Tennis
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Jennie Hofmann
Block 2 B-day
Tennis- Rules
• There are two ways to play tennis.
–Singles Game (one vs. one)
–Doubles Game (two vs. two)
• To start the game, either a coin is tossed or the
racket is spun.
•The winner chooses (or may require their opponent
to choose) to be the server or reciever and chooses
which side of the net they will play on.
Doubles Game
• The outside boundary lines enclosing the alleys are used.
• Order of Service (Rotation)
– A/B are partners against C/D
– First game A serves, second game C, third B, and fourth D. (Then
it starts over with A etc.)
– This rotation is maintained throughout the set. (A set is the
winning of 6 games)
B
A
Alley ------------->
C <----- Baseline
D
Service Rules
• Delivery– Both feet must be behind the baseline and inside the center mark and the
singles sideline.
– Must toss the ball into the air and hit it before it hits the ground.
– Must serve diagonally across the court.
– Serve starts in the right hand court in every game
– Server has 2 chances to get the serve in on each point.
– Must call out the score before you serve (server’s score announced first).
Diagonal Serve
C
A
Service Faults
• Foot Fault ------------->
– Stepping over the baseline
• Server misses the ball when attempting to hit it.
• The ball hits on the server’s side of the net.
• Two faults on the same point is called Double
Fault
– Server loses the point
Let
• The ball tips the net and falls over into
the proper service court.
• The reciever is not ready.
– When a let is called, the point is replayed.
Scoring
Love-------> Zero
1st point -------> 15
2nd point-------> 30
3rd point-------> 40
4th point-------> Game (as long as one player is 2 points ahead)
Duece-------> Score is 40-40(player must win next two consecutive
points to
win the game)
Ad-in------> First point after duece if server wins.
Ad-out-------> First point after duece if reciever wins
Loss of Points
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Player fails to return ball
The ball bounces twice before returning it
Player touches net with body or racket
Player reaches over net to hit the ball
Double Hit - Player hits the ball more than once
Examples
Ready Position
Serve
Return
Work Cited
Internet Pictures
www.jubi-net.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/ima
ges/144_tennis/3143030_let.gif
http://www.power-tennis.com/usr/pop/foot_fault.gif
www.edukacija.com
http://www.threadartist.com/embroidery/embroidery-designs-tennisracket-ball.jpg
http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2001/images/02_co
in.gif
http://www.yorknewstimes.com/images/sig/TennisBall_Racket.jpg