Tennis

History of Tennis:
Earliest Form of tennis was called Le jeu du
paume, which means game of the palm
First restricted to the nobility only
Racquets were introduced soon to the game,
played indoors
End of 17th century very popular and was
called court tennis
Tennis came from crocket and badminton
1877 All England Croquet Club and Lawn
Tennis developed and devised new rules for
what is now know as Tennis.
Regulations
The Court 21 Feet between
baseline and fence at
each end
12 feet of room at
each side court
12 foot fence all
around court
Court 78 feet long
baseline to baseline

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Tennis Court
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
3ft
Tennis Court
Net needs to be
made of mesh- ball
should not fit through
it
Net height is 3 ft at
the center and held
down by a strap
Maximum width of
the center strap is 2
in
Tennis Court
Lines
Lines at end of court are
the baselines
Lines at side of the court
are sidelines
Service line is drawn
21feet away form net and
divided into 2 equal
squares called the
service boxes
From the Center service
box line draw an
imaginary line from the
net to the baseline and
make an 2in wide line
separating the baseline
into two parts- deuce and
add sides
Equipment Mens Shorts
Womens Dress

Mens Shirt

Racket Bag Racket

Shoe
Tennis Equipment Grip

Ball Ball Machine

String Machine
String

Hat
Rules of
tennis:
The court:
78 feet long and 27ft wide
Rectangle shaped
Net- cuts court in half
Height of Net 36 inches
Net held down by a strap

The Ball:
Approved for play under Rules of Tennis
 Permanent Fixtures:
Net
Net posts
Singles sticks
Cord or metal cable
Strap
Band
All referees and fans are permanent
fixtures
 Clothing: Surfaces:
USPTA,USTA or IFT Rebound Ace
Certified Clay- red, grey
Special Shoes Tennis Grass
court shoes only Hard
Shirt on all times Website list different
Shorts, skirt, or dress types of tennis courts
Check Tournament http://www.itftennis.c
standard or om/technical/equipm
Limitations of ent/courts/courtlist.as
clothing p
 Racket:
Hitting surface has to be flat and have a crossed
stings connected to frame and alternately interlaced
or bonded where they cross
Frame not exceed 29 inches in length
Frame of racket not exceed 12 inches in overall
width
Hitting surface not exceed 15 inches overall length
and 11 inches in overall width
Handle be attached to frame
No devices of any sort that will improve performance
is allowed on the racket
Only one set strings on racket
Vibration devices on racket
 Server and Receiver:
Players stand on opposites sides of net, Player
that delivers the first ball is the Server and other
is Receiver
Choice ends and Service:
Coin toss determines who chooses what end you
want or who serves the ball
Foot Fault:
When the Foot goes over line before contact with
the ball is made on the serve
Delivery of Service:
Start on right side (Deuce side ) of court and
serve to opposite box to the retuner
 Delivery of Service:
Start on right side (Deuce side ) of court and serve to
opposite box to the returner
Serve has to land in the service box
If the serve hits the line inside the service box (Except the
doubles alley and sideline ) then the ball is in
Ball cannot be bounced and the hit as a serve
Overhead or Underhand serve is allowed

Service Fault:
When the ball is outside the service box, in a
doubles alley , hits the net
Two chances to get the serve into play before the
opponent wins the point
When to Serve:
 When to Serve:
When the receiver is ready, if server is not ready ( If their
back is turned or bending to tie their shoes and the Server
serves the ball then it is replayed

The Let rule:

During the serve if the ball hits the net and lands in the
appropriate service box then the serve is replayed as the
first serve
If the ball hits the net and lands outside service box then a
second serve is played
No limit on amount of lets in a game
A let is called during play if another courts ball or opponent
is on your court and is a distraction then you call a let and
replay the point out
 Score system: Sets:
The server calls their score The first to win six
first then opponents before games, except they
each point unless you are on
T.V. then the umpire says the must win by a margin
score: of two games,
0 = love Play best 3 of 5 sets
15 If games are tied 6, 6
30 then you play a tie
40 breaker
Deuce Tie breaker- first to
Advantage in = Server win seven points, if
Advantage out= Receiver lead by 2 points=
To End a game you have to score has to be 7-5
reach 40 and win the next to win the tiebreaker
point
 To win a Point:
Server or receiver hit ball out of court, into the net
or miss the ball
Double fault
If the ball bounces twice
Player uses fowl or unethical court conduct will
loose points, games, sets, and get kicked out of
tournament
If You show up late to an match after 15 min you
loose an game, eventually disqualified
IF a ball touches an permanent fixture besides the
net, posts, sticks, cord or metal cable strap, if ball
hits the umpire and goes into play you the player
who hit the umpire looses point
 When Players change ends:
Players change ends at end of 1st, 3rd and every
subsequent alternate game of each set
End of each set if the total of games are not even
Officials:
USTA certified Junior and Adult tournaments are
based on Honesty system, no officials, call the ball
out by signals
Honesty signals: Out= hold finger up or say out
Shot is in= palm down and or say good shot
Let= say let
Depending on size and code of tournament a
roaming umpire is around, to settle a disputes.
Professional Tennis

Professional Matches have officials:

Chair umpire, Ball boys and girls, line
judges and an Official in the office above
the court, computers and sensor
machines help with line calls.
Coaches
No coaching during match in USTA
Certified tennis event
Coaching Allowed in NCAA (College),
and Davis Cup Team
Coaches can watch match and take
notes, if caught giving signals to student
in match thrown out of tournament
Type of Coaches

Fitness Coach
Personal Trainer
Tennis Professional-Your coach
Hitting Coach/ Partner
Strength and Condition Coach
Sport Nutritionist
Sport Psychologist
 Strategy
Write In Tennis Journal Notes of how opponents
play- strength and weakness
Watch Film or matches of opponents/ take notes in a
tennis journal
Use your strengths to your advantage
Have a game plan before go on court
Mentally prepared to play match
End of match write down strength and weakness of
your opponent and devise a new game plan on how
to beat them if you lost or won
Environmental conditions
 During Warm Up Observe opponent
1. Are they right or left handed

2. Do you know their weakness and strengths

3. Where do the hit the ball

A. down the line, cross court, in middle court,
B. Deep or shallow
C. Forehand or Backhand is it weak or strong
D. Good cross court shot or passing shot

3. How are their Volleys

A. Weak
B. Strong
C. Are they comfortable at the net
 4. How do they approach a short ball
A. good or bad
B. is it uncomfortable for them

5. Serve
A. Where do they place the Serve on Deuce
side
B. Where do the y place it on the Add out
Side
C. Second Serve- good bad
D. Can you attack the second serve and go
on the offensive
E. Placement of Second serve is where
 Watch Film or matches of opponents/ take
notes in a tennis journal
Use your strengths to your advantage
Have a game plan before go on court
Mentally prepared to play match
End of match write down strength and
weakness of your opponent and devise a new
game plan on how to beat them if you lost
Write down what type of player they Are- they
an all court, serve and volley, baseline player
Psychomotor Skills
Forehand- Hold racket in dominant
hand, with proper grip, turn and pivot
your shoulders and feet to right for right
hander, proceed to a downward swing,
let the racket drop to about knee level,
followed by upward swing till contact with
ball is made, racket face should be
vertical at impact, follow through and
catch the racket with non dominant hand
by opposite shoulder.
 Backhand
one handed or two handed -Same as
above, just different grip, and turn to your
left for a back hand groundstroke.
Video Forehand and Backhand-slow
motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emzm
Bp_Zdw4&mode=related&search=
 Serve- Hold racket in dominant hand with
proper grip, feet should line up at opposite net
post, non dominant hand should toss the ball, now
rotate your hips till your head face sideline and
toss the ball out to the side of your body and to the
right, racket should make contact with ball about
four of five inches inside the court, racket should
follow through to opposite side of your body, Your
no dominant hand and racket should make an X on
the finish.

 How fast can you serve the Ball.

The fastest recorded serves in tennis history:Andy
Roddick, U.S., 150 mph, 2004 Davis Cup
Andy Roddick, U.S., 149 mph, 2003 Queen's Club
Greg Rusedski, Britain, 149 mph, 1998 Indian
Wells
Taylor Dent, U.S., 144 mph, 2001 Wimbledon
Mark Philippoussis, Australia, 142.3 mph, 1997
Dusseldorf
Gilles Elseneer, Belgium, 140 mph, 2003 Basel
Julian Alonso, Spain, 140 mph, 1997 Long Island
Womens serve: Venus Williams 124 mph,Serena
Williams 121 Mph
Serve Video

Roddick Serve PowerAde Commercial

and in Slow Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEUlD
Lwh90o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfAxF
5a8aE&mode=related&search=
 Lob
Slice
Video Justine Back hand slice shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
GzW401yri4&mode=related&search=
Approach shot
Drop volley
Volley- either a forehand or backhand
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past.html
Video of Tennis Matches
Roger Feeder and Andy Roddick
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EArV6s8&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZUd4QI5d8&
feature=PlayList&p=986717F5A35233BF&index=5
Longest point played
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxkDWuJKC4
&NR
Serena and Venus Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq9Zg9DhTKc&
mode=related&search=
Source- Web Sites
www.uspta.com
http://www.itftennis.com/technical/
http://www.vicbradentennis.com/tennis-tip-
past.html
http://www.expert-tennis-tips.com/tennis-court-
dimensions.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZUd4QI5
d8&feature=PlayList&p=986717F5A35233BF&i
ndex=5