strokes [2]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
With the exception of the serve, all tennis strokes are backhands or forehands; for a right-handed player, strokes on the right are forehands and strokes on the left are backhands.
smash ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Powerful stroke executed when the ball is over the head; usually played after a lob, the smash is meant to bounce out of the opponent’s reach.
drop shot ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Short shot by which the ball falls just behind the net with almost no bounce.
lob ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Stroke by which the ball is sent high into the air over the opponent’s head when this player is in the forecourt.