Tennis

1. Tennis By: Veronica Vazquez CIS 1020-059 11/27/11

2. Description • Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). • Each player uses a racquet that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's courts. • The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket.

3. Equipment • Racquets • Must be of a fixed shape, size, weight, and weight distribution. There may not be any energy source built into the racquet. • Not provide any kind of communication, instruction or advice to the player during the match. • Balls • Tennis balls are of hollow rubber with a felt coating with Optic Yellow to allow for improved visibility. • Miscellaneous • Players often use sweat bands on their wrists to keep their hands dry as well

4. Love! Scoring • A tennis match is determined through the best of 3 or 5 sets. • The running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores from zero to three points are described as "love", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" • For men, the first player to win three sets wins the match, and for women, the first player to win two sets wins the match. • A player wins by having at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent.

5. Rule variations

6. shots • A player has eight basic shots in its repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead, drop shot, and lob. • Serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net. • Forehand are generally executed with one hand holding the racquet, but there have been fine players with two-handed forehands. • Backhand It can be executed with either one hand or with both and is generally considered more difficult to master than the forehand. • Other shots • A volleyis a shot returned to the opponent in mid-air before the ball bounces