The document outlines the steps to start a tennis match: 1) Determine who serves first and choose sides of the court. 2) Warm up with practice serves, volleys, and overheads without trying to hit winners. 3) Start the actual match by serving the ball into the correct service box on the opposite side of the court on the fly.

2. Step 1
To start your match see who serves
first. If you win, you can choose to
serve or receive, or pick the side of the
court on which you wish to start. You
can also make your opponent choose
one of those options, while you take
the second pick.

3. Step 2
Warm up by hitting a rally, which is when the ball bounces before
you hit it. Practice volleys, which are balls hit before they touch the
ground and which are commonly used near the net. Practice
serves and overheads. During a warm-up, hit the ball to your
opponent so he can keep the rally going, rather than trying to hit
winners.

4. Step 3
Start the match by
serving. You hit a serve
from one side of the court
into the service box on the
opposite side of the court.
Your serve must land in
the correct service box on
a fly, without touching the
net. If the serve goes into
the net or doesn’t land in
the correct service box, a
fault is assessed. Two
faults mean you lose the
point.

5. Step 4
The easiest way to start serving is to start with the racket on
your shoulder or touching your back, then toss the ball in
front of you and swing up, hitting the ball in the air.

6. Step 5
Once someone serves a good
serve, the point starts. You must
let the serve bounce before you
hit it. You can only let the ball
bounce once before you hit it, or
you lose the point. To get most
balls over the net, you should
swing your racket from low to
high.

7. Step 6
Call the ball out as soon as it lands outside the boundary lines.