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1. Tennis

2. 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.

3. 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
 http://www.expert-tennis-
tips.com/tennis-court-
dimensions.html

4. 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
3½ft

5. Tennis Court
 Net needs to be
made of mesh- ball
should not fit through
it
 Net height is 3 ½ ft at
the center and held
down by a strap
 Maximum width of
the center strap is 2
in

6. 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

7. Equipment
Shoe
Racket Bag Racket
Men’s Shirt
Men’s Shorts
Women’s Dress

8. Tennis Equipment
Ball Ball Machine
Grip
String Machine
Hat
String

9.  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
Rules of
tennis:

10.  Permanent Fixtures:
 Net
 Net posts
 Singles sticks
 Cord or metal cable
 Strap
 Band
 All referees and fans are permanent
fixtures

11.  Clothing:
 USPTA,USTA or IFT
Certified
 Special Shoes Tennis
court shoes only
 Shirt on all times
 Shorts, skirt, or dress
 Check Tournament
standard or
Limitations of
clothing
 Surfaces:
 Rebound Ace
 Clay- red, grey
 Grass
 Hard
 Website list different
types of tennis courts
 http://www.itftennis.c
om/technical/equipm
ent/courts/courtlist.as
p

12.  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 ½ inches in overall
width
 Hitting surface not exceed 15 ½ inches overall length
and 11 ½ 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

13.  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

14.  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 hit’s 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 , hit’s the net
 Two chances to get the serve into play before the
opponent wins the point
 When to Serve:

15.  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 hit’s the net and lands in the
appropriate service box then the serve is replayed as the
first serve
 If the ball hit’s 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

16.  Score system:
 The server calls their score
first then opponents before
each point unless you are on
T.V. then the umpire says the
score:
 0 = love
 15
 30
 40
 Deuce
 Advantage in = Server
 Advantage out= Receiver
 To End a game you have to
reach 40 and win the next
point
 Sets:
 The first to win six
games, except they
must win by a margin
of two games,
 Play best 3 of 5 sets
 If games are tied 6, 6
then you play a tie
breaker
 Tie breaker- first to
win seven points, if
lead by 2 points=
score has to be 7-5
to win the tiebreaker

17.  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

18.  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.

19. 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.

20. 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

21. Type of Coaches
 Fitness Coach
 Personal Trainer
 Tennis Professional-Your coach
 Hitting Coach/ Partner
 Strength and Condition Coach
 Sport Nutritionist
 Sport Psychologist

22. 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

23.  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

24.  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

25.  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

26. 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.

27.  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=

28.  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.


29.  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
Women’s serve: Venus Williams 124 mph,Serena
Williams 121 Mph

30. 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=

31.  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
 http://www.vicbradentennis.com/tennis-tip-
past.html

32. Video of Tennis Matches
Roger Feeder and Andy Roddick
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hp-
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=
Roger Feeder and Andy Roddick
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hp-
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=

33. 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