Basic Rules For Playing Tennis

RULES

Altought the basic rules playing tennis are the same around the world, the name for the game varies country to country.For example, it is called court tennis and in great Britain the game is referred to as royal tennis, real tennis or lawn tennis. In Australia it is called Royal Tennis. The rule of tennis are fairy simple. One players hits, or serves, the ball from a corner of a markes out area called a court that is divided down the middle with a three foot net. The opposite player's goal is return the ball bouncing it no more than once aiming for the other player to not be able to hit it. A score is made when a player is not able to return the ball at all or with more than one bounce.

Serve

FOREHAND

For a right - handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of the body, continues across the body as contract is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of the body. Currently France's Fabrice Santoro uses a two-handed forehand. Some females such as Monica Seles and France's Marion Bartoli also use a two - hand forehand.

BACKHAND

For a left - handed players, the backhand is a stroke that begins on the left side of the body, continues across the body as contract is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of the body. A small number of players, notably Monica Selesuse two hands on both the backhand and forehand sides.

Famous Tennis Players

• Serena Jameka
  
• Venus Williams


• Ana İvanoviç


• Anna Kournikova


• Maria Sharapova
  
• Roger Federer

Materials

The earliest racquets used in tennis were made of wood which caused a number of inconsistency problems such as the wood warping and the use of different woods in racquets making a different feel when striking the ball.Early designs used metals in their new design many companies experimented with metal such as alimunum,magnesium and titanium.Then many companies experimented with materials such as boron,ceramics,graphite and composites.Each material had its own desirable qualities but ceramics and graphite were the best picks for being very stiff as well as being very good with vibration reduction.

tennis court dimensions

Tennis is played on a rectangular flat surface,usually of grass,clat,concrete or a synthetic suspended court.The cort is 78 feet long,39 feet on a side.Its width is 27 feet from the net.Additional clear space around the court needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of 60 feet wide and 120 feet long.A net is stretched across the full width of the court,parallel with the baselines,dividing it into two equal ends.The net is 3 feet 6 inches high at the posts,and 3 feet high in the center.

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