Tennis!

Jennie HofmannBlock 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)

A

B C

D ------------->Alle

y

<----- Baseline

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).

A

CDiagonal Serve

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.

ScoringLove-------> Zero1st point -------> 152nd point-------> 303rd point-------> 404th 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• 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

ExamplesServe Ready Position

Return

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