Have you always wanted to learn to play tennis, but you've been unsure
of where to start? Do you love watching Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic dominate the courts? Playing tennis is a great way to build speed, power
and fitness as well as a great way to spend time with your family or
your friends.
Follow these steps to learn how to do it.
When looking to buy a raquet, you should figure out the level of play you are at.
Grip your racquet with your non-dominant hand by placing your other hand above your dominant hand on the racquet handle.
Twist at the waist and pull your racquet back on your non-dominant side. Your dominant forearm should be facing the net. Turn at the side so your shoulder is pointing where you want the ball to go. Bend your knees to generate more power.
Turn at the waist and use the power in your non-dominant arm to hit the ball across the net. Bring your racquet to your non-dominant shoulder to follow through.
To hit a one-handed backhand, just hold the racket with your dominant hand and don't put your non-dominant hand on it. Bend at the knees to generate power and hit the ball in the center of your racket, just as you would with a two-handed backhand. If you can master this stroke, you can generate a lot of power, but it's harder to be precise.
Hit the ball. Use not just your arm power but also the explosive power generated by straightening your back and your knees to propel the ball over the net. The ball should land in the service box that's diagonal to where you are standing.
Think of it as hitting the ball at the top of its arc, as if you're reaching over a fence to hit a ball just on the other side, creating an arc that powers the ball forward.
Simply put, a tennis match is a competition played between two, three (Canadian Doubles, Australian Doubles, etc.) or four players.
Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles are the three most common types match competitions played in tennis.
Singles is a match between two players. As a competitor, you are considered your own team.
Doubles is a match between four players. Two players are on each team. You and your teammate are depending on each other to play together as a team.
Most tennis tournament matches are gender, competitive level, and age specific. Depending on the competitive level and age of the tennis player(s), matches consist of men vs. men, women vs. women, boys vs. boys and girls vs. girls.
Mixed-Doubles tournaments are the exception. A Mixed-Doubles match is similar to a doubles match with the difference being the gender make-up of the teams. Each team consists of the pairing of a man and a woman on each team.
First things first. It is important to note as you are learning how to play tennis and before you start any tennis activity for that matter, please take the time to stretch out and warm up thoroughly.
This will prevent possible injuries and also give you time to scout out your competitor’s strengths and weaknesses.
Time to play tennis. To initiate a match, tennis players decide amongst themselves who or which team will serve first and who will be on what side of the court to start a match.
There are several ways to decide this, but most competitors either flip a coin (heads or tails) or spin a racquet (letter or symbol on the bottom of the racquet is up or down).
Generally, the player(s) who wins the toss decides either who serves
first or what side to start on.The player(s) who lost the toss decides
the other option.
A tennis serve initiates game play. The moment the tennis ball is served, the battle to win that point begins. Tennis players return the tennis ball back and forth until the point is played out.
The goal is to win the point by strategic game planning and game play.
Points are won when your opponent…
Step 1: Choosing a raquet
When looking to buy a raquet, you should figure out the level of play you are at.
Beginners might want to choose a head that is wider, which reduces the chance of missing the ball. More experienced players might want to choose a more narrow head which has more power and accuracy.
The material used for the raquet are nowadays synthetic materials such as composites and others. Wood is out of date, but you can always go old school.
Younger players might want to choose a raquet that is lighter so it is easier to hit the ball. As you grow older, you will become stronger, and a heavier raquet will be needed.
Step 2: Master the court
The tennis court has two sides that are separated by a net in the
middle. Each court has two sides; the deuce side, or the right side of
the court, and the ad side, or the left side of the court.The court has alleys on either side, and if one player hits the ball
in his opponent's alleys in a game of singles, he loses the point.Each court has a right service box and a left service box.
The
server's goal is to serve the ball into the service box on the opposite
side on his opponent's team. So, if the server is standing on the deuce
side (the right side) of the court, he needs to serve the ball into his
opponent's right service box.Each player's court is framed by the baseline at the bottom and the
singles sidelines on each side of the court. One player's ball must land
on or within these lines of the opposing players court during a rally (any point after the serve) to be considered in.
Step 3: Serve the ball
Start by standing on the "deuce" side of the court behind the baseline and serve the ball to the box that's across the net and diagonal to you. You have two chances to get your serve in. If you don't get your serve in the first time, it's called a fault; if you don't get it in the second time, it's called a double-fault and you've lost the point and have to move to the opposite side of the court.
If the ball hits the net and then bounces in to the service box, then it's called a "let" and you can play the point over again. If it hits the next and bounces back into your side of the court or outside the service box on the other side of the court, it's a fault.Step 4: Play until someone hits a winner or commits an error
A winner means that the ball bounces in the court, but the person can't
hit it back. An error means that you either hit the ball out of bounds
or hit the ball into the net.
The winner of the first point gets 15. The loser of the first point
is scored at "love." If the server wins, the score is 15-love. If the
returner wins, the score is love-15. The server will always say their
score first.
Hit a forehand :
Start by grabbing your racquet with your dominant hand, as though you're shaking hands with it. Here's how to do it:
Step forward with the foot on your non-dominant side. Turn at the
waist and pull your dominant arm back to swing the racquet back behind
you. You'll need to wind up to generate momentum for your forehand. Turn
to the side so that your shoulder is pointing in the direction where
you want the ball to go.
Swing your entire arm forward to hit the ball. Don't twist your wrist. Hit the ball in the center of your racquet strings, the "sweet spot" of the racket.
Bring the racquet across your body toward your opposite shoulder. This motion is called the follow-through. The racket should swing upwards at the end, to generate enough power to move the ball over the net. If you swing your racket across your body and end at your other side instead of your shoulder, the ball will go into the net.
Swing your entire arm forward to hit the ball. Don't twist your wrist. Hit the ball in the center of your racquet strings, the "sweet spot" of the racket.
Bring the racquet across your body toward your opposite shoulder. This motion is called the follow-through. The racket should swing upwards at the end, to generate enough power to move the ball over the net. If you swing your racket across your body and end at your other side instead of your shoulder, the ball will go into the net.
Hit a backhand :
The 2-handed backhand is the easiest to master. Here's how to do it:
Grab your racquet with your dominant hand as though you're grabbing a
hammer. Your dominant hand should be near the bottom of your racquet
handle.
Grip your racquet with your non-dominant hand by placing your other hand above your dominant hand on the racquet handle.
Twist at the waist and pull your racquet back on your non-dominant side. Your dominant forearm should be facing the net. Turn at the side so your shoulder is pointing where you want the ball to go. Bend your knees to generate more power.
Turn at the waist and use the power in your non-dominant arm to hit the ball across the net. Bring your racquet to your non-dominant shoulder to follow through.
To hit a one-handed backhand, just hold the racket with your dominant hand and don't put your non-dominant hand on it. Bend at the knees to generate power and hit the ball in the center of your racket, just as you would with a two-handed backhand. If you can master this stroke, you can generate a lot of power, but it's harder to be precise.
Perfect your serve :
Stand behind the baseline near
the center of the court with your non-dominant foot out in front of you.
Hold your racquet in your dominant hand. Point your shoulder in the
direction where you want the serve to go. You can bounce the ball on the
ground a few times to generate stability. Here's what you do next:
Toss the ball straight up into the air with your non-dominant hand.
Toss the ball just a little bit in front of you, high above your head.
At the same time as you toss the ball, pull your racquet upward and
position it behind your dominant shoulder.
Bend back at your waist, and bend your knees.
Bend back at your waist, and bend your knees.
Hit the ball. Use not just your arm power but also the explosive power generated by straightening your back and your knees to propel the ball over the net. The ball should land in the service box that's diagonal to where you are standing.
Think of it as hitting the ball at the top of its arc, as if you're reaching over a fence to hit a ball just on the other side, creating an arc that powers the ball forward.
Game-Set-Match
Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles are the three most common types match competitions played in tennis.
Singles is a match between two players. As a competitor, you are considered your own team.
Doubles is a match between four players. Two players are on each team. You and your teammate are depending on each other to play together as a team.
Most tennis tournament matches are gender, competitive level, and age specific. Depending on the competitive level and age of the tennis player(s), matches consist of men vs. men, women vs. women, boys vs. boys and girls vs. girls.
Mixed-Doubles tournaments are the exception. A Mixed-Doubles match is similar to a doubles match with the difference being the gender make-up of the teams. Each team consists of the pairing of a man and a woman on each team.
First things first. It is important to note as you are learning how to play tennis and before you start any tennis activity for that matter, please take the time to stretch out and warm up thoroughly.
This will prevent possible injuries and also give you time to scout out your competitor’s strengths and weaknesses.
Time to play tennis. To initiate a match, tennis players decide amongst themselves who or which team will serve first and who will be on what side of the court to start a match.
There are several ways to decide this, but most competitors either flip a coin (heads or tails) or spin a racquet (letter or symbol on the bottom of the racquet is up or down).
A tennis serve initiates game play. The moment the tennis ball is served, the battle to win that point begins. Tennis players return the tennis ball back and forth until the point is played out.
The goal is to win the point by strategic game planning and game play.
Points are won when your opponent…
- is unable to return the ball before it bounces twice.
- strikes the tennis ball into the net.
- returns the ball and it lands out-of-bounds.
- double faults when serving.
- a forehand or a backhand ground stroke. A ground stroke is when a tennis player returns the tennis ball after it has bounced once with in boundary lines.
- a volley. A volley is when a tennis player connects with the tennis ball in midair before it bounces.
- are unable to return the ball before it bounces twice.
- strike the tennis ball into the net.
- return the ball and it lands out-of-bounds.
- double fault when serving.
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