Excerpt from Tennis for Girls

There are a number of books on tennis, but none has heretofore been written for the young girl just starting in to play. It may be argued that the game is the same for both boy and girl, therefore the same book will do for both. This is true to a certain extent. But just as there is a difference in the finished game, so there is a difference in the early training; and I believe that, properly started, a girls game may be developed to the point where it is much more like the boys game than it is at present. Tennis is a game requiring a quick eye and good judgment. Now a boys eye is naturally trained to judge a ball in flight; he plays at some kind of ball game 1 from the day he is strong enough to toss one. His body, too, responds more readily to what his eye tells him he must do. Therefore, a girl has to spend more time and attention in developing her eye, and in learning to get quick and accurate response from her muscles. There is no good reason why a girl should not be as quick as her brother; it is merely a matter of training.

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