TENNIS

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TENNIS
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• RULES
• A POINT IS AWARDED FOR EACH EXCHANGE.
• BALLS LANDING ON APPROPRIATE LINES ARE GOOD
  SHOTS.
• CATCHING A SERVICE TOSS IS LEGAL WITHOUT PENALTY

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RULES CONTINUED

• A FAULT IS CALLED WHEN A SERVED BALL DOES NOT
  LAND IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE OR A FOOT VIOLATION
• A BALL IN PLAY MAY CONTACT ANY PART OF THE
  RACQUET AND REBOUND INTO THE COURT LEGALLY.
• ON THE SERVE, THE SERVER HAS TWO SERVES TO SEE IF
  HE/SHE CAN GET THE BALL INTO THE SERVICE BOX.

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RULES CONTINUED

• SWINGING AND MISSING A SHOT OR A SERVE RESULTS IN
  A LOSS OF POINT
• THE BALL CAN ONLY BOUNCE ONE TIME PRIOR TO MAKING
  CONTACT.
• THE BALL CAN BE PLAYED STRAIGHT FROM THE AIR
  EXCEPT ON THE SERVICE RETURN (called a volley or
  an overhead).
• CONTACTING THE BALL OVER THE NET OR TOUCHING THE
  NET WITH THE RACQUET OR THE BODY DURING PLAY
  RESULTS IN POINT LOSS.

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RULES CONTINUED

• PLAYERS CHANGE ENDS OF THE COURT AFTER ODD
  NUMBERED GAMES.
• A MINIMUM OF 4 POINTS COULD WIN A GAME
• YELLING OR TALKING TO AN OPPONENT DURING PLAY
  RESULTS IN LOSS OF POINT.

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RULES CONTINUED

• A PLAYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL CALLS ON
  HIS/HER SIDE OF THE NET AND FOR CALLING THE SCORE
  OUT WHEN HE/SHE IS SERVING.
• NET HEIGHT 3 FT. IN THE MIDDLE 3 FT. 6 IN. ON
  THE SIDES.

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RULES CONTINUED

• BEGIN PLAY OPTION
• SPIN RACQUET
• WINNER CHOOSES ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
  SERVICE, RETURN, SIDE, TO DEFER.
• LOSER WILL CHOOSE ALL REMAINING OPTIONS.

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COURT LAY-OUT

• SIDE LINES- SINGLES, DOUBLES
• BASE LINE
• SERVICE LINE
• THE T
• AD COURT
• DEUCE COURT
• ALLEY

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• SCORING
• GAME LOVE, 15, 30, 40
• DEUCE, AD IN,
• AD OUT, ETC.
• (NO-AD SCORING- 1,2,3 OR
• 15,30,40, ETC. NO DEUCE)
• SET 6 GAMES BUT
• AHEAD BY 2
• MATCH 2 OF 3 SETS
• OR 3 OR 5 SETS
• 12 POINT -TIE BREAKER- 7 PTS.
• AHEAD BY 2

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TIEBREAKER--- RECEIVER FROM PREVIOUS GAME SERVES
FIRST FROM THE DEUCE COURT ON THE FIRST POINT IN
THE TIEBREAKER---PLAYER A SERVES ONLY ONE
POINT ON FIRST POINT OF TIEBREAKER- (SCORING IS
COUNTED AS 1,2,3,ETC.)
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--- FOLLOWING THE FIRST POINT, EACH PLAYER
ALTERNATES TWO POINTS THROUGHOUT THE
TIEBREAKER--- CHANGE ENDS OF THE COURT AFTER
EVERY 6 POINTS--- WINNER WINS A MINIMUM OF 7
POINTS MUST BE AHEAD BY TWO POINTS.
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• TERMS
• VOLLEY, BACK COURT,
• FAULT, SERVICE LINE, BASE LINE,
• ALLEY, OVERHEAD, ACE, LET, FOOT FAULT, DOUBLE
  FAULT, DEUCE, AD-IN, AD-OUT, ETC..

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ETTIQUETE

• HAVE TWO TENNIS BALLS IN YOUR POSSESSION FOR
  EVERY SERVICE POINT.
• MAKE CLEAR, LOUD CALLS ON YOUR SIDE OF THE NET
  ONLY.
• SERVE ONLY WHEN YOUR OPPONENT IS READY.
• SERVER CALL THE SCORE ON EACH POINT.

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ETTIQUETE CONTINUED

• DO NOT INTENTIONALLY DELAY PLAY.
• DO NOT SHOUT OR DISTRACT YOUR OPPONENT.
• DO NOT WALK BEHIND (that includes going through
  a gait to enter a tennis facility) OR REQUEST A
  BALL TO BE RETURNED DURING A POINT ON A
  NEIGHBORING COURT. WAIT UNTIL THE POINT IS OVER
  THEN HURRY ALONG.

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ETTIQUETE CONTINUED

• SHAKE HANDS AFTER THE MATCH.
• ACKNOWLEDGE GOOD PLAY.
• CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.
• IN RECREATIONAL PLAY, IF BOTH PLAYERS ARE UNSURE
  WHETHER A BALL IS GOOD OR NOT, REPLAY THE POINT.

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TENNIS SKILLS

• GRIPS
• FH
• BH
• SERVE
• VOLLEY
• LOB
• OVERHEAD
• SPECIALTY SHOTS UNDERSPIN, APPROACH SHOTS,
  HALF-VOLLEY, ETC.

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CLOSING QUESTIONS