Tennis

Tennis

Introduction to the Game of Tennis

Open Ended

How does playing tennis keep you healthy? Write at least three health benefits.

History of Tennis

• Humans first used clubs to hit rocks back and forth over barricades of dirt and stone.

• By 1500, racquets became more wooden with string

• First restricted to the nobility only

• End of 17th century very popular and was called court tennis

• Tennis came from croquet and badminton.  

• 1877 All England Croquet Club and Lawn Tennis 

Multiple Select

What two sports did the game of tennis come from? Check all that apply.

• Baseball

• Badminton

• Croquet

• Volleyball

Tennis Court Dimensions

• 27 Feet wide on baseline singles match

• 36 feet wide for a doubles match

• Court divided by a net

• Net suspended by cord or metal cable and be attached to two net posts at a height of 3½ft  

Tennis Court Dimensions Cont.

• Lines at end of court are the baselines

• Lines at side of the court are sidelines

• Service line is drawn 21 feet away from net and divided into 2 equal squares called the service boxes

• Singles Sidelines: Two players

• Doubles Sidelines: Four players

Multiple Choice

How many people are on the court when playing a game of doubles?

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 1

Multiple Choice

The end boundaries of the court.

• service line

• baseline

• let

Equipment

• Racquets: include a handle, neck and frame that holds a matrix of strings

• Courts: grass, clay or hard-court of concrete or asphalt

• Tennis Balls: green bouncy ball that is not lined with any internal coating

Tennis Scoring

• A match is determined through 3 or 5 sets. (3 for female, 5 for male)

• A set is the first to win 6 games (must win by two)

• If games are tied at 6-6, a tiebreaker must be played.

• Tiebreaker decided by first person to score 7 points (must win by 2)

Tennis Scoring Cont.

• Each game consists of points. The point breakdown is below.

• Zero Point = LOVE

• One Point = 15

• Two Points = 30

• Three Points = 40

• Fourth Point = Game

Multiple Choice

2 points are equivalent to..

• 15

• 30

• 40

Multiple Choice

If two teams are tied at 40-40 and the serving side scores the next point, what is the next point called

• Deuce

• Advantage

• Tie

• Win

Multiple Choice

What is deuce in tennis?

• Love

• Winner

• Tie

• Loser

Multiple Choice

In scoring, how many points do you have if you have "love?"

• 0

• 1

• 100

Multiple Choice

In tennis, scoring is not in traditional, numerical order. Scoring points go as follows: Love, 15, 30, ____, game.

What number is missing?

• 40

• 45

• 50

Tennis Vocabulary

• Ace- A serve that lands inside the lines and is untouched by the opponent

• Advantage- The point that follows a deuce score. If the player wins this point he wins the game, otherwise it goes back to deuce!

• Break- When you win a game during which your opponent was serving

• Deuce- An expression that is used when the actual score is 40-40

• Double Fault- The server has two serves to start the point. Whenever he misses both he loses one point in the game

Tennis Vocabulary Cont.

• Doubles- When you have four players on the court and two are playing against two

• Hold- When you win your service game

• Let- serve touches the net and still lands in the service box. The serve is then replayed

• Match Point- need one more point to win the match

• Tiebreak- played when the score in a set reaches 6:6. The tiebreak is played up to 7 points

Tennis Vocabulary Cont.

• Backhand – The stroke used to return balls hit to the left side of a right-handed player (or to the right side of a left-handed player)

• Forehand – The stroke used to return balls hit to the right side of a right-handed player (or to the left side of a left-handed player). Forehands are commonly hit one-handed.

• Serve – Short for Service. It is the act of putting the ball into play for each point.

Multiple Choice

The player that delivers the ball is known as the

• server.

• receiver.

• boss.

Multiple Choice

What is it called when the ball hit the net on a serve?

• Foul

• Let

• Fault

• Error

Open Ended

What is the score when a server scores first point of the game?