ready position
Awaiting the serve
Ready position is a stance of prepared alertness, especially in sports and physical activities.
In tennis, it means standing with knees bent, weight forward, racket up, ready to move in any direction.
Similar stances exist in volleyball, boxing, martial arts, and other activities requiring quick reaction: Return to ready position between shots.
The term extends to any state of preparedness for action.
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- poisedCalm and controlled
- setArrange in position
- guardWatchful defensive attention
crouch · low center · balance · anticipation · tension · athletic · on your toes · waiting · coiled · braced · spring loaded · hair trigger · defensive · starting · loaded · square · feet · knees
- racket sportsserve, volley, forehand, backhand, doubles
- table tennispaddle, ball, serve, net, table
- starting pointsstarting line, starting block, starting gate, starting grid, spawn point
- Badmintonshuttlecock, racket, smash, serve, drop shot
- defensive positionsdefensive stance, guard stance, fighting stance, en garde, guard
- stancesstance, athletic stance, boxing stance, fighting stance, defensive stance
ready positionrelaxed stance
Informal body positioning
at ease · rest position · neutral stance · standing down · off guard
ready positionrecovery position
Side posture preventing choking
in action · follow-through · in motion · executing · wind-down
ready, position, readiness, readily, unready, readied, readying, positions, positioned