Research Paper On Tennis

Tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world, mainly due to its ease of play and universal appeal. It is also an Olympic sport which is played at all levels of society and at all ages. Aside to that, tennis is the most major spectator sport because of the four Grand Slam tournaments: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Going back in history, the earliest form of tennis was seen in a game created by the 12th century French monks, who were looking for entertainment inside the monastery. At first, the monks began by hitting a wooden ball with their hand across a net, which was no more than a string, hung across a courtyard. They called this new game, "Jeu de Paumme." After several years, this interesting game spread

Tennis could be played on three different types of courts, which include grass court (lawn tennis), hard court, and clay court. Also, during a game, the server must have two balls in hand before starting a play. This is one of the rules that isn’t written down, but is still taught, because it is more common sense. Another variation is that if there are any troubles with the tennis balls during a game, they can be changed either at the beginning of a set, or after an agreed odd number of games.

There are essentially two principles of tennis, which are keeping eyes on the ball and moving into shots (moving or running to the ball) when it is in play. There are two different types of shots that a player can make, a ground stroke, and a volley. A ground stroke is when a tennis ball is allowed to bounce once, before being hit. When a ball is hit in the air prior to bouncing, the shot is called a volley. Players are also to serve the ball by tossing it well overhead, and making contact with it in the air, as high as possible. After the ball is in play, the scoring begins. Consequently, the points are awarded in sets of