Tennis
Goal Of Tennis
• Hit the ball into your
opponent’s court once more
than your opponent can hit it
into yours.
The Court
Court Terminology
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Net (3 feet)
Doubles Sideline
Single Sideline
Baseline
Length = 78 ft.
Width = 27 ft.
singles
doubles = 36 ft.
• Center Mark
• Right Service
Court
• Left Service Court
• Center Service
Line
• Back Service Line
• Alley = 4.5 ft.
SERVICE RULES
• Start EVERY game from the right
court. After each point alternate
service courts
• Both feet behind baseline,
between center mark and singles
sideline. FOOT FAULT = lost point
• Toss ball in the air, hit before it
touches the ground. Players may
serve underhanded.
Service Rules (Cont.)
• A ball hitting a line is IN.
• The server has two chances to get a
fair serve in. The first error is a FAULT.
Two service faults in a row is a DOUBLE
FAULT receiver earns point
• Must call out the score before serving
• Serve across to the diagonal service
court
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Service Rules (Cont.)
FAULTS
• Touching or crossing over baseline
while serving the ball
• Ball does not land in diagonal service
box
• Ball hits into the net
• Server misses the ball when attempting
to hit it
LET (Let the serve be served again)
• Ball hits the net and lands in the correct
service box.
• Ball is served when the receiver was not
ready
• There is an outside interference during the
serve or during the following play.
• Any play where there is a question about
legality.
• Unless a fault or a let is called, the ball is
in play from the moment the server hits
the ball, and remains in play until the point
is decided.
DOUBLES SERVICE ORDER
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A&B are partners, C&D are partners
One person serves the entire GAME
FIRST GAME: A serves
SECOND GAME: C serves
THIRD GAME: B serves
FOURTH GAME: D serves
FIFTH GAME: A serves
Court Positioning
Rec.
SP
RP
Server
Rally Scoring
SCORING
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GAME:
Zero…………………Love
1st Point……………...15
2nd Point……………..30
3rd Point……………...40
4th
Point………………GAME…….provided
the team is ahead by two points
Scoring (Cont.)
• DEUCE:
• 40-40 score and any other tie
thereafter
• Player winning next two points wins
GAME
• Ad-In (Advantage Server) Serving
team wins next point after deuce
• Ad-Out (Advantage Receiver)
Receiving team wins next point after
deuce
Scoring Example
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Player A (server) = 2 pts. Player B = 3pts
SCORE: 30 – 40
A earns next point
SCORE: Deuce
B earns point
SCORE: Ad-Out
A earns point
SCORE: Deuce
B earns point:
SCORE: Ad-Out
B earns point:
SCORE: GAME
Scoring Rules (Cont.)
• KEEPING TRACK OF THE SCORE:
• Odd (Ad) and Even (Deuce) Courts
• Right Service Court is the Deuce Court
every time you serve the score is even
• Example: love-love=0, 15-15=2 deuce=6
• Left Service Court is the Ad Court every
time you serve the score is odd
• Example: love-15=1, 15-30=3, love-40=3
Scoring Rules (Cont.)
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GAME:
Winning by two points
SET:
Win 6 games and be ahead by two games
A match can be played to the best of 3
sets (a player/team needs to win 2 sets to
win the match) or to the best of 5 sets (a
player/team needs to win 3 sets to win the
match).
A PLAYER LOSES THE POINT
• Fails to return the ball over the net.
• Allowing the ball to bounce twice
before hitting it.
• Touching the net with the racket.
• Reaching over the net.
• Hitting the ball more than once
during a stroke.
• Catching the ball and calling it out.
TYPES OF SHOTS
• SMASH - a hard and fast
downward hit with a overhead
stroke
• LOB - a high arching shot over
the players reach
• RALLY - a ball hit back and
forth several times
• VOLLEY - a ball hit before it
bounces
ETIQUETTE
• Begin each point with two tennis
balls
• Each team is responsible for the
tennis balls on their side of net
• Be sure opponent is ready for the
serve
• Never return a 1st serve that is out
• Call “OUT” quickly on a serve
• Chase and retrieve own teams tennis
balls