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A smash in tennis is a shot that is hit above the hitter's head with a serve-like motion. It is also referred to as an overhead. A smash can usually be hit with a high amount of force and is often a shot that ends the point. Most smashes are hit fairly near the net or in mid-court before the ball bounces, generally against lobs that have not been hit high enough or deep enough by the opponent. A player can also smash a very high ball from the baseline, generally on the bounce, although this is often a less forceful smash.
Smash commonly refers to the forehand smash; backhand smashes are rarer and more difficult to execute, especially for beginners, since they are basically high backhand volleys generally hit at an exact angle causing the ball to spin. Rod Laver and Jimmy Connors, both left-handers, were known for their very powerful backhand smashes. The forehand smash was first used in Tennis by Helena Rice on championship point in the 1890 Wimbledon Championships final.
In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, who had a fine overhead himself, devotes a page to the best tennis strokes he had ever seen. He writes: "OVERHEAD—Schroeder just tops here, ahead of Rosewall and Newcombe.




Grip and action



The grip used for a tennis smash is usually a continental grip although some players use an Eastern grip. The swing is an upward throwing motion, making the execution of the shot almost identical to a serve. The main difference from a serve is position and footwork. The positioning and footwork are more similar to a volley which is usually hit with a strong forward weight transfer from inside the court. The smash can be executed with one or both feet on the ground.
Jimmy Connors invented and popularized the skyhook, a version of the overhead smash in which the Eastern grip used to hit the ball further behind the body than is possible with a traditional overhead smash.
Pete Sampras (and before him Yannick Noah) popularized the jump smash, where the player jumps and then hits the smash in mid-air. The shot is often also called a slam dunk, as in basketball.




See also



Glossary of tennis terms
Tennis shots
Smash Tennis - The video game




References






External links



Video: Tips for a good smash
Video: Sky Hook overhead smash - video and analysis Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
Smash Tennis as a brand
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Smash Tennis is a 1993 tennis video game developed and published by Namco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan as Super Family Tennis. It is a follow-up to Family Tennis, originally published in 1987 for the Family Computer. It was designed by Hideo Yoshizawa, a former employee of Tecmo that later created Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Mr. Driller and R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. It did not receive a North American release until it was released on Nintendo Switch Online in February 2020.




Gameplay


Smash Tennis is a tennis video game. Up to four players can be on the game. They must hit the ball with the SNES's controller; failing to do so will resulting in the announcer saying "fault!". After the maximum score is achieved, the court changes.
The Japanese version featured a hidden mode named "NAMCOT Theater", which is a story mode that was absent from the western release.




Development and release


Super Family Tennis was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan on June 25, 1993. It was released in Europe later that year for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, published by British developer Virgin Interactive and renamed to Smash Tennis. The game was designed by Hideo Yoshizawa, a former employee of Tecmo who is best known for creating Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Mr. Driller, and R4: Ridge Racer Type 4; Super Family Tennis was the first game for Namco he worked on. Development of the game was done by Namcot, the former home console division of Namco that was later abolished in 1995. It is the sequel to Family Tennis, which was originally released in 1987 for the Family Computer in Japan. It was digitally re-released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch on September 6, 2019 and in the rest of the world on February 19, 2020 as one of twenty SNES titles announced for the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, making it the first time the game was released in the Americas.




Reception



The game has received mostly positive reviews. Famitsu gave the game a score of 29/40, whereas Next Generation rated it a 7/10, and Mega Fun's score is of 86/100.
In 1995, Total! ranked Smash Tennis 19th on their "Top 100 SNES Games" and commented that compared to its predecessor the game worked slightly better all round and having an interactive background.




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