Tennis

What is tennis?

• a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using a racket

• a game in which two teams use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net without allowing the ball to touch the ground

• a game played on a sports field between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball into the other team's goal

• a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring

What are the rules of tennis?

• • If the serve misses the service box, it’s a FAULT. The server gets a second chance for a SECOND SERVE. Missing the second serve results in a DOUBLE FAULT, and the server loses the point. If the serve hits the net cord and bounces into the correct service box, it’s a LET, and the serve is repeated.

• • A team consists of 11 players and six substitutes. The ball must be passed or dribbled using the stick. Goals are scored by getting the puck into the opponent’s net.

• • Judges score each run on a scale of 0.00 to 100. Athletes participate in a preliminary round and a final round, with three runs each. The highest-scoring run counts as their qualifying score. They perform air outs, grinds, stalls, and flip tricks along the bowls and copings.

• • All singles and doubles matches are the best-of-three games. The first side to reach 21 points wins a game. A point is scored on every serve, awarded to the side that wins the rally. If the score is 20-20, a side must win by two clear points. If it reaches 29-29, the first to get their 30th point wins. Players change ends at the conclusion of the first game. If a third game is required, they change ends at the end of the second game. In the third game, the change of ends occurs when one side reaches 11 points.

What do we need to do when it is end of 4 and 6 games?

• Tie break

• Extra time

• Continue a game

• Flip a coins

Who?

• Rafael Nadal

• Rod Laver

• Pete Sampras

• Ivan Lendl

ONE equipment for tennis:

Who hold the best record to be a champion at Australia open league?

What are the skills needed in tennis?

• Stamina

• Determination

• Strength

• Agility

Where was tennis invented?

• Birmingham, England

• Nanterre, France

• Duisburg, Germany

• Albany, Australia

When was tennis invented?

• 12th – 13th century

• 10th - 11st century

• 13th - 14th century

• 18th - 19th century

When did tennis become an Olympic sport?

• 1988

• 1892

• 1939

• 2001