Spin and Tennis - The Game of Spin: *Knowledge from Home* (Tennis and the Coronavirus Lockdown)

"TENNIS HAS BEEN called the game of inches, of kings, of poets, of love, of errors, of endurance, of a lifetime. But those are mostly metaphors. Really, tennis is the game of spin." 

Spin is king. Spin kills. Spin wins points and matches. 

The great tennis superstar of yesteryear Bill Tilden wrote a book still considered a classic called "Match Play and the Spin of the Ball." Rafael Nadal hits a massive topspin forehand 3 feet above the net with record-breaking RPM (revolutions per minute) which drops down into the opponent's court like a bomb. Roger Federer hits an unequaled, biting underspin slice which fiercely dips down into the opponent's court and forces an impossible reply.      

Understanding and appreciating SPIN in tennis elevates your tennis knowledge to a higher level. 

Credit: Read about the Mind-Bending Physics of a Tennis Ball's Spin (Wired Magazine, Nick Stockton, September 12, 2015)