Tennis

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Tennis
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History of Tennis

• Unlike most other sports, lawn tennis has precise
  origins. An Englishman, Major Walter C.
  Wingfield, invented lawn tennis (1873) and first
  played it at a garden party in Wales. Called
  Sphairistiké Gr.,ball playing by its
  inventor, the early game was played on an
  hourglass-shaped court, widest at the baselines
  and narrowest at the net. In creating the new
  sport, Wingfield borrowed heavily from the older
  games of court tennis and squash racquets and
  probably even from the Indian game of badminton.
• Court tennis is also known as royal tennis. It
  originated in France during the Middle Ages and
  became a favorite of British royalty, including
  Henry VIII. The progression from court tennis,
  which used an unresilient sheepskin ball filled
  with sawdust, sand, or wool, to lawn tennis
  depended upon invention of a ball that would
  bounce.
• Lawn tennis caught on quickly in Great Britain,
  and soon the All England Croquet Club at
  Wimbledon held the first world tennis
  championship (1877). Restricted to male players,
  that event became the famous Wimbledon Tournament
  for the British National Championship, still the
  most prestigious event in tennis. In 1884
  Wimbledon inaugurated a women's championship.
  Soon the game became popular in many parts of the
  British Empire, especially in Australia.
• Tennis spread to the United States by way of
  Bermuda. While vacationing there, Mary Ewing
  Outer bridge of New York was introduced (1874) to
  the game by a friend of Wingfield. She returned
  to the United States with a net, balls, and
  rackets, and with the help of her brother, set up
  a tennis court in Staten Island, N.Y. The first
  National Championship, for men only, was held
  (1881) at Newport, R.I. A women's championship
  was begun six years later, and in 1915 the
  National Championship moved to Forest Hills, N.Y.
  Since 1978 what is now the United States Tennis
  Association Billie Jean King National Tennis
  Center in Flushing, N.Y., has hosted the event
  (known as the U.S. Open). The Tennis Hall of Fame
  is in Newport, R.I.

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Tennis court
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Tennis Rules

• Rule 1. Opponents stand on opposite sides of the
  court. The player who delivers the ball to start
  the point is called the server. The player who
  stands opposite and cross-court from the server
  is the receiver.
• Rule 2. The right to serve, receive, choose your
  side, or give the opponent these choices is
  decided by a toss of a coin or spin of racquet.
  If the choice of service or receiver is chosen,
  the opponent chooses which side to start.
• Rule 3. The server shall stand behind the
  baseline on the deuce court within the boundaries
  of the singles court when playing singles and
  within the doubles sideline when playing doubles.
  All even points are played from the deuce court
  (right side) and odd number points played from
  the advantage court (left side). The server shall
  not serve until the receiver is ready. Serves are
  made from the deuce court to the opponents
  service box on the deuce court. Advantage court
  to advantage box. If the server misses his target
  twice, he loses the point. If the ball hits the
  net and goes in the correct service box, another
  serve is granted. If the server steps on the
  baseline before contact is made, the serve is
  deemed a fault.
• Rule 4. The receiver is deemed ready if an
  attempt is made to return the server's ball. The
  receiver can stand where he likes but must let
  the ball bounce in the service box. If the ball
  does not land in the service box, it is deemed a
  fault and a second serve is given. If the ball is
  hit by either opponent before the ball bounces,
  the server wins the point.
• Rule 5. The server always calls his score first.
  If the server wins the first point, he gets a
  score of 15. Scoring is done like a clock. See
  example below. Love means zero in tennis. The
  second point is called 30. The third point is
  called 45 (now-a-days known as 40) and game is
  won when the score goes back to love. If the
  score is 40-40, also known as deuce, one side
  must win by two points. Advantage-In means if the
  server wins the next point, he wins the game.
  Advantage-Out means the receiver has a chance to
  win the game on the next point. LOVE 15-30-40
• Rule 5. After the game, the opponents serve.
  Games equal 1. The first to win 6 games, by two,
  wins the set. The first to win 2 sets wins the
  match. If the score is 6-6, a tie-breaker is
  played. This is scored by one's. The first team
  to score 7 points winning by two wins the set.
  The tiebreaker continues until one side wins by
  two. Hence, Game-Set-Match.
• Rule 6. If the ball goes into the net, or outside
  the boundaries of the court, the player who hit
  that ball loses the point. If the ball hits the
  net during the point and goes into the opponents
  court, the ball is in play. A player loses the
  point if he touches the net, drops his racquet
  while hitting the ball, bounces the ball over the
  net, hits a part of the surroundings such as the
  roof, or a tree, the ball touches him or his
  partner, he deliberately tries to distract the
  opponent.
• Rule 7. A let is called during the point if a
  ball rolls on the court or there is a distraction
  from someone besides the players on the court.
• Rule 8. A ball that lands on the line is good.
• Rule 9. If players serve out of turn or serve to
  the wrong person or court, the point or game will
  stand and order will be resumed following the
  point or game.

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Scoring

• Singles
• If a player wins his first point, the score is
  called 15 for that player on winning his second
  point, the score is called 30 for that player on
  winning his third point, the score is called 40
  for that player, and the fourth point won by a
  player is scored game for that player except as
  below- If both players have won three points,
  the score is called deuce and the next point won
  by a player is scored advantage for that player.
  If the same player wins the next point, he wins
  the game if the other player wins the next point
  the score is again called deuce and so on, until
  a player wins the two points immediately
  following the score at deuce, when the game is
  scored for that player.
• Doubles
• In doubles a similar procedure to that for
  singles shall apply. At deuce the Receiving Team
  shall choose whether it wishes to receive the
  Service from the right-half of the court or the
  left-half of the court. The team who wins the
  deciding point is scored the game.
• Mixed Doubles
• In mixed doubles, a slightly different procedure
  will apply as follows At deuce, with the male
  player serving, he shall serve to the male player
  of the opposing team irrespective of which half
  of the court he is standing, and when the female
  player is serving, she shall serve to the female
  player of the opposing team.

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Tennis Forehand

• To Master The Basic Forehand
• Step 1
• Prepare
• Begin by adopting the ready position and then
  select your grip. For this flat forehand we
  recommend the continental grip, also known as the
  chopper grip, named thus because it's how you'd
  hold an axe for chopping.
• To find this grip just hold your tennis racket as
  if it were an axe. The V of your thumb and
  forefinger should be just to the left of the top
  of the grip.
• Step 2
• Approach the ball
• As soon as you see where the ball is going, drive
  off from your legs. Your aim is to get to the
  ball as soon as possible.
• As you move, turn both your hands towards the
  tennis ball.
• This will rotate your shoulders and upper body
  away from the ball, storing up energy that will
  power the shot.
• Step 3
• Bring the racket back
• As you begin to take the racket back, pivot your
  feet to the right. If you're left handed, simply
  reverse these instructions.
• Look to take the racket head back in a loop.
• TIP Use your other hand to point at the tennis
  ball. This turns your body sideways on the shot,
  preparing you for a strong swing.
• Step 4
• Your swing
• Simply accelerate the racket into contact with
  the ball.

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Tennis backhand

• Step 1
• The grip
• Start by holding the racket straight out in front
  of you with your left hand, just below shoulder
  height.
• Place your right hand on top of the racket grip,
  taking care to keep the wrist straight.
• Close your right hand. You are holding the racket
  in the one-handed backhand grip.
• Left-handed players do the same, but with left
  and right hands reversed. The same is true for
  the following steps.
• Step 2
• The correct body position
• Start facing the net as normal, and put your
  right foot in front of the left, turning your
  whole body to the left so that feet, hips and
  shoulders all point in the direction you are
  going to hit the ball.
• Support the neck of the racket with your left
  hand. This takes some weight off the right hand,
  so it can relax slightly and doesn't get tired.
• The racket should rise to meet the ball, so keep
  its head low as you prepare for the shot.
• You are now ready to hit the ball
• Step 3
• The shot
• If your position and timing are good you should
  hit the ball at hip height, just before it comes
  in line with your body.
• Swing at the ball so you meet it with your right
  arm fully extended. At the same time, put your
  left arm out behind you for balance.
• Always hit with the swing of your arm, never from
  your wrist. Your arm should make a constant right
  angle with the racket throughout the swing.
• Unlike in a forehand drive, there is no need to
  move your body when hitting a backhand shot. Just
  shift your weight forward onto your right foot as
  you take the shot
• After hitting the ball, swing through with your
  right hand so you finish with racket, arms and
  hands all in a line with your shoulders.

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Tennis serve

• Step 1
• Adopt your position
• When serving, you start each game behind the
  baseline, to the right of the centre mark.
• Have your front foot at an angle but have your
  back foot running approximately parallel to the
  baseline.
• This will, quite naturally, place you sideways on
  to the court.
• Your aim is to put the tennis ball into the
  service box diagonally opposite.
• If you're new to the game just aim for the middle
  of the box.
• Step 2
• Prepare your grip
• The correct grip for the serve is the chopper
  grip, named this way because it's how you'd hold
  an axe for chopping.
• Just hold your tennis racket as if it were an
  axe. The V of your thumb and forefinger should be
  just to the left of the top of the grip.
• Step 3
• Position the racket
• Simply point your tennis racket forwards to the
  target.
• Use your other hand to balance, by lightly
  supporting the throat of the racket.
• Step 4
• Bring the racket back
• Bring your tennis racket back into a throwing
  position, angling your body away from the court.
• Your weight will naturally shift onto your back
  foot.

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Tennis Terms

• Ace. A powerful serve that blows by the receiver.
  Or an amazing tennis player.
• Advantage in. The server has the advantage and
  can win on the next point.
• Advantage out. The receiver has the advantage and
  can win on the next point.
• Backhand. A tennis stroke where your racquet arm
  crosses over your body to hit the ball with the
  back of your racquet hand facing the ball.
• Ball Person. The person who gathers the balls
  that went out of play.
• Baseline. The chalk line at the end of the court
  that marks out-of-bounds.
• Court. The area where you play the game of
  tennis. Can be made of grass, clay or concrete.
• Crosscourt. When you hit the ball diagonally over
  the net onto your opponent's side of the court.
• Deuce. A score of 40-40.
• Dink. A tennis shot with little or no pace.
• Doubles. A four-player game of tennis, with two
  players on each side of the court.
• Fault. A failed serve that doesn't make it into
  the service box.
• Frame. The head or top of the racquet where the
  strings are.
• First Service. The first serve.
• Follow Through. The part of your tennis swing
  after you hit the ball.
• Forehand. Tennis stroke where your racquet hand
  faces forward.
• Game Point. When the leading player needs one
  point to win.
• Grand Slam. Four major tennis tournaments
  Wimbledon, U.S. Open, the French Open and the
  Australian Open.
• Head. Part of the tennis racquet contained the
  frame and strings.

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Worksheet

• 1. What year was Tennis introduced to the United
  States?
• 2.Where is the U.S. Open played, and what is the
  name of the stadium it is played in?
• 3.What are the court dimensions for a singles
  court?
• 4.What are the first, second, third and fourth
  point in Tennis?
• 5. What are the court dimensions for a doubles
  court?
• 6. What is Deuce?
• 7.What side does the server start serving from?
• 8.Draw and label a tennis court with all lines.
• 9. What is a let in Tennis?
• 10. A ball that lands on the line, is it in or
  out?
• Questions 11-13
• Describe how to perform the following skills
  correctly
• The Forehand, The Backhand, The Serve
• Questions 14-25
• Define the following terms
• Ace, Advantage in, Baseline, Crosscourt,
  Follow-through, Grand slam, Lob, Love, No-Mans
  Land,
• Receiver, Stroke, Volley,

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