...Amber Johns Beginner Tennis 2pm September 7, 2011 The Evolution of the Gentlemen’s Sport Tennis is a game that has been played and enjoyed for many years. Through a few renovations, from its name to how the courts are shaped, tennis remains a sport not just about skill but strategy as well. Tennis was invented around the 12th century by European monks looking for amusement during religious ceremonies. Since that time tennis has spread across the world and incorporated new techniques to how the game is played. First called jeu de paume, meaning game of the hand in French, tennis was originally played without a racquet just the players hands and a wooden ball. The sport then went on to adopt a leather ball and glove. Realizing that using ones hands wasn’t the best method, the racquet became a part of the game along with the ball that is used today. Before spreading across the world, tennis was being played in France by royal families. The royal families would refer to the game as royal or real tennis getting the word “tennis” from the French term tenez, meaning play. The players would shout this expression, tenez, before matches to signal the beginning of the game. The rules of tennis were much different then compared to how they are today, this is thanks to Major Walter C. Wingfield and the All England Club. In 1874, Major Walter C. Wingfield patented the rights to the rules and equipment in tennis. During this year the first tennis courts were introduced in the U.S...
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..."Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity." -Billie Jean King. A game begins with a serve, which is usually a harder shot to return. The players move around the court trying to win a point. Either there is one player against a single opponent known as singles or teams of two known as doubles. The boundaries are changed whether the game is singles or doubles. When players are up at the net getting ready to smash the ball, the players do it in silence as the spectators watch. It is very interesting to watch a game that can be so fast paced in such a peaceful environment. In order to truly be able to appreciate tennis, one must understand the history, how the game developed into the...
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...Body Kinematics on Tennis Serve Speed." Journal of Human Kinetics 40 (2014): 21-28. SPORTDiscuss with Full Text. Web. 30 Oct. 2015. Purpose One of the most important shots in tennis is the serve. The importance of the serve lies in its accuracy and speed which directly relates to the outcome of winning tennis matches. This is one of the most difficult strokes in the game to master because it requires the use, and coordination of the trunk, upper and lower extremities all in a kinetic chain movement. Because it is reported as such a hard shot to hit, this study was done...
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...The Tennis Serve By: Brayden Bennell Harloff 7/8 5/18/2015 What do you need to do to make sure you have a successful tennis serve? Sure practice will help, but truly the secret lies in different muscles in your arms, abs, and most importantly legs. Legs? Why Legs? In this presentation I will show you why and how you can maximize your ability in your serve. To begin with a successful serve, look for a racquet that has a grip that fits the size of your hand, this will maximize grip as well as momentum through the swing of your stroke. The serve is a full body motion, not just an upper body move, if one thing is off the whole serve will be different than expected. I suggest the Babolat Aero Drive tennis racquet for powerful serves, as being one of the heavier performance racquets on the market it will provide more power and control to your shots. You will be amazed with what 10.9 ounces can do for your game. To start I would lift small weights of 5-10 pounds daily in the swing of the serve, this will help strengthen all the muscles you actually use when you serve the ball. Believe it or not, the main muscles in your arm don’t take a part in what makes a powerful serve, it’s the muscles that are hidden and are significantly smaller than the bicep, and tricep. But enough about that, now that you know some tips lets move on to the knowledge and mental aspect of the serve. Your mental game in tennis is more important than anything else, if you don’t believe and get down on yourself...
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...FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 1. The Table a. The table surface shall be rectangular, measuring 2.74 meters (9 feet) long by 1.525 meters (5 feet) wide. It shall be supported so that its upper surface, termed the “playing surface,” shall lie in a horizontal plane 76 centimeters (2 feet, 6 inches) above the floor. b. It shall be made of any material and shall yield a uniform bounce of no less than 22 centimeters (8.75 inches) and not more than 25 centimeters, (9.75 inches) when a standard ball is dropped from a height of 30.5 centimeters (12 inches) above its surface. A white line, two centimeters (3/4 inch) wide, shall border the table surface edges. The lines on the end are referred to as endlines, and the lines on the side are referred to as sidelines. c. For doubles, the playing surface shall be divided into halves by a white center line, three millimeters (1/8 inch) wide, running parallel with the sidelines. The center line shall be regarded as part of each right half-court. d. The playing surface shall include the top edges of the table, but not the sides of the tabletop below the edges. e. Diagram 2. The Net a. The playing surface shall be divided into two courts of equal size by a vertical net running parallel with the endlines. b. The net shall be suspended by a cord attached at each end to upright posts that are 15.25 centimeters (6 inches) high. c. The net, with its suspension, shall be 183 centimeters (6 feet) long, and its top, along its whole length, shall...
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...Have you ever heard a friend, or perhaps a stranger, say, "Oh tennis? Pfft! What a joke! That ain't a sport! I would be the boss in that!" yea well….. They don’t think about the physical and mental stuff they got to have in that area. Yes, anyone can pick up a racket and hit a tennis ball, but it takes a dedicated and motivated someone to pick up a tennis racket and make it to the Top 20 or Top 10; and I'm not even talking about the Top 5 yet Tennis involves everything from your feet to your brain. If you think the physical side of tennis is challenging, that's only 10% of the match. Tennis involves a lot of strategy, hand-eye coordination, stamina, speed, flexibility, good ball sense, quick reflexes, precise footing, hours of practice and drills, hours of physical training, discipline, ability to play under a lot of pressure, consistency, strength, and analytical and problem solving ability. Tennis is a wonderful sport, whether you play competitively or not. Serena Williams has one of the best serves on the WTA circuit and to develop that serve, she would serve for hours on end. The same goes for Ana Ivanovic, who has always had a wobbly ball toss. Ivanovic beat Williams for the first time in five attempts, snapped the 17-time major champion’s 25-match winning streak and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time since 2008. “There is no secret,” Ivanovic said. “Every country has its own mentality, its own way to see things and to do things. We...
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...to think you're a cheater! So if ever in doubt, it is in! If you're not 100 percent positive that it was out then it is 100 percent in! If the ball touches any part of the line, it’s in! Tennis Athletes have a week to complete tennis matches after they are assigned! If you don’t play your match in that week then you will forfeit your spot and be ineligible for the next match. No parents on the tennis courts! Parents are not allowed to make calls, officiate in anyway or effect the match in anyway. Email Coach Smith at asmith@coppellisd.com the match score! If challenges are not reported to me within the week then both players will be ineligible the next challenge week and will be unranked. Then I will decide a winner based upon an alternative method. Remember East only has two courts so you will probably need to play your challenge match at CHS. I have listed the phone number for you to call and book a court. It’s free for all tennis athletes to play on these courts as long as they are on a middle school or the high school team! Wagon Wheel also has tennis courts. These courts you will need to pay to use, but it’s not very expensive. I believe it’s 2.50 per person if you live in Coppell. You cannot challenge an athlete that you lost to for at least two weeks. High School Tennis Website below and phone number: (They will close if no reservations so make sure you call and make a reservation! Don't just show up!) They might have leagues or other events going on!) I...
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...Economics of setting up a Tennis club clinic This study aimed to study and research on the financial prerequisites of setting up a tennis club. It details the resources needed, procedures followed and criteria adhered to when starting a tennis club. It further expounds on practices to ensure that the club runs profitability. Tennis is undoubtedly the most major game played in academic institutions; it’s played in all elementary schools, high schools and colleges across continents. A lot of financial, economic, management and HR practices need to be addressed in setting up a club club (Keighley, 2010). In this light, the paper will dwell on the economic side detailing the mandatory resources, and procedures. With this knowledge one can smoothly run a successful tennis club. The most emphasized aspect to a club is hiring a professional management team for the club (Sprecher, 2016). Coaches and managers with proficient qualifications should be hired to drive the business aspect of this venture. A coach is instrumental in nurturing talent and lessening negative experiences (Perris, 2000 ). The study further analyzes budgeting for initial set up cost, recurrent expenditures, cash flows and profitability of the club. It accounts for resources such as salaries of administrative stuff, purchase of equipment, maintenance of facilities, organization of competition, petty cash and consultation services. Therefore we cannot overlook the need for sponsorship, endorsement, talent scouting...
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...Did you know that the best tennis players in the world pay upwards of 40,000 dollars a year just for their rackets to be strung? String is essential in the sport of tennis. It is responsible for spin, power, and accuracy. There are hundreds of different tennis strings, each with specific characteristics and just as many different ways to string them. While different strings may not seem significant to non-tennis players, it can end up making the difference in a match. With the process of tennis stringing, it is essential for every serious tennis player to learn how to string a tennis racket. There are many materials required to be able to engender a correctly strung tennis racket. The most expensive of these materials is the tennis stringer. While it might seem that it will do all the work, the stringer only holds the racket in place and adjusts the tension of the string. The stringer holding the racket is essential, as the process of tensioning would actually break the frame. Clamps are also required to maintain the tension and wire cutters to cut the excess string. Lastly, some string and a racket are required. For this example, we be using synthetic...
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...Now, Tennis Balls Are Chasing the Dogs; Penn Racquet Sports courts canine customers Dennis Berman in New York. Business Week. Suppose your industry were in free fall. What would you do to find more customers? Would you go global in search of sales? Try the Internet? How about switching species? That's the drastic move made by Penn Racquet Sports, the nation's No.1 maker of tennis balls, which is suffering from flat sales and a decade-long lull in recreational tennis. This month, Penn begins marketing its familiar, fuzzy orbs to some undeniably loyal customers: dogs. R.P. Fetchem's is a traditional tennis ball that has been gussied up as a ``natural felt fetch toy'' for pooches. ``Ten times more people own pets than play tennis,'' explains Penn President Gregg R. Weida, owner of a schnauzer named Jake. NO DYES. Penn is teaching an old ball new marketing tricks--and hoping to bounce its estimated $70 million in sales up by 5% to 10%. For the benefit of four-legged consumers, Penn has made the balls dye-free. They sport the Ralston Purina Co. logo, thanks to a licensing deal with the dog-food giant. The biggest change is the price: $4 to $5 for a can of two Fetchem's vs. $2.50 for three old-fashioned tennis balls. That hasn't deterred retailers. [pic]PetsMart Inc. will test them, ordering 400 cases for its 413 stores. ``The fact that it's got the Ralston name and the natural felt are pluses,'' says Greg Forquer, [pic]PetsMart vice-president for merchandising. But that won't...
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...During a tennis match games are won or lost on the effectiveness of the serve. The serve acts as the start of each point and when utilised correctly can provide the offensive advantage, making the serve one of the most important skills a tennis player can acquire. The foremost purpose of the serve is to successfully hit the ball into the opponents serve box. In terms of offence the serve lets the player assert control of the ball, dictating as to how their opponents must counteract while minimising the reaction time due to the immense amounts of velocity delivered behind the ball if done correctly. There are many different variations of the serve such has utilising a slice technique in order to cause the ball have topspin which adds to the...
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...The day moved by slowly. My first two tennis matches seemed to stretch on and on continuously. The sluggish pace of the ball and repeated plays were tiring. I was blanketed in a flood of the thick humid air of July. It felt like a heavy anchor of steel, dragging behind me in every movement I made. After playing tennis for about five hours straight, I trudged my way over to my teammates and collapsed on the courts completely. Unfortunately, my long awaited minute of rest was interrupted by my new coach saying I had to get back out there immediately or else let someone else play in my position. So, we flipped a coin. Tails. I was headed back out on the court. My final match was not like the other two. I bursted with energy and stood on my toes...
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...A tennis racquet has a sweet spot. On the off chance that a ball touches with the sweet detect, the power spread to the hand is small to the point that the player is practically unconscious that the effect has happened. On the off chance that the ball touches at a point far from the sweet detect, the player will feel some vibration in the handle. The sweet spot is a vibration; it is close to the focal point of the racquet. Another potential sweet spot is the focal point of percussion. A racquet goes about as though it's a uniform shaft in this appreciation, in spite of the round head, subsequent to the focal point of mass of a racquet is close to the focal point of the racquet. One hub is close to the focal point of the strings, and the other...
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...I picked up my first tennis racquet when I was four years old; I started taking lessons when I was eight, and by twelve, I was playing tournaments sponsored by the United States Tennis Association. Sometime between then and now, I reached my highest ranking of about forty in New England. Throughout my tennis, I have been immersed in a community of fellow players. Within this group, I have my own niche. I bring energy into the group. Tennis, being a sport of strategy and technique, can get repetitive. Simple drills can run for hours in an attempt to improve one shot. This is where I come in. While waiting in line, I might talk to my friends, or I might bounce around and not only create a sense of physical energy but introduce emotional and...
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...revolves around tennis, as it is my passion. This experience made me and my family realize that to pursue my dream, some changes were going to have to be made. I had to move to Florida and change my whole perspective of how I needed to train my tennis. But, all of the changes had a satisfying result in the end. I had started to take private lessons with a coach at my academy. My parents had worked out a whole new schedule with my public school for the lessons at 7 am in the morning. When my dad and I arrived at the courts, on a freezing autumn morning, my coach wasn’t there. I was feeling confused and cold, the tip of my nose turning red. I started to warm-up while waiting for my coach to come. I...
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