History of Tennis
Tennis originally was known as lawn tennis, and formally still is in Britain, because it was played on grass courts by Victorian gentlemen and ladies. It is now played on a variety of surfaces. The origins of the game can be traced to a 12th–13th-century French handball game called jeu de paume (“game of the palm”), from which was derived a complex indoor racket-and-ball game: real tennis. This ancient game is still played to a limited degree and is usually called real tennis in Britain, court tennis in the United States, and royal tennis in Australia.
The modern game of tennis is played by millions in clubs and on public courts. Its period of most rapid growth as both a participant and a spectator sport began in the late 1960s, when the major championships were opened to professionals as well as amateurs, and continued in the 1970s, when television broadcasts of the expanding professional tournament circuits and the rise of some notable players and rivalries broadened the appeal of the game. A number of major innovations in fashion and equipment fueled and fed the boom. The addition of color and style to tennis wear (once restricted to white) created an entirely new subdivision of leisure clothing. Tennis balls, which historically had been white, now came in several hues, with yellow the color of choice. Racket frames, which had been of a standard size and shape and constructed primarily of laminated wood, were suddenly manufactured in a wide choice of sizes, shapes, and materials, the most significant milestones being the introduction of metal frames beginning in 1967 and the oversized head in 1976.
-According to www.britannica.com/sports/tennis
Tennis originally was known as lawn tennis, and formally still is in Britain, because it was played on grass courts by Victorian gentlemen and ladies. It is now played on a variety of surfaces. The origins of the game can be traced to a 12th–13th-century French handball game called jeu de paume (“game of the palm”), from which was derived a complex indoor racket-and-ball game: real tennis. This ancient game is still played to a limited degree and is usually called real tennis in Britain, court tennis in the United States, and royal tennis in Australia.
The modern game of tennis is played by millions in clubs and on public courts. Its period of most rapid growth as both a participant and a spectator sport began in the late 1960s, when the major championships were opened to professionals as well as amateurs, and continued in the 1970s, when television broadcasts of the expanding professional tournament circuits and the rise of some notable players and rivalries broadened the appeal of the game. A number of major innovations in fashion and equipment fueled and fed the boom. The addition of color and style to tennis wear (once restricted to white) created an entirely new subdivision of leisure clothing. Tennis balls, which historically had been white, now came in several hues, with yellow the color of choice. Racket frames, which had been of a standard size and shape and constructed primarily of laminated wood, were suddenly manufactured in a wide choice of sizes, shapes, and materials, the most significant milestones being the introduction of metal frames beginning in 1967 and the oversized head in 1976.
-According to www.britannica.com/sports/tennis
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Body Position
Backhand Grip:
Serve
Scoring
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Body Position
- Stay square to the net
- Feet shoulder width apart
- Knees bent
- Shake hands with palm behind racquet
- Hold the end of the racquet
- Index knuckle on the 3rd bevel close to the fourth bevel
- Turn shoulder early
- Pivot and step
- Hit ball even with front hip
- Swing racquet from low to high
- Finish with belly button facing net
Backhand Grip:
- Opposite hand back early
- Right hand index knuckle to 2nd bevel
- Turn shoulders early
- Racquet up.
- Bend Knees.
- Contact ball off the front hip.
- Belly button faces the net.
- Follow through from low to high.
- Racquet finishes over opposite shoulder.
Serve
- Foot Placement
- Front foot about 4 inches from the line.
- Point front foot toward the net post.
- Back foot comfortable.
- Toss
- Hold ball in finger tips, down towards legs.
- Gently toss the ball high.
- Keep tossing arm straight all the way up.
- Hold tossing arm up until ball contacts racquet.
- Striking the ball
- Hit high and in front of you.
- Racquet motion like throwing a ball.
- Follow-Through
- Arm action comes across the body.
- The shoulder of the arm that hits the serve rotates to where the other shoulder was.
- Short backswing.
- Watch ball go into the racquet.
- Block the ball.
Scoring
- Point- smallest unit of scoring, starting at Love "0", points increments from 0-15-30-40.
- Game- a game consists of 4 points, just as long as the leading player has at least a 2 point advantage.
- Set- a set is won when a player wins 6 games with a lead of at least 2 points.
- Match- whichever player/team wins the majority of sets wins the match. A typical match is 3 (Women) or 5 (Mens) sets.
- Server stands behind the baseline and to the right of the center line.
- The server is given 2 serves to get the ball into the right service court of the opponent.
- The winner of the rally earns the point.
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