TENNIS

RULES

• A POINT IS AWARDED FOR EACH EXCHANGE.

• BALLS LANDING ON APPROPRIATE LINES ARE “GOOD SHOTS.”

• CATCHING A SERVICE TOSS IS LEGAL WITHOUT PENALTY

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• A FAULT IS CALLED WHEN A SERVED BALL DOES NOT LAND IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE OR A FOOT VIOLATION

• A BALL IN PLAY MAY CONTACT ANY PART OF THE RACQUET AND REBOUND INTO THE COURT LEGALLY.

• ON THE SERVE, THE SERVER HAS TWO SERVES TO SEE IF HE/SHE CAN GET THE BALL INTO THE SERVICE BOX.

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• SWINGING AND MISSING A SHOT OR A SERVE RESULTS IN A LOSS OF POINT

• THE BALL CAN ONLY BOUNCE ONE TIME PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT.

• THE BALL CAN BE PLAYED STRAIGHT FROM THE AIR EXCEPT ON THE SERVICE RETURN (called a volley or an overhead).

• CONTACTING THE BALL OVER THE NET OR TOUCHING THE NET WITH THE RACQUET OR THE BODY DURING PLAY RESULTS IN POINT LOSS.

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• PLAYERS CHANGE ENDS OF THE COURT AFTER ODD NUMBERED GAMES.

• A MINIMUM OF 4 POINTS COULD WIN A GAME

• YELLING OR TALKING TO AN OPPONENT DURING PLAY RESULTS IN LOSS OF POINT.

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• A PLAYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL CALLS ON HIS/HER SIDE OF THE NET AND FOR CALLING THE SCORE OUT WHEN HE/SHE IS SERVING.

• NET HEIGHT = 3 FT. IN THE MIDDLE– 3 FT. 6 IN. ON THE SIDES.

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• BEGIN PLAY OPTION

• SPIN RACQUET

• WINNER CHOOSES ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: SERVICE, RETURN, SIDE, TO DEFER.

• LOSER WILL CHOOSE ALL REMAINING OPTIONS.

COURT LAY-OUT

• SIDE LINES- SINGLES, DOUBLES

• BASE LINE

• SERVICE LINE

• THE “T”

• AD COURT

• DEUCE COURT

• ALLEY

SCORING GAME – LOVE, 15, 30, 40 DEUCE, AD IN, AD OUT, ETC. (NO-AD SCORING- 1,2,3 OR 15,30,40, ETC. – NO DEUCE)

SET – 6 GAMES BUT AHEAD BY 2

MATCH – 2 OF 3 SETS OR 3 OR 5 SETS 12 POINT -TIE BREAKER- 7 PTS. AHEAD BY 2

TIEBREAKER--- RECEIVER FROM

PREVIOUS GAME SERVES FIRST FROM THE DEUCE

COURT ON THE FIRST POINT IN THE TIEBREAKER

---PLAYER “A” SERVES ONLY ONE POINT ON FIRST POINT OF TIEBREAKER- (SCORING

IS COUNTED AS 1,2,3,ETC.)

--- FOLLOWING THE FIRST POINT, EACH PLAYER

ALTERNATES TWO POINTS THROUGHOUT THE

TIEBREAKER--- CHANGE ENDS OF THE COURT

AFTER EVERY 6 POINTS--- WINNER WINS A MINIMUM OF 7 POINTS & MUST BE AHEAD BY

TWO POINTS.

TERMS

– VOLLEY, BACK COURT,

FAULT, SERVICE LINE, BASE LINE,

ALLEY, OVERHEAD, ACE, LET, FOOT FAULT, DOUBLE FAULT, DEUCE, AD-IN, AD-OUT, ETC..

ETTIQUETE

• HAVE TWO TENNIS BALLS IN YOUR POSSESSION FOR EVERY SERVICE POINT.

• MAKE CLEAR, LOUD CALLS ON YOUR SIDE OF THE NET ONLY.

• SERVE ONLY WHEN YOUR OPPONENT IS READY.

• SERVER – CALL THE SCORE ON EACH POINT.

ETTIQUETE CONTINUED

• DO NOT INTENTIONALLY DELAY PLAY.• DO NOT SHOUT OR DISTRACT YOUR

OPPONENT.• DO NOT WALK BEHIND (that includes going

through a gait to enter a tennis facility) OR REQUEST A BALL TO BE RETURNED DURING A POINT ON A NEIGHBORING COURT. WAIT UNTIL THE POINT IS OVER; THEN HURRY ALONG.

ETTIQUETE CONTINUED

• SHAKE HANDS AFTER THE MATCH.

• ACKNOWLEDGE GOOD PLAY.

• CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.

• IN RECREATIONAL PLAY, IF BOTH PLAYERS ARE UNSURE WHETHER A BALL IS GOOD OR NOT, REPLAY THE POINT.

TENNIS SKILLS• GRIPS• FH• BH• SERVE• VOLLEY• LOB• OVERHEAD• SPECIALTY SHOTS – UNDERSPIN,

APPROACH SHOTS, HALF-VOLLEY, ETC.

CLOSING QUESTIONS