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A drop shot is a shot in raquet sports which requires slicing the ball, putting a backspin on the ball just over the net.

A good drop shot requires great touch. The ball should bounce low and near the net, sometimes using underspin (or backspin). Often if the backspin is great enough, the bounce of the ball will be shorter, and in some extreme cases will even cause the ball to bounce back towards the net. Sidespin may also be put on the ball so it kicks sideways upon contact with the ground. A bad drop shot, however, can be chased down by the opponent who will then have the advantage. The secret is having "soft hands." Making one's grip slack at the moment of impact will allow the racquet to absorb more force and make the ball less powerful and less likely to bounce high. A soft drop shot is known as a dink.

The notion of skimming the net might be misleading. Keeping the ball as low as possible over the net is very useful, but the trajectory of the ball is quite "arched" and may better be thought of as a small lob.

Drop shots are good as an element of surprise, when the opponent is expecting a normal shot and is not ready to run forward to retrieve them. Therefore, a technique of hitting a drop shot is to disguise the shot.

Badminton[link]

A good drop shot will go just over the net, just landing after the net. If the shot is played fast enough, it will supposedly not allow the opponent to hit it back. They also should be able to, if the opponent hits it, giving you mid and back-court space to exploit.^[1]

Tennis[link]

The characteristics of some court surfaces make drop shots particularly effective; grass and clay are good examples. On grass, the ball tends to bounce lower than other courts, which makes it harder to retrieve a drop shot. On clay, the slow surface tends to encourage players to stay far back and engage in rallies from behind the baseline, which in turn increases the distance the player must cover to reach a drop shot near the net. Drop shots on hard courts can be useful, although to a lesser degree. Drop shots are also useful when the wind is blowing in the opposite direction of the shot; this allows spin without hitting the shot too long.

A drop shot hit with a volley is aptly coined a drop volley. This stroke was mastered by one of the greatest serve and volleyers of all time, John McEnroe.

History[link]

For many years the 1940s player Bobby Riggs was considered to have had the greatest drop shot of all time, off both his forehand and his backhand.

The drop shot became unpopular in the 1990s, but has experienced a recent popularity due to its success rate. The drop shot is most commonly used by clay court specialists, such as Rafael Nadal, Guillermo Coria, Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Carlos Ferrero. Even players who previously never opted to use the drop shot, such as Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt and Maria Sharapova, now occasionally execute the shot. It is a generally accepted belief that the term "drop shot" comes from its ability to make the ball "drop" right into the opponent's side of the court. Marat Safin and Rafael Nadal are known for their ability to chase down drop shots and returning them with one of their own, requiring great touch.

Some of the notable players with great drop shots are:

• Roger Federer
• Rafael Nadal
• Novak Djokovic
• Andy Murray
• David Nalbandian
• Marat Safin
• David Ferrer
• Juan Carlos Ferrero
• Guillermo Coria
• Ivan Ljubicic
• Marcos Baghdatis
• Michael Chang

References[link]

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Look up drop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Drop may refer to:

General use[link]

• Drop (liquid) or droplet, a small volume of liquid
  • Eye drops, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes
• Drop (volume), a unit of measure of volume
• Falling (physics), or allowing an object to fall
• Also, in a franchise, dropping a character means that a certain character is no longer seen nor mentioned.

Sports[link]

• Drop (boxing), a type of punch used in boxing
• Drop off, a mountain biking term
• Drop noseband, a type of noseband used first on horses at the Spanish Riding School
• Bat drop, a number (the weight in ounces minus the length in inches) used in some leagues to regulate baseball bats

Computers and technology[link]

• Drop (telecommunication), several meanings
• DROP (SQL), a command in SQL queries to remove an existing database, table, index, or view

Types of confectionery[link]

• Lemon drop, a sugary, lemon-flavored confectionery
• London drops, sugar-coated licorice drops sold in some Nordic countries
• Cough drop, or throat lozenge, a medicated confectionery
• Drop, the Dutch name for sweet or salty liquorice

Music[link]

• Needle drop (DJing), a hip-hop DJ term
• Drop (music), a section in music where the music will crescendo to a climax, pause briefly, then resume
• Drop (Bride album), 1995 work
• Drop (The Shamen album), 1987 album by The Shamen
• "Drop" (song), a track by The Pharcyde from their album Labcabincalifornia
• "Drop" (Rich Boy song), a song by Rich Boy from his second album, Buried Alive
• "Drop" (Ying Yang Twins song), a song by Ying Yang Twins
• "Drop" (Blue October song), a song by Blue October
• D.R.O.P., an album and a song by ZELDA
• Drop, a slang term, used as a verb, to refer to an album or single's release (music)
• DROPS, a JPOP voice actor group consisting of Mariko Kouda, Tomoko Kaneda, Akemi Kanda, Ai Nonaka, and Ryōko Shiraishi

Other uses[link]

• Drop (breakdance move), a breakdance move
• Dead drop, a term used in espionage to exchange messages covertly between spies
• Pigeon drop, a confidence trick modeled on the dead drop
• Drop, Masovian Voivodeship, district in east-central Poland
• Prince Rupert's Drop, curiosity made out of molten glass
• Drops (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation character), a character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• DROPS, or Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System, logistic vehicles used by the British Army
• Drop in clothing, the difference between chest size and trouser waist size measured in inch.^[1]
• Hershey's Drops, a chocolate bar

See also[link]

• Dropout (disambiguation)

References[link]

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Look up shot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Shot may refer to:

• The act of shooting, firing a gun or other projectile weapon
• Gunshot, the act of firing a gun
• Nuclear testing, a nuclear weapon test
• Lead shot, small balls of shot generally used as weights or as firearms projectiles
• Round shot, a solid projectile used in muzzle-loading cannon
• Injection (medicine), via a syringe and hypodermic needle
• Mixed drink shooters and drink shots, a one-to-four-ounce alcoholic beverage
  • Shot glass, a liquor measure
• Shot (filmmaking), a part of a film between two cuts
• Shot (ice hockey), an attempt to score a goal or points in this and other sports
• Shooting (association football)
• Shot put, an event in track and field athletics
• Showt or Shoţ, a city in Iran
• Shot silk, a type of silk
• Chain (length), a shot of chain, usually 15 fathoms or 90 feet long
• A slang term for a home run

For having been shot see gunshot injury.

SHOT may stand for:

• Society for the History of Technology, a professional organization for historians of technology
• Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, the annual tradeshow for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry.
• Serious Hazards of Transfusion, a "haemovigilance" organization for monitoring blood transfusion errors in the United Kingdom

In popular culture:

• "Shot" (song), a song by The Rasmus
• Shot, Illusion, New God, an EP by Gruntruck
• Shot Rev. 2.0, a video album by The Sisters of Mercy

See also[link]

• Shots (disambiguation)
• Shoot

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The Basics
The Basics at the Oxford Art Factory, 2010
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Rock
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Independent, Albert Records
Associated acts	Gotye, Down Hills Home, Dog With Wheels, Blood Red Bird
Website	The Basics Official Website
Members
Wally De Backer Kris Schroeder Tim Heath
Past members
Michael Hubbard
Notable instruments
Lead guitar, drums, bass guitar.

The Basics ( /ˈbæzɪtʃ/ BAZZ-ich) are a three-piece band from Melbourne, Australia, formed by Wally De Backer and Kris Schroeder in 2002. Their style has been described as anything from 'indie-pop' to 'rock'n'roll' to 'pop-rock', though their records show they span a wide range of genres, including reggae, ska, country, and electro-pop. They are "recognised as one of Australia's hardest-working bands".^[1]

With close to 1000 shows in their ten-year career, their live performances are well-known for their sense of humour and energy.^[2]

Formation[link]

The Basics were formed after Kris met Wally at a party in Melbourne.^[3] The event was to see off the young aspiring producer, who was about to depart for Los Angeles, and together with a number of musician friends, the two jammed on some blues-rock standards. Later that night, they bonded over a mutual love of The Beatles, 70s and 80s cartoon theme songs and old Sierra adventure games.

Initially, they played around Melbourne as an acoustic guitar/drums combo, starting at The Opposition in Frankston and the House of Fools in Footscray, where in late 2002 they met Michael Hubbard and later invited him to join them on electric guitar.^[4] Though lacking any real experience with the instrument, Kris willingly purchased his first bass guitar, and the trio was born. During this time, the group start performing songs with more complicated three-part harmony.

During late 2002 and early 2003, The Basics recorded and released an album called Get Back through MGM Distribution. They began what was to become regular tours of the East and West coasts of Australia.

2004-2005: Current lineup[link]

Tim Heath joined the group in June 2004, after Michael decided to pursue his solo career, which has included being one half of Down Hills Home.^[4] Tim was reportedly the only person to reply to an advertisement in Melbourne's Beat Magazine looking for a new guitarist. Tim apparently answered the advertisement - which said the applicant "must have a love of 50s and 60s rock'n'roll" - thinking that he would be meeting "a couple of old guys to play with on the weekends over some beers". They soon recorded For Girls Like You.

The Basics in 2005 continued to tour and play small festivals, and after releasing For Girls Like You through MGM Distribution, they departed for a national tour of Australia, which lasted for two months and took them to every Australian state and territory. Stuart Padbury, a young Melbourne sound engineer, joined them on much of this tour. On returning, the band began demonstrating songs for a new album.

2006-2009: Touring and soundtracks[link]

In 2006, The Basics began recording what was to become known as Stand Out/Fit In. Taking several months, it was not completed until the end of the year, despite intentions to have it released in June. Instead, they held a successful 'album preview', where each of the tracks was demonstrated in 'rough form' accompanied by a music video for each (produced by Melbourne photographic artist James Bryans). The band also talked about the origins of the songs. This event brought a lot of attention to the band for the idea's originality. They pre-released a radio single 'Just Hold On' from the album. The band were invited to play the hugely popular Homebake Festival in Sydney, where they received a great response, after being introduced onto the stage by a short stocky Asian guy with big calves ("one of the highlights" wrote The Daily Telegraph).

In 2007, the band departed on a tri-state residency which saw them play Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane every week for the month of April - a bold move which brought further attention to the band for its original idea.^[5] Riding on the wave of this tour, Schroeder, De Backer and Heath departed on their first overseas tour which saw them performing 26 shows around Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom.^[6] They also toured twice more up the East Coast, one of which was with popular Japanese band The Bawdies. Their song 'Rattle My Chain' was used in a series of commercials for Volvo Australia. The song 'Hey There!' featured in the British film The Bank Job - starring Jason Statham - and was used as the backing for a February 2007 short film directed by Tim Longhurst called The Rip. Their song 'Better' was featured in a surfing documentary about the invention of the shortboard in 1967.

In 2008, the band appeared on Australia's Channel 9 for Australia Day celebrations, performing two of their songs - 'Just Hold On' and 'Hey There!' - to an estimated audience of 2 million. Securing an Australian Government grant, they embarked on a two-month tour of Australia, specifically targeting "culturally underprivileged groups" in rural and regional schoolchildren and Indigenous communities. The programme had them holding masterclasses and performing alongside Indigenous groups in the remote Northern Territory and Queensland.^[7][8] Their initiative also had them raising money for the charity Lifeline^{[disambiguation needed ]}, their contribution to which was recognised with a plaque at the end of the tour. Season two of Californication starring David Duchovny featured their cover of the classic 'Have Love, Will Travel', most famously covered by 'The Sonics'.

In 2009, The Basics for the first time enjoyed the support of Australian radio network Triple J, which had reportedly snubbed the band's previous material.^[9] The singles 'With This Ship' and 'Like A Brother' were added to the station's playlist, and momentum carried The Basics overseas for a second tour of the United Kingdom and Norway, and also a series of shows in Dublin, Ireland. They were joined by the longtime front-of-house engineer Stuart Padbury, who had been mixing them since 2005. The band was often seen in the Grafton Street Mall in Dublin, busking to promote their concerts there. Their second show in Oslo, Norway, saw the band perform with Hot Tub, one of the members of the Norwegian boy band "Boyzvoice", in his first performance for several years. Season Eight of Scrubs featured the song 'Lookin' Over My Shoulder'.

Despite all this promise, the band's album Keep Your Friends Close - produced and part-recorded by Peter Cobbin at London's Abbey Road Studios - though enjoying many favourable reviews,^{[10][11][12][13]} failed to impress Richard Kingsmill, music director of Triple J. This effectively ended the band's apparent upward spiral and the resulting album launch tour was reportedly "trying".

2010: Hiatus and live album[link]

In 2010, following the band's fourth stint at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and the recording of a yet-unreleased live album, an indefinite hiatus was announced on the band's websites. This was in part due to the impending release of a new album produced by Wally for his Gotye project, and also to reported tensions within the band following the previous year's disappointments.

However, this hiatus was soon broken with a two-month residency at the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne, which saw an apparent return to form.^[14] The band's EP "Wait For You" enjoys airplay on Triple J.^[15] The Basics also played a one-off show at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory.^[16]

On 20 August 2010, The Basics released their fourth LP /ðəˈbæzɪtʃ/, available free and exclusively from their website for digital download^[17]. The band had reportedly moved to expand their listenership through this free giveaway, though 300 "Deluxe" CD/vinyl versions have been printed. /ðəˈbæzɪtʃ/ was recorded at the Northcote Social Club on 6 February, "in front of a live studio audience", and like the previous record, was mixed by Peter Cobbin at Abbey Road Studios. Technically a self-titled album, the phonetics spell out the accurate pronunciation of the band’s name. Kris Schroeder: "For years we’ve worked at bringing our live energy into the studio and thus far it’s been a bit hit-and-miss. Our trick this time was to pull a switcheroo and bring the studio to us instead; the result is the best and closest to us we’ve sounded yet."

Melbourne thespian and Dog With Wheels bassist David Bramble - friends with Heath from university days - has occasionally joined the band on tour, playing keys, often while sporting a large moustache. Other guests have included Jake Mason (saxophone), also of Cookin' on 3 Burners and The Bamboos^{[disambiguation needed ]}, Gideon Brazil (saxophone, flute), Simon Imrei (guitar and vocals) and Monty MacKenzie (saxophone).

Covers have often made an appearance from various sources: to date, some of the bands covered have been Cream, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, New Kids on the Block, Richard Berry, Sonny Curtis and The Crickets, JJ Cale, Harry Nilsson, Bill Scott, Ryan Adams and The Coasters (via The Beatles for their cover of Three Cool Cats).

Members[link]

Current

• Wally De Backer - drums, vocals (2002-present)
• Kris Schroeder - bass, vocals (2002-present)
• Tim Heath - guitar, vocals (2004-present)

Former

• Michael Hubbard - guitar, vocals (2002-2004)

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Get Back (15 January 2004)
• Stand Out/Fit In (5 May 2007)
• Keep Your Friends Close (25 September 2009)
• /ðəˈbæzɪtʃ/ (20 August 2010)

EP[link]

• For Girls Like You (11 July 2005)
• Lookin' Over My Shoulder (10 February 2007)
• Like A Brother (5 June 2009)
• Wait For You (21 May 2010)

Singles[link]

• Call It Rhythm & Blues (20 August 2004)
• Just Hold On
• With This Ship (22 February 2009)

Upcoming projects[link]

The band is taking a three year hiatus, with an announced return to the stage together in early 2014. Wally De Backer launched Making Mirrors under his Gotye act in August 2011, Tim Heath will be touring and recording with Blood Red Bird, and Kris Schroeder recorded a solo EP titled, Patience in the Face of Control, before leaving Australia to work with the Red Cross in Kenya for a two year sabbatical.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Myspace Website

Skeet Reese is a professional sport fisherman of the B.A.S.S. (Bass Anglers Sportsmans Society). He was born in Auburn, California on June 30, 1969. He has a wife, Kim, and a two daughters, Leamarie and Courtney.

On September 15, 2007, Skeet became the 2007 B.A.S.S. Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year.

Skeet won the 2009 Bassmaster Classic in Shreveport, LA, on February 22, 2009 with a total weight of 54 pounds 13 ounces.

Stats[link]

• Years pro: 14
• Top 10 finishes: 59
• First place finishes: 6
• Second place finishes: 10
• Career earnings: $2,545,553.64
• Current World rank: 14
• Current Bassmaster standing: 2 (295 points)
• Total Weight: 5,846lbs 10oz
• 2007 B.A.S.S. Toyota Tundra Angler of the year
• Best finish in 2006: 2 - Potomac River, 8/10/2006
• Best finish in 2007: 2 - Lay Lake, 2/23/2007
• Best finish in 2008: 9 - Clarks Hill, 5/1/2008
• Best finish in 2009: 1 - Red River, 2/22/2009
• Best finish in 2010: 1 - Smith Mountain Lake, 4/19/2010
• Bassmaster Classics: 11 (fished)
• Bassmaster Classic Titles: 1

Angler Information[link]

• Home Lake: Clear Lake (CA)
• Favorite Lake: Clear Lake (CA) - "It's a phenomenal fishery, but Lake Champlain comes pretty close."
• Least Favorite Lake: Lake Toho (FL) - "I just can't figure the fish out

there."

• Favorite Technique: Flipping and pitching
• Primary Fishing Strength: Mental toughness
• Secondary Fishing Strength: Flipping and pitching
• Biggest Weakness: Cranking deep structure
• Boat: Stratos
• Motor: Mercury
• Team: Lucky Craft
• Fishing Sponsors: Lowrance, MotorGuide, Lucky Craft, Berkley Trilene, Abu Garcia, Fish Hedz, Wiley X

External links[link]

• Extensive stats
• Skeet Reese Official Website
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