Tennis

Tennis is a very well loved sport in many countries. It originated in France in the late 1800's. Unlike some sports tennis is the same in every country.

Tennis is a farely simple game, so it makes it for all ages, it doesn't matter if you are older or younger. Tennis has three things you cannot do. The first is you cannot touch the net or net post. Another one is you can't carry or catch the ball with your racket. And finally the third is you can't hit the ball two times in a row.

Tennis has it's own language compared to most sports. There are games, sets, and matches. You end a game by winning 4 points. You usually end a set by winning 6 games. Matches depend on the age level and compition your in. Most matches end after 2 sets. For big compititons like Grand Slams (US Open, Wimbledon, ect.) males will play 5 sets.

Tennis Terms

• Scoring- In order to win a game you have to win 4 points. Love is your beginning score (basically 0 points) Next the points are 15, 30, and 40. If you are playing with ad then you have to win by 2 points,if you tie at 40-40. If you aren't then you go to deuce and next point wins.
• Out- If a shot is out there are many ways you can tell your opponment. One is by just yelling "out." Although if you are in a loud area then you might want to use the second way. That way is by holding up a number one.
• Bagel- A little fun fact is if a set ends at 6-0 then tennis players will say the score was "bagel." This is because a bagel is the same shpe as a 0.