Individual Sports

TENNIS

HISTORYThe history of tennis dates back several thousand years (12th/13th century)Tennis originally was known as “lawn tennis”, and formally is still called that in Britain, because it was played on grass courts by Victorian gentlemen and ladies. It is now played on a variety of surfaces.

HISTORYThe modern game of tennis is played by millions in

clubs and on public courts. Its period of most rapid growth began in the late

1960s, when the major championships were opened to professionals as well as amateurs.

It continued in the 1970s, when television broadcasts of the expanding professional tournament circuits.

TENNIS EQUIPMENT

Tennis BallsRacketsCourt ShoesComfortable ClothingNet

MASTER THE COURT

Before you can start playing tennis, you need to understand the layout of a tennis court.

Here are the basics: The tennis court has two sides that are

separated by a net in the middle. oThe deuce side, or the right side of the courtoThe ad side, or the left side of the court

The court has alleys on either side, and if one player hits the ball in his opponent's alleys in a game of singles, he loses the point.

Each court has a right service box and a left service box.

The server's goal is to serve the ball into the service box on the opposite side on his opponent's court. So, if the server is standing on the deuce side (the right side) of the court, he needs to serve the ball into his opponent's right service box.

Each player's court is framed by the baseline at the bottom and the singles sidelines on each side of the court. One player's ball must land on or within these lines of the opposing players court during a rally to be considered in.

TENNIS COURTDOUBLES COURT SINGLES COURTFurthest outside lines on the court

Inner sideline on court

Back end line on courtBASELINE/SERVING LINE

HOW TO PLAY Tennis is played in single or doubles The first server is determined by spinning a racket and

seeing what side it lands on, (similar to flipping a coin) Serving begins on the right hand court, and must be served

into the diagonal serving box on the opposite side Every serve results in points The ball must be hit after only one bounce on a side The ball may be hit before it bounces except on the serve A ball that lands on the line is good/fair Scoring is: love, 15, 30, 40 game Each game must be won by 2 points To win a set, you must win 6 games. You must win a set by 2

games. Winner of a tennis match is the first to win 2 out of 3 sets.

READY POSITION

The position that a person stands in while waiting for the ball; This is done by

standing with feet shoulder width apart, knees bent, weight on balls of feet,

racket in center of body, and eyes on opponent

EASTERN GRIP“shake hands” with the racquet;

form a V with the thumb and forefinger

Backhand/Ground Stroke

A tennis stroke that begins across the non-dominant side of one’s

body

BACKHAND/GROUND STROKE VIDEO

Forehand/Ground Stroke

A tennis stroke that begins on the dominant side of one’s body

FOREHAND/GROUND STROKEVIDEO

SERVEThe first shot of each game The

server must begin from the right side of the court behind the baseline and hit the ball diagonally across the court

SERVE VIDEO

ACE SERVEA serve that lands within the service

line boundary and the receiver is unable to touch the ball with the

racquet

LET/FAULT SERVE

“Let” Serve “Fault” Serve The ball hits the

net on the serve and falls

into the service court,

it is a “let” and is served again

A serve that lands outside of the

service boundary lines, server

receives loss of point and must

rotate to the opposite serving area following a double fault on

the serve

OVERHEAD SMASH

A tennis stroke that begins with the full extension of the racket arm. Get strings up and over the ball,

then snap the racket head powerfully through the ball.

OVERHEAD SMASH VIDEO

DUECE

When the score is tied (40 /40)LOVE

MATCH

POINT

RALLY

A long series of shotsA point that will end the match if it is won by the leading player

Another name for a score of 0

VOLLEY

A stroke that is used to receive and deliver a ball

back to an opponent without allowing it to hit the ground

LOB

ADALLAnother name for

an even scoreA short term used for

the word advantage. A player who scores a

point at 'deuce' has the advantage, meaning if

they win the next point, they win the game

A high arching tennis shot

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