3. AGENDA
History of Tennis
Informations About Tennis
Tennis Equipments
Tennis Cort
Scoring
Tennis Terms
Basic Rules of Tennis
Benefits of Playing Tennis
Review
4. HISTORY OF TENNIS
The history of tennis dates back
several thousand years.
Created in Europe.
Tennis originally was known as
“lawn tennis”, because it was
played on grass courts. And it is
still called that in Britain.
It is now played on a variety of
surfaces.
5. INFORMATIONS ABOUT TENNIS
Played by men, women and
children
Played internationally
Played on grass, carpet, hard
court, and clay
Handicap players
7. TENNIS COURT
Before you can start playing tennis, you need to understand the
layout of a tennis court.
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9. SCORING
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.
There are 3 units of scoring.
10. TENNIS TERMS
Game- A game consists of a
sequence of points played with
the same player serving.
Set- Each set consists of at least
six games. If the score is 6 to 6,
and tie breaker must be played.
Match- a completion of the best
2 of 3 sets for women or 3 of 5
sets for men.
Serve- the first hit to begin the
point.
Double fault- when the serve is
out twice, the point goes to the
opponent.
Ace- a serve that lands in the
correct area, is not touched by the
receiver.
11. BASIC RULES OF TENNIS
Tennis is played in single or doubles.
The first server is determined by spinning a racket or flipping a coin.
Serving begins on the right hand court, and must be served into the
diagonal serving box on the opposite side.
If a player touches the net, automatically loses the point.
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.
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.
12. BENEFITS OF PLAYING TENNIS
Low Body Fat and Lipid Profile.
Agility, Flexibility and Improved Balance.
Better and Healty Personality.
Improved Body Co-ordination.
Improved Discipline and Social Skills.
Better and Strategic Mind.
Having Fun.
13. REVIEW
Tennis was created in Europe thousands years ago.
Tennis can be played by men, women, children and handicap players.
For playing tennis we need racquets, balls, net and court.
Scoring is 15 , 30 , 40 and game.
Units of scoring: Game – Set – Match.
Each game must be won by 2 points.
If the sets 6 to 6 tiebreaker must be played.
For winning, 2 of 3 or 3 of 5.
Keeping score in tennis can be very difficult for the students. Focus on the fact that, in tennis, the scoring is not 1,2,3,4… it is 15,30,40, game. Players must win by 2 so instead of going above 40, tie scores are announced as “deuce”. If a player goes 1 above deuce they are said to have “ad” or “advantage”. If you get 1 more than advantage, you have won the game.
You must win SIX games to win a SET. You must win each set by 2 games. (example: Agassi wins 6 games and Roddick has won 5. Agassi must win 1 more game even though he has already won 6).
A player must win 2 out of the 3 SETS to win a MATCH. Essentially, tennis players will play a minimum of 12 games in order for an entire match to be complete (6-0 games in first set, 6-0 games in second set). Think… GAMESETMATCH.
