Teaching Tennis

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Teaching Tennis

• A Blueprint for Success

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Why Should We Teach Tennis?

• Obesity and fitness problems are growing rapidly
  in the United States

• Physical Education class needs to address this
  problem by teaching lifetime activities

• Tennis is a great lifetime activity

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The Rules of the Game

• To play tennis, students must learn the rules and
  scoring of the game

• Tennis uses a game, set, match, scoring system

• To win a tennis match, a player must win either
  2 of 3 or 3 of 5 sets

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The Rules of the Game (cont.)

• To win a Set, a player must win 6 games

• To win a game, a player must win 4 points

• The scoring for a game in which the server wins
  every point is as follows

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The Rules of the Game (cont.)

• When playing singles, everything in-between the
  doubles allies is In

• When playing doubles, the entire court is
  considered In

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The Rules of the Game (cont.)

• When serving, the game always begins on the right
  (deuce) side of the court

• Also, the server has two chances to land the ball
  in the service box diagonal to him or her

• If the server fails to land one of his two
  attempt, then that person forfeits the point

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Stroke Mechanics The Serve

• The Serve is the most important shot in tennis
  because it starts the point

• Begin serving by stepping up to the baseline with
  feet shoulder-width apart and belly button
  pointed toward the right net-post

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Stroke Mechanics The Serve

• The racquet should swing back behind the back so
  the racquet strings are flat against the back

• The left arm should move up in unison with the
  right arm in order to toss the ball

• Leading with the edge, the racquet then swings up
  to the ball and the wrist snaps down, bringing
  the ball into play

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Stroke Mechanics - Forehand

• The most common shot in tennis is the forehand
  ground stroke

• The stroke begins with preparing for the shot by
  rotating the body sideways and bending the knees

• The racquet then comes straight back with the
  face slightly closed to the ground

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Stroke Mechanics - Forehand

• The racquet then comes forward toward the ball,
  making contact with the ball out in front of the
  body at approximately hip-level

• As the racquet makes contact with the ball, the
  wrist begins to slightly roll overtop of the
  ball, creating topspin that will help keep the
  ball in play

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Stroke Mechanics - Forehand

• As the wrist rolls overtop of the tennis ball,
  the racquet should follow-through overtop of the
  opposite shoulder

• This follow-through will help ensure a low to
  high swing necessary for creating topspin

• After the stroke is complete, the player should
  recover back to the middle of the court

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Other Strokes

• Other stroke to consider when teaching tennis are

• The Backhand

• The Volley

• The Half-Volley

• The Overhead

• The Forehand Slice

• The Backhand Slice

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Tennis In Schools

• When teaching tennis in a physical education
  class room it is important to

• Emphasize its importance as a lifetime activity

• Not emphasize the importance of competition

• Adapt tasks and drills to accommodate all skill
  levels of students

• MAKE TENNIS FUN!

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References

• Baker, Scott. (n.d.). The Lesson Lounge
  Instructional Article. Retrieved
• September 14, 2004 from http//www.tennis4u.com/
  lesson-
• lounge/tennis4you/serve/first-serve.htm

• ITF Tennis. (2004). Rules of Tennis 2004.
  Retrieved September 14, 2004 from
  http//www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/
  original/
• IO_2320_original.PDF

• Keller, John. (n.d.). Tennis 101 The Rules of
  Tennis. Retrieved September
• 14, 2004 from http//www.ballmachines.com/tennis
  -ball-machines- wilson-prince-lobster/Tennisrules.
  htm