Jumat, 26 Februari 2010
The Story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Grimm's Fairy Tale version - translated by Margaret Hunt - language modernized a bit by Leanne Guenther
Once upon a time, long, long ago a king and queen ruled over a distant land. The queen was kind and lovely and all the people of the realm adored her. The only sadness in the queen's life was that she wished for a child but did not have one.
One winter day, the queen was doing needle work while gazing out her ebony window at the new fallen snow. A bird flew by the window startling the queen and she pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell on the snow outside her window. As she looked at the blood on the snow she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony."
Soon after that, the kind queen got her wish when she gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They named the baby princess Snow White, but sadly, the queen died after giving birth to Snow White.
Soon after, the king married a new woman who was beautiful, but as well proud and cruel. She had studied dark magic and owned a magic mirror, of which she would daily ask,
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?.
Each time this question was asked, the mirror would give the same answer, "Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all." This pleased the queen greatly as she knew that her magical mirror could speak nothing but the truth.
One morning when the queen asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" she was shocked when it answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow White is even fairer than you.
The Queen flew into a jealous rage and ordered her huntsman to take Snow White into the woods to be killed. She demanded that the huntsman return with Snow White's heart as proof.
The poor huntsman took Snow White into the forest, but found himself unable to kill the girl. Instead, he let her go, and brought the queen the heart of a wild boar.
Snow White was now all alone in the great forest, and she did not know what to do. The trees seemed to whisper to each other, scaring Snow White who began to run. She ran over sharp stones and through thorns. She ran as far as her feet could carry her, and just as evening was about to fall she saw a little house and went inside in order to rest.
Inside the house everything was small but tidy. There was a little table with a tidy, white tablecloth and seven little plates. Against the wall there were seven little beds, all in a row and covered with quilts.
Because she was so hungry Snow White ate a few vegetables and a little bread from each little plate and from each cup she drank a bit of milk. Afterward, because she was so tired, she lay down on one of the little beds and fell fast asleep.
After dark, the owners of the house returned home. They were the seven dwarves who mined for gold in the mountains. As soon as they arrived home, they saw that someone had been there -- for not everything was in the same order as they had left it.
The first one said, "Who has been sitting in my chair?"
The second one, "Who has been eating from my plate?"
The third one, "Who has been eating my bread?"
The fourth one, "Who has been eating my vegetables?"
The fifth one, "Who has been eating with my fork?"
The sixth one, "Who has been drinking from my cup?"
But the seventh one, looking at his bed, found Snow White lying there asleep. The seven dwarves all came running up, and they cried out with amazement. They fetched their seven candles and shone the light on Snow White.
"Oh good heaven! " they cried. "This child is beautiful!"
They were so happy that they did not wake her up, but let her continue to sleep in the bed. The next morning Snow White woke up, and when she saw the seven dwarves she was frightened. But they were friendly and asked, "What is your name?"
"My name is Snow White," she answered.
"How did you find your way to our house?" the dwarves asked further.
Then she told them that her stepmother had tried to kill her, that the huntsman had spared her life, and that she had run the entire day through the forest, finally stumbling upon their house.
The dwarves spoke with each other for awhile and then said, "If you will keep house for us, and cook, make beds, wash, sew, and knit, and keep everything clean and orderly, then you can stay with us, and you shall have everything that you want."
"Yes," said Snow White, "with all my heart." For Snow White greatly enjoyed keeping a tidy home.
So Snow White lived happily with the dwarves. Every morning they went into the mountains looking for gold, and in the evening when they came back home Snow White had their meal ready and their house tidy. During the day the girl was alone, except for the small animals of the forest that she often played with.
Now the queen, believing that she had eaten Snow White's heart, could only think that she was again the first and the most beautiful woman of all. She stepped before her mirror and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
It answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow White, beyond the mountains
With the seven dwarves,
Is still a thousand times fairer than you.
This startled the queen, for she knew that the mirror did not lie, and she realized that the huntsman had deceived her and that Snow White was still alive. Then she thought, and thought again, how she could rid herself of Snow White -- for as long as long as she was not the most beautiful woman in the entire land her jealousy would give her no rest.
At last she thought of something. She went into her most secret room -- no one else was allowed inside -- and she made a poisoned apple. From the outside it was beautiful, and anyone who saw it would want it. But anyone who might eat a little piece of it would died. Coloring her face, she disguised herself as an old peddler woman, so that no one would recognize her, traveled to the dwarves house and knocked on the door.
Snow White put her head out of the window, and said, "I must not let anyone in; the seven dwarves have forbidden me to do so."
"That is all right with me," answered the peddler woman. "I'll easily get rid of my apples. Here, I'll give you one of them."
"No," said Snow White, "I cannot accept anything from strangers."
"Are you afraid of poison?" asked the old woman. "Look, I'll cut the apple in two. You eat half and I shall eat half."
Now the apple had been so artfully made that only the one half was poisoned. Snow White longed for the beautiful apple, and when she saw that the peddler woman was eating part of it she could no longer resist, and she stuck her hand out and took the poisoned half. She barely had a bite in her mouth when she fell to the ground dead.
The queen looked at her with an evil stare, laughed loudly, and said, "White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony wood! The dwarves shall never awaken you."
Back at home she asked her mirror:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
It finally answered:
You, my queen, are fairest of all.
Then her cruel and jealous heart was at rest, as well as a cruel and jealous heart can be at rest.
When the dwarves came home that evening they found Snow White lying on the ground. She was not breathing at all. She was dead. They lifted her up and looked at her longingly. They talked to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead. They laid her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three days. They were going to bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her beautiful red cheeks.
They said, "We cannot bury her in the black earth," and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she could be seen from all sides. They laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she was a princess. Then they put the coffin outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it and watched over her. The animals too came and mourned for Snow White, first an owl, then a raven, and finally a dove.
Now it came to pass that a prince entered these woods and happened onto the dwarves' house, where he sought shelter for the night . He saw the coffin on the mountain with beautiful Snow White in it, and he read what was written on it with golden letters.
Then he said to the dwarves, "Let me have the coffin. I will give you anything you want for it."
But the dwarves answered, "We will not sell it for all the gold in the world."
Then he said, "Then give it to me, for I cannot live without being able to see Snow White. I will honor her and respect her as my most cherished one."
As he thus spoke, the good dwarves felt pity for him and gave him the coffin. The prince had his servants carry it away on their shoulders. But then it happened that one of them stumbled on some brush, and this dislodged from Snow White's throat the piece of poisoned apple that she had bitten off. Not long afterward she opened her eyes, lifted the lid from her coffin, sat up, and was alive again.
"Good heavens, where am I?" she cried out.
The prince said joyfully, "You are with me." He told her what had happened, and then said, "I love you more than anything else in the world. Come with me to my father's castle. You shall become my wife." Snow White loved him, and she went with him. Their wedding was planned with great splendor and majesty.
Snow White's wicked step-mother was invited to the feast, and when she had arrayed herself in her most beautiful garments, she stood before her mirror, and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
The mirror answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But the young queen is a thousand times fairer than you.
Not knowing that this new queen was indeed her stepdaughter, she arrived at the wedding, and her heart filled with the deepest of dread when she realized the truth - the evil queen was banished from the land forever and the prince and Snow White lived happily ever after.
Grimm's Fairy Tale version - translated by Margaret Hunt - language modernized a bit by Leanne Guenther
Once upon a time, long, long ago a king and queen ruled over a distant land. The queen was kind and lovely and all the people of the realm adored her. The only sadness in the queen's life was that she wished for a child but did not have one.
One winter day, the queen was doing needle work while gazing out her ebony window at the new fallen snow. A bird flew by the window startling the queen and she pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell on the snow outside her window. As she looked at the blood on the snow she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony."
Soon after that, the kind queen got her wish when she gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They named the baby princess Snow White, but sadly, the queen died after giving birth to Snow White.
Soon after, the king married a new woman who was beautiful, but as well proud and cruel. She had studied dark magic and owned a magic mirror, of which she would daily ask,
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?.
Each time this question was asked, the mirror would give the same answer, "Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all." This pleased the queen greatly as she knew that her magical mirror could speak nothing but the truth.
One morning when the queen asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" she was shocked when it answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow White is even fairer than you.
The Queen flew into a jealous rage and ordered her huntsman to take Snow White into the woods to be killed. She demanded that the huntsman return with Snow White's heart as proof.
The poor huntsman took Snow White into the forest, but found himself unable to kill the girl. Instead, he let her go, and brought the queen the heart of a wild boar.
Snow White was now all alone in the great forest, and she did not know what to do. The trees seemed to whisper to each other, scaring Snow White who began to run. She ran over sharp stones and through thorns. She ran as far as her feet could carry her, and just as evening was about to fall she saw a little house and went inside in order to rest.
Inside the house everything was small but tidy. There was a little table with a tidy, white tablecloth and seven little plates. Against the wall there were seven little beds, all in a row and covered with quilts.
Because she was so hungry Snow White ate a few vegetables and a little bread from each little plate and from each cup she drank a bit of milk. Afterward, because she was so tired, she lay down on one of the little beds and fell fast asleep.
After dark, the owners of the house returned home. They were the seven dwarves who mined for gold in the mountains. As soon as they arrived home, they saw that someone had been there -- for not everything was in the same order as they had left it.
The first one said, "Who has been sitting in my chair?"
The second one, "Who has been eating from my plate?"
The third one, "Who has been eating my bread?"
The fourth one, "Who has been eating my vegetables?"
The fifth one, "Who has been eating with my fork?"
The sixth one, "Who has been drinking from my cup?"
But the seventh one, looking at his bed, found Snow White lying there asleep. The seven dwarves all came running up, and they cried out with amazement. They fetched their seven candles and shone the light on Snow White.
"Oh good heaven! " they cried. "This child is beautiful!"
They were so happy that they did not wake her up, but let her continue to sleep in the bed. The next morning Snow White woke up, and when she saw the seven dwarves she was frightened. But they were friendly and asked, "What is your name?"
"My name is Snow White," she answered.
"How did you find your way to our house?" the dwarves asked further.
Then she told them that her stepmother had tried to kill her, that the huntsman had spared her life, and that she had run the entire day through the forest, finally stumbling upon their house.
The dwarves spoke with each other for awhile and then said, "If you will keep house for us, and cook, make beds, wash, sew, and knit, and keep everything clean and orderly, then you can stay with us, and you shall have everything that you want."
"Yes," said Snow White, "with all my heart." For Snow White greatly enjoyed keeping a tidy home.
So Snow White lived happily with the dwarves. Every morning they went into the mountains looking for gold, and in the evening when they came back home Snow White had their meal ready and their house tidy. During the day the girl was alone, except for the small animals of the forest that she often played with.
Now the queen, believing that she had eaten Snow White's heart, could only think that she was again the first and the most beautiful woman of all. She stepped before her mirror and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
It answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow White, beyond the mountains
With the seven dwarves,
Is still a thousand times fairer than you.
This startled the queen, for she knew that the mirror did not lie, and she realized that the huntsman had deceived her and that Snow White was still alive. Then she thought, and thought again, how she could rid herself of Snow White -- for as long as long as she was not the most beautiful woman in the entire land her jealousy would give her no rest.
At last she thought of something. She went into her most secret room -- no one else was allowed inside -- and she made a poisoned apple. From the outside it was beautiful, and anyone who saw it would want it. But anyone who might eat a little piece of it would died. Coloring her face, she disguised herself as an old peddler woman, so that no one would recognize her, traveled to the dwarves house and knocked on the door.
Snow White put her head out of the window, and said, "I must not let anyone in; the seven dwarves have forbidden me to do so."
"That is all right with me," answered the peddler woman. "I'll easily get rid of my apples. Here, I'll give you one of them."
"No," said Snow White, "I cannot accept anything from strangers."
"Are you afraid of poison?" asked the old woman. "Look, I'll cut the apple in two. You eat half and I shall eat half."
Now the apple had been so artfully made that only the one half was poisoned. Snow White longed for the beautiful apple, and when she saw that the peddler woman was eating part of it she could no longer resist, and she stuck her hand out and took the poisoned half. She barely had a bite in her mouth when she fell to the ground dead.
The queen looked at her with an evil stare, laughed loudly, and said, "White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony wood! The dwarves shall never awaken you."
Back at home she asked her mirror:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
It finally answered:
You, my queen, are fairest of all.
Then her cruel and jealous heart was at rest, as well as a cruel and jealous heart can be at rest.
When the dwarves came home that evening they found Snow White lying on the ground. She was not breathing at all. She was dead. They lifted her up and looked at her longingly. They talked to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead. They laid her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three days. They were going to bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her beautiful red cheeks.
They said, "We cannot bury her in the black earth," and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she could be seen from all sides. They laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she was a princess. Then they put the coffin outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it and watched over her. The animals too came and mourned for Snow White, first an owl, then a raven, and finally a dove.
Now it came to pass that a prince entered these woods and happened onto the dwarves' house, where he sought shelter for the night . He saw the coffin on the mountain with beautiful Snow White in it, and he read what was written on it with golden letters.
Then he said to the dwarves, "Let me have the coffin. I will give you anything you want for it."
But the dwarves answered, "We will not sell it for all the gold in the world."
Then he said, "Then give it to me, for I cannot live without being able to see Snow White. I will honor her and respect her as my most cherished one."
As he thus spoke, the good dwarves felt pity for him and gave him the coffin. The prince had his servants carry it away on their shoulders. But then it happened that one of them stumbled on some brush, and this dislodged from Snow White's throat the piece of poisoned apple that she had bitten off. Not long afterward she opened her eyes, lifted the lid from her coffin, sat up, and was alive again.
"Good heavens, where am I?" she cried out.
The prince said joyfully, "You are with me." He told her what had happened, and then said, "I love you more than anything else in the world. Come with me to my father's castle. You shall become my wife." Snow White loved him, and she went with him. Their wedding was planned with great splendor and majesty.
Snow White's wicked step-mother was invited to the feast, and when she had arrayed herself in her most beautiful garments, she stood before her mirror, and said:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
The mirror answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But the young queen is a thousand times fairer than you.
Not knowing that this new queen was indeed her stepdaughter, she arrived at the wedding, and her heart filled with the deepest of dread when she realized the truth - the evil queen was banished from the land forever and the prince and Snow White lived happily ever after.
Kamis, 18 Februari 2010
because of you
because of you
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far
Because of you
I will never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I will never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I will never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
TENIS
Sejarah tenis
Terdapat berbagai jenis permainan yang menggunakan raket yang dimainkan dewasa ini dan tenis merupakan salah satu permainan yang paling disukai. Menurut beberapa catatan sejarah, permainan menggunakan bola dan raket sudah dimainkan sejak sebelum Masehi, yaitu di Mesir dan Yunani. Pada abad ke-11 sejenis permainan yang disebut jeu de paume, yang menyerupai permainan tenis kini, telah dimainkan untuk pertama kali di sebuah kawasan di Perancis. Bola yang digunakan dibalut dengan benang berbulu sedangkan pemukulnya hanyalah tangan.
Permainan ini kemudian diperkenalkan ke Italia dan Inggris pada abad ke-13 dan mendapat sambutan hangat dalam waktu yang singkat. Banyak peminatnya ternyata di antara rakyat setempat terhadap permainan ini. Sejak itu perkembangan tenis terus meningkat ke negara-negara Eropa yang lain.
Raket bersenar diperkenalkan pertama kali pada abad ke-15 oleh Antonio da Scalo, seorang pastur berbangsa Italia. Ia menulis aturan umum bagi semua permainan yang menggunakan bola, termasuk tenis. Majalah Inggris "Sporting Magazine" menamakan permainan ini sebagai 'tenis lapangan' (lawn tennis). Dalam buku "Book of Games And Sports", yang diterbitkan dalam tahun 1801, disebut sebagai "tenis panjang". Tenis pada mulanya merupakan permainan masyarakat kelas atas. Tenis lapangan rumput yang terkenal di zaman Ratu Victoria lalu ditiru oleh golongan menengah, yang menjadikannya sebagai permainan biasa.
Klub tenis pertama yang didirikan adalah Leamington di Perancis oleh J.B. Perera, Harry Gem, Dr. Frederick Haynes, dan Dr. Arthur Tompkins pada tahun 1872. Pada masa itu, tenis disebut sebagai pelota atau lawn rackets. Dalam tahun 1874 permainan tenis telah pertama kali dimainkan di Amerika Serikat oleh Dr. James Dwight dan F.R. Sears. Sementara itu, All England Croquet Club pun telah didirikan pada tahun 1868. Dua tahun setelah itu dibukalah kantornya di Jalan Worple, Wimbledon. Pada tahun 1875, klub ini juga bersedia memperuntukkan sebagian dari lahannya untuk permainan tenis dan badminton. Sehubungan dengan itu, peraturan permainan tenis lapangan rumput ditulis. Amerika Serikat mendirikan klub tenis yang pertama di Staten Island. Bermula dari situlah, permainan tenis di Amerika Serikat berkembang dengan pesat sekali. Dari sana lahir banyak pemain tenis tangguh yang menguasai percaturan tenis tingkat dunia.
Kejuaraan tenis pertama bermula tahun 1877.
[sunting] Peraturan
[sunting] Lapangan
Lapangan tenis
Lapangan tenis dibagi dua oleh sebuah jaring yang di tengah-tengahnya tingginya persis 91.4 cm dan di pinggirnya 107 cm. Setiap paruh lapangan permainan dibagi menjadi tiga segi: sebuah segi belakang dan dua segi depan (untuk service).
Lapangan dan beberapa seginya dipisahkan dengan gatis-garis putih yang merupakan bagian dari lapangan tempat bermain tenis. Sebuah bola yang dipukul di luar lapangan (meski tidak menyentuh garis) dikatakan telah keluar dan memberi lawan sebuah nilai.
[sunting] Teknik bermain
* Forehand: sebuah pukulan di mana telapak tangan yang memegang raket dihadapkan ke depan.
* Backhand: sebuah pukulan di mana punggung tangan yang memegang raket dihadapkan ke depan.
* Groundstroke: sebuah pukulan forehand atau backhand yang dilakukan setelah bola memantul sekali di lapanganmu.
* Slice: pukulan forehand atau backhand dimana kepala reket dimiringkan sedikit dan dipukul dengan cara mengayunkan reket dari atas ke bawah.
* Spin: pukulan forehand atau backhand dimana reket dimiringkan sedikit atau banyak dimana jika mengenai bola akan mengalami perubahan arah (berputar).
* Dropshot: sebuah pukulan yang mengenai net lalu jatuh di daerah lawan.
* Smash: sebuah pukulan keras yang menghantam sebuah bola tanpa menyentuh tanah di atas kepala dan diarahkan ke lapangan sang lawan.
* Lob: sebuah pukulan dimana bola dipukul tinggi ke jurusan sebelah belakang lawan.
* Passing shot: sebuah pukulan dimana bola melalui (bukan melintas di atas) musuh yang berada di dekat net (lihat lob).
* Volley: pukulan forehand atau backhand sebelum bola memantul di lapanganmu.
Contoh pukulan forehand oleh Federer.
Contoh pukulan backhand oleh Agassi.
[sunting] Turnamen tenis
Terdapat berbagai jenis permainan yang menggunakan raket yang dimainkan dewasa ini dan tenis merupakan salah satu permainan yang paling disukai. Menurut beberapa catatan sejarah, permainan menggunakan bola dan raket sudah dimainkan sejak sebelum Masehi, yaitu di Mesir dan Yunani. Pada abad ke-11 sejenis permainan yang disebut jeu de paume, yang menyerupai permainan tenis kini, telah dimainkan untuk pertama kali di sebuah kawasan di Perancis. Bola yang digunakan dibalut dengan benang berbulu sedangkan pemukulnya hanyalah tangan.
Permainan ini kemudian diperkenalkan ke Italia dan Inggris pada abad ke-13 dan mendapat sambutan hangat dalam waktu yang singkat. Banyak peminatnya ternyata di antara rakyat setempat terhadap permainan ini. Sejak itu perkembangan tenis terus meningkat ke negara-negara Eropa yang lain.
Raket bersenar diperkenalkan pertama kali pada abad ke-15 oleh Antonio da Scalo, seorang pastur berbangsa Italia. Ia menulis aturan umum bagi semua permainan yang menggunakan bola, termasuk tenis. Majalah Inggris "Sporting Magazine" menamakan permainan ini sebagai 'tenis lapangan' (lawn tennis). Dalam buku "Book of Games And Sports", yang diterbitkan dalam tahun 1801, disebut sebagai "tenis panjang". Tenis pada mulanya merupakan permainan masyarakat kelas atas. Tenis lapangan rumput yang terkenal di zaman Ratu Victoria lalu ditiru oleh golongan menengah, yang menjadikannya sebagai permainan biasa.
Klub tenis pertama yang didirikan adalah Leamington di Perancis oleh J.B. Perera, Harry Gem, Dr. Frederick Haynes, dan Dr. Arthur Tompkins pada tahun 1872. Pada masa itu, tenis disebut sebagai pelota atau lawn rackets. Dalam tahun 1874 permainan tenis telah pertama kali dimainkan di Amerika Serikat oleh Dr. James Dwight dan F.R. Sears. Sementara itu, All England Croquet Club pun telah didirikan pada tahun 1868. Dua tahun setelah itu dibukalah kantornya di Jalan Worple, Wimbledon. Pada tahun 1875, klub ini juga bersedia memperuntukkan sebagian dari lahannya untuk permainan tenis dan badminton. Sehubungan dengan itu, peraturan permainan tenis lapangan rumput ditulis. Amerika Serikat mendirikan klub tenis yang pertama di Staten Island. Bermula dari situlah, permainan tenis di Amerika Serikat berkembang dengan pesat sekali. Dari sana lahir banyak pemain tenis tangguh yang menguasai percaturan tenis tingkat dunia.
Kejuaraan tenis pertama bermula tahun 1877.
[sunting] Peraturan
[sunting] Lapangan
Lapangan tenis
Lapangan tenis dibagi dua oleh sebuah jaring yang di tengah-tengahnya tingginya persis 91.4 cm dan di pinggirnya 107 cm. Setiap paruh lapangan permainan dibagi menjadi tiga segi: sebuah segi belakang dan dua segi depan (untuk service).
Lapangan dan beberapa seginya dipisahkan dengan gatis-garis putih yang merupakan bagian dari lapangan tempat bermain tenis. Sebuah bola yang dipukul di luar lapangan (meski tidak menyentuh garis) dikatakan telah keluar dan memberi lawan sebuah nilai.
[sunting] Teknik bermain
* Forehand: sebuah pukulan di mana telapak tangan yang memegang raket dihadapkan ke depan.
* Backhand: sebuah pukulan di mana punggung tangan yang memegang raket dihadapkan ke depan.
* Groundstroke: sebuah pukulan forehand atau backhand yang dilakukan setelah bola memantul sekali di lapanganmu.
* Slice: pukulan forehand atau backhand dimana kepala reket dimiringkan sedikit dan dipukul dengan cara mengayunkan reket dari atas ke bawah.
* Spin: pukulan forehand atau backhand dimana reket dimiringkan sedikit atau banyak dimana jika mengenai bola akan mengalami perubahan arah (berputar).
* Dropshot: sebuah pukulan yang mengenai net lalu jatuh di daerah lawan.
* Smash: sebuah pukulan keras yang menghantam sebuah bola tanpa menyentuh tanah di atas kepala dan diarahkan ke lapangan sang lawan.
* Lob: sebuah pukulan dimana bola dipukul tinggi ke jurusan sebelah belakang lawan.
* Passing shot: sebuah pukulan dimana bola melalui (bukan melintas di atas) musuh yang berada di dekat net (lihat lob).
* Volley: pukulan forehand atau backhand sebelum bola memantul di lapanganmu.
Contoh pukulan forehand oleh Federer.
Contoh pukulan backhand oleh Agassi.
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Senin, 15 Februari 2010
Hidup itu indah
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By iboeng1211
Categories: KISAH KITA
Dalam menghadapi kehidupan ini, kita sering merasa hidup begitu menekan dan sulit. Berbagai pekerjaan membuat kita melewatin hari demi hari dalam stres yang tak berkeputusan. Berbagai masalah membuat kita tak mampu lagi melihat hal-hal yang indah dan menarik dalam hidup. Bahkan kadangkala ada juga orang yang begitu putus asa sehingga mencoba mengakhiri hidupya sendiri. Kalaupun tidak seekstrim itu, banyak orang menjadi robot. Melewati hari demi hari dalam rutinitas. Tanpa gairah, tanpa semangat, tanpa harapan.
Dengan memiliki harapan manusia mempunyai alasan untuk tetap melanjutkan hidupnya. Harapan membuat manusia tidak pernah berhenti berjuang. Harapan membuat manusia merancangkan langkah-langkah yang tepat bagi kelangsungan hidupnya. Ini membuktikan bahwa hidup manusia itu berharga karena didalamnya terkandung nilai-nilai yang diperjuangkan untuk membuat manusia tetap hidup.
Hidup sangat berharga. Bahwa kita yang hidup tahu bahwa kita akan mati sementara orang mati tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa. Ini menunjukkan bahwa hidup menjadi berharga karna kita melakukan sesuatu; berbuat sesuatu seperti untuk menikmati segala hal dalam hidup ini dengan sukacita dan kita senatiasa hidup dalam kebenaran dan keadilan, dengan tetap menjaga hidup kerohanian kita.
Semua hal ini memberi penjelasan kepad kita, bahwa keindahan hidup tidak diukur dari panjang pendeknya umur, tidak juga diukur dari kaya miskinnya orang, tetapi dari bagaimana ia mengisi hidupnya.
Hidup menjadi berarti jika kita mengisinya dengan kerja dan usaha tentang hal-hal yang baik. Yang paling penting dari semua itu adalah meskipun hidup ini sia-sia, tetapi hidup ini adalah pemberian Tuhan. Maka selama kita hidup nikmatilah hidup kita dengan kerja, sukacita dan harapan. Hanya dengan demikian kita dapat menemukan keindahan hidup, pendek atau panjang umur kita. Kita dapat menikmati keindahan hidup, kaya atau miskin keadaan kita. Karena hidup adalah Anugerah.
Dengan memiliki harapan manusia mempunyai alasan untuk tetap melanjutkan hidupnya. Harapan membuat manusia tidak pernah berhenti berjuang. Harapan membuat manusia merancangkan langkah-langkah yang tepat bagi kelangsungan hidupnya. Ini membuktikan bahwa hidup manusia itu berharga karena di dalamnya terkandung nilai-nilai yang diperjuangkan untuk membuat manusia tetap hidup.
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By iboeng1211
Categories: KISAH KITA
Dalam menghadapi kehidupan ini, kita sering merasa hidup begitu menekan dan sulit. Berbagai pekerjaan membuat kita melewatin hari demi hari dalam stres yang tak berkeputusan. Berbagai masalah membuat kita tak mampu lagi melihat hal-hal yang indah dan menarik dalam hidup. Bahkan kadangkala ada juga orang yang begitu putus asa sehingga mencoba mengakhiri hidupya sendiri. Kalaupun tidak seekstrim itu, banyak orang menjadi robot. Melewati hari demi hari dalam rutinitas. Tanpa gairah, tanpa semangat, tanpa harapan.
Dengan memiliki harapan manusia mempunyai alasan untuk tetap melanjutkan hidupnya. Harapan membuat manusia tidak pernah berhenti berjuang. Harapan membuat manusia merancangkan langkah-langkah yang tepat bagi kelangsungan hidupnya. Ini membuktikan bahwa hidup manusia itu berharga karena didalamnya terkandung nilai-nilai yang diperjuangkan untuk membuat manusia tetap hidup.
Hidup sangat berharga. Bahwa kita yang hidup tahu bahwa kita akan mati sementara orang mati tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa. Ini menunjukkan bahwa hidup menjadi berharga karna kita melakukan sesuatu; berbuat sesuatu seperti untuk menikmati segala hal dalam hidup ini dengan sukacita dan kita senatiasa hidup dalam kebenaran dan keadilan, dengan tetap menjaga hidup kerohanian kita.
Semua hal ini memberi penjelasan kepad kita, bahwa keindahan hidup tidak diukur dari panjang pendeknya umur, tidak juga diukur dari kaya miskinnya orang, tetapi dari bagaimana ia mengisi hidupnya.
Hidup menjadi berarti jika kita mengisinya dengan kerja dan usaha tentang hal-hal yang baik. Yang paling penting dari semua itu adalah meskipun hidup ini sia-sia, tetapi hidup ini adalah pemberian Tuhan. Maka selama kita hidup nikmatilah hidup kita dengan kerja, sukacita dan harapan. Hanya dengan demikian kita dapat menemukan keindahan hidup, pendek atau panjang umur kita. Kita dapat menikmati keindahan hidup, kaya atau miskin keadaan kita. Karena hidup adalah Anugerah.
Dengan memiliki harapan manusia mempunyai alasan untuk tetap melanjutkan hidupnya. Harapan membuat manusia tidak pernah berhenti berjuang. Harapan membuat manusia merancangkan langkah-langkah yang tepat bagi kelangsungan hidupnya. Ini membuktikan bahwa hidup manusia itu berharga karena di dalamnya terkandung nilai-nilai yang diperjuangkan untuk membuat manusia tetap hidup.
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