Coaching Tennis
Some people may think that tennis is just a blow off sport, that it doesn’t take any talent, and anyone can do it. I started playing tennis about 4 years ago and I remember how hard it was to learn. One of my best friends and I started playing together and his dad had taught him how to play, when he first started teaching me I got really frustrated because I would keep hitting the ball out and I found out that playing and coaching tennis was much harder than it seemed.
The first part of coaching tennis involves what type of equipment to get. Tennis is a relatively cheap sport compared to a lot of other sports. What some people don’t realize when getting a racket is that the more expensive the racket is doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the one you want to get. The price of the racket is based on how much power the racket itself has and how good of a racket you get is based on how good you are. If you are just starting out you don’t need a $200 racket it will be too advanced for you and you will not be able to hit the ball like you should when you are just beginning. For beginners you are better off getting about a $25-$50 racket, they don’t have as much power and will be exactly what you need to start learning.
After you get the racket the first thing you need to learn is how to grip the racket. You hold the racket almost like you are shaking someone's hand, it may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but after a while it will fill normal. The next thing to learn is how to swing the racket. When swinging the racket you need to get in the right stance which is turned sideways with your feet facing where your racket is. When you swing you need to try to keep the racket straight where the head...
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The last part of coaching tennis is learning how to keep score. The score of the person that is serving is always the first number to be called out such as 15-love. Scoring goes: love, 15, 30, 40, game. If you and your opponent get to 40-40 that is called deuce. From there you go deuce, advantage server or advantage receiver, and then if the person who had the advantage wins the next point then the game is over, but if the receiver wins the point than you go back to deuce. One set is six games, and a full match is the best of six sets.
All of what has been in my paper has been the basics of coaching tennis. I have covered how to hit the ball with your forehand and backhand, how to serve, the rules of tennis, and how to keep score. After you learn all of that you will know how to play tennis.
Points are scored only by the serving side when it serves an irretrievable serve (an ace) or wins a rally. Losing the serve is called a sideout in singles. In doubles, when the first server loses the serve it is called a handout and when the second server loses the serve it is a sideout.
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Quite a lot of people have witnessed a tennis game, whether in person or on TV. Although often depicted by foreigners of the game as being “an easy sport”, Tennis on the contrary, requires quite a bit of technique and skill to even begin the game. Every point in this game begins with a serve, so if anyone was to hold their own on the court, they would at least be required to begin by learning to serve. In this document, I will be explaining the different techniques and postures necessary to successfully complete a serve and hopefully ace your opponent.
When surfing the Internet, eventually winding up at tennis4you.com, I found something called the “Lesson Lounge” which has instructional articles on the game of tennis. My particular article discusses a very crucial part of the game, and also a difficult one, the first serve. The reason this drew my attention is because this is a major weakness in my already pathetic tennis repertoire. By reading the article, I hoped to find strategy to learn from, and eventually, with practice, to improve from. In the article, they explain how the first serve can become “…someone’s biggest weapon making someone else’s worst nightmare!” That, not only can one use a power serve or a placement serve to attack their opponents, but that working out is not even necessary to do so. The tennis serve can have significantly more power by using “…legs, shoulder rotation, and stomach muscles…” during one’s motion. They stress that since you have two serves, it is crucial to take a chance and make sure your first serve is NOT “…easily attackable”. From here, they lead into more complicated serving techniques that involve the type of hit- such as the flat, slice, kick, and topspin serves. Although I am not good enough to test them out, through time, they could certainly help someone with an interest in tennis who is willing to practice. After establishing the four types, the writer goes more in depth to differences between power and non-power serves. With power serves, they emphasize the importance of rhythm, significance of keeping your opponent guessing and lastly, the need to hit it in bounds. They continue to say that, obviously, no matter how hard your serve is, it is useless if it cannot land in bounds. As far as non-power serves, they speak of smaller players and how technique and mechanisms such as spin. Another main point here is that one must serve deep into the service box.
Tennis is a sport that many people love to play. It is not the hardest sport in the world to learn. When playing against someone, it is called a match. Tennis can be played one on one or a doubles match. The main object of the game is to hit the ball over the net, inside of the lines so that the opponent can't get to it. There are two lines about two feet parallel to each other that outline the court. In a singles match, the inner line is the out of bound line, while the outer line is out of bounds in a doubles match. If you want to play, take a look at my two favorite tennis players because they are masters at serving and scoring, a few key aspects of the game.
Swing straight through the ball. Your hand should end up by your right hip Do not swing across your body like you are buckling your seatbelt. Unlike a hit, you do not have to swing as fast or as hard because the serve must travel.
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