Tennis

toc Tennis is a sport that is an outside sport or can be an (inside) sport too. it can be (1-4 players) or (2-2 players) it can be a red team vs a blue team its fun to play with friends.

=Origins and History=

In the 16h century the rockets came in use they called the game Tennis. The first tournament was at Wimbledon in london but they had played it in 1877. tennis was a great sport in the centurys. its been passed on and on. tennis is not a silly game its a fun thing to do when your bored or something. the best thing to do is have a great time, play with friends.

sources

"Tennis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis

=﻿Equipment=

tennis balls tennis balls a hollow rubber with a flat coating.

a tennis racguet tennis racguet a handle and neck an roughly elliptical frame that holds an matrix of pulled strings. Net net is 3 feet and 6 inches (1.07 m) high the post an 3 feet (91.4 cm) high at the center. a ball can only hit the area inside. Tennis court Tennis has to be played on an rectangular, flat surface. The court are called baselines. the court has to be 78 feet 23.77 m long and 27 feet 8.23 m long. the outermost lines make up the length called doubles sidelines. they have boundry lines for when you play doubles. the single lines on the inside are used for the single games. the area between the double sideline and single is called a double alley. in a double alley this game can be four or two players.



=Scoring=

descirbed "Love", "15", "30", "40". score is equal, score is "Deuce". (2 points) the games point occurs in tennis whenever an player is in lead to the game the terminology extended to sets (set point) matches (match point) even championships (championship point) example, if a player is serving a score of 40-love, the player has a triple game point (triple, set point, ect.) the player has three consective chances to win the game. The game points and the set points and match points are not part of an official scoring but are not announced by the chair umpire in a tournament play.

=Rules=

If the ball hits the net its out.

=﻿Court needs to be 78 feet long by 27 feetwide.=