up and back?" I inquired. "If n you mean do I know how to up and back and doe-see-doe on the square dance floor, well, of course I know how to do that. Every Texan can square dance. We invented square dancin'," Armarillo said. This has nothing to do with square dancing, Armarillo. These are two very basic ways or philosophies of returning serves, I an­ swered. "'Oh, that there is a different thang altogether. Why don't you lemme hear about this here "up and back" stuff so's my service will finally do justice to the great state of Texas, from which I originated." BESIDES THE normal position a player would take when receiving serve, there are other basic positions the receiver should be prepared to use when receiving serve. -ifie first position is what I call the "up" position. The receiver plays two to five feet closer to the net in the up position. In this position the receiver tries to hit returns earlier than normal to force the serve into hitting rushed returns. Even if the receiver cannot force the server to hit a rushed shot off of his return, the up position is still valuable. It forces the receiver to stay alert, to shorten the backswing to a*minimum, and to play the ball early or off the rise. To be effective in the up receiving position, receivers must stay on their toes and be ready to move forward at angles to cut off wide returns. They must keep their backswings to the bare minimum, and hit the returns as often as possible as the bouncing serve is rising. THE UP receiving position is best used against slow servers, spin servers, or servers who do not vary their serves a lot. It is quite effective as an offensive weapon against second serves. In fact, may good volleyers like to take weak second serves off the rise and hit deep to a corner. They then follow the return into the net as they would an approach shot, and volley the ball for a winner. The opposite of the up position receiving is the back position. This was popularized by Bjorn Borg. Borg would play three or four feet behind the baseline against big servers. He then would move in and smack forehand and backhand returns with a fuller backswing. He felt he needed the extra room to charge the return to develop smome momentum moving forward against 110 m.p.h. servers found in the pro ranks. THAT IS ONE WAY to play the back position. Another way is to play totally defensively by moving way back against big servers and soft-balling or lobbing every return. This will work surprisingly well for several games, maybe even a set. It's a tactic used lo disrupt players that are playing very well. It makes them hit balls they are not used to from receiving positions they are not ac customed to seeing. The back position then should be used when playing big servers. Usually receivers tend to favor one style of receiving and grow comfortable with it. This is fine, but use what works best for you. But, if things aren't going well with your return of serve, don't be bashful about trying something new to break out of the slump. The result may just tickle you pink. Thursday men's 12-inch TAYLOR MADE GOLF 10 WEST END PUB 5 Taylor Made clinched first place in the Thursday night 12" league game, winning 10-5. West End led early, but Taylor Made finally got untracked in the fifth inning, scoring six runs to take an 8- 5 advantage. y Tom Nusbaum's bases- loaded triple sealed the win. Nusbaum later scored on a sacrifice fly by Dave Malo. • Taylor Made made sure of the win, scoring two in the sixth on an RBI single by Gary Garde, and a sacrifice fly by Jack Spindler. ; Spinder had two hits and scored twice for the win­ ners, while Arnie Stolte had two singles and scored three runs. Nusbaum also scored three times. 6 Taylor Made is 11-2. End Pub falls to 6-7. •nana. 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