), racquetball owes much of its popularity to the simplicity of the game itself. The rules are easy to assimilate and implement, and the nature of the game itself is quite simple. For amateurs who might have forgotten how the game is played and for those who do not know how to play the game but are curious to know it and its rules, the following are the major game makeup. Use ERP (early racquet preparation) always. Don t stand too close to the ball. There will be a tendency for you to slice the ball. Don't chop down at the ball. Swing parallel to the floor. Don't hit the ball if it is still behind you. Race back and hit it only when it is even with your lead (or front) foot. If you will not change the swing from forehand to backhand, the racquet face will be slightly tilted backwards and hit the ball with an under-spin, just like in tennis. (You will have to torque your wrist if you want to hit the ball flat.) Another grip to head off potential problems would be placing your forefinger up the grip pointing towards the racquet face on the forehand stroke, inhibiting a wrist snap. You have to always show patience and compassion even if your cool is being tested. As mentioned, it would help if you would develop a positive relationship with the mentee. You may opt to treat each other as friends rather than as mentor and mentee. Hang out with him for some time and make him feel that you are a person he could always approach. Wave motion Taking the analogy with the whip, a swing is really all about managing the wave movement in the body. The key points are the legs, the pulling hips, square shoulders and the elbow. After practicing these little tips, how would you know you are doing a master swing? If you are hitting the ball very hard without forcing your arm muscles to do all the work, if you can hit a forehand and backhand splat shot without straining your arm muscles, and there is fluid movement in your body as you do your swing then, you would know you have it. This can then lead to one participant hindering the other s chance to hit the ball. In such cases hinders or penalty hinders can be called. Hinder is defined as the repetition of the present rally. On the other hand, a penalty hinder is marked by a player s effort to not execute an avoidable obstruction which leads to the stoppage of a rally.