Practical Work of Tennis

PRACTICAL WORK
“TENNIS”
Tennis is a very popular sport professionally played or as an

amateur in the Anglo-Saxon world. This sport is played between
two players – singles – or between two pairs –doubles-.
To play this game you need a court with a plain field and a net
divided in two halves.
The players have to hit a small ball with a tennis racket. So it

goes from one side of the field to the other one passing above
the net.
HISTORY
The Egips, Greeks and Romans played this sport in a similar way.
We can find the origin of the word tennis in the English “tennis”
and in the French “tenez” that means “there goes”.
First is played in France. They hated the ball with the hands. Late,
they used rackets.
EQUIPMENT
To play this game players only need a racket and balls.
Rackets
A tennis racquet is formed by a handle and neck joining a roughly
elliptical frame.
Balls
The Tennis ball is made of hollow rubber with a felt coating.
Traditionally, it was white. But later, the color was changed to
yellow to improve visibility.
Clothes
Players wear light and absorbent clothes, traditionally they are

white.
They wear cotton shirts. To play in tennis competitions they wear
shirts with a collar. They wear shorts for practice and for
competitions, and also tennis trainers with a rubber sole.
Other products are: hair band, hat and sun lotion.
MANNER OF PLAY
To play tennis, a player hits the ball and has to bounce in the
opposite side.
The player has got two opportunities.
If the serve is valid, the players hit the ball in a distributed way. If
he misses two serves, the opposing player gets one point.
The area where Tennis is played is rectangular. Their
measurements are 23, 77 metres long and 8, 23 metres wide –
to singles-. To doubles the length is equal but the width is of 10,
97 metres.
These limits are marks for lines. The court is divided in two with a
net. The height of the net is 1, 06 metres in posts and it’s 0, 91
metres in centre.
POINTS
The match is divided in parts –sets- , and each set is divided in
games. The first player or pair that wins six games is the winner.
The players need some techniques, such as: hits, effects,
corporal positions, travels and resistance.
In the game they use different types of strokes. These are:
Serve: it’s the most important stroke in tennis. It permits a
player win.
Shot: it is the tallest stroke and it is very powerful because the

shot is a definition stroke.
Drive: it is a basic stroke. It consists in shooting the ball after the

bounce.
Backhand: it is the opposite stroke to the drive. It is very difficult.
Volley: this is the stroke done before the ball bounces.
Grand Willy: it is an unusual stroke. this word comes from the

name of the Argentinean tennis player “Guillermo Vilas”.
THE RULES OF THE GAME

The matches generally have 3 sets. In Each set players play 6
games. In each game points are counted in a scale of 15-30-40
points.
SURFACES
The players can play in different types of areas.
There are four basic types of areas to play tennis:

Grass court: it is very fast. It’s ideal for big players in serve or in
attack.
Clay court: it is very slow. The ball bounces most slowly.
Hard court: it is very balanced.
In slow areas the ball bounces high and slow. In fast areas the
ball bounces short and fast.
TOURNAMENTS
The most famous tennis tournaments are Open Championships
of United States, France, Australia and Great Britain. If four
championships are wined in a year, this is called “Grand Slam”.
VOCABULARY
French: franceses
Handle: mango
Amateur: aficionado Neck: cuello
Single: individual Join: unir
Pair: pareja Roughly: aproximadamente
Racket or racquet: raqueta Frame: marco
Egips: egipcios Hollow: hueco
Greeks: griegos Rubber: goma
Romans: romanos Felt: fieltro
Coat: contar Resistance: resistencia
Traditional: tradicional Shot: remate
Improve: mejorar Drive: derecha
Backhand: revés
Volley: volea
Distribute: distribuir Surface: superficie
Measurement: medida Grass: pasto
Wide: ancho Clay: arcilla
Equal: igual Hard: cemento tratado
Such as: como Open Championships: campeonatos
Effect: efecto abiertos
Corporal positions: posiciones
corporales

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PRACTICAL WORK

Tennis is a very popular sport professionally played or as an

The players have to hit a small ball with a tennis racket. So it

Players wear light and absorbent clothes, traditionally they are

Shot: it is the tallest stroke and it is very powerful because the

Drive: it is a basic stroke. It consists in shooting the ball after the

Backhand: it is the opposite stroke to the drive. It is very difficult.

Volley: this is the stroke done before the ball bounces.

Grand Willy: it is an unusual stroke. this word comes from the

THE RULES OF THE GAME

There are four basic types of areas to play tennis:

Clay court: it is very slow. The ball bounces most slowly.

Hard court: it is very balanced.

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