Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a competitive sport where players are seperated on a court by a net. The game is played one versus one or pairs of two on each side. Players use rackets to hit the ball to the opposing player/team's side of the court. The object of the game is to hit the ball in such a manner that one's opponent is unable to give a good return.

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First serve

Sports; Tennis

A player has two chances to serve a legal serve at the start of a point. So the first serve will be hit hard with the hope it will be legal and hard to return. If the first serve is not successful ...

Follow through

Sports; Tennis

When a player hits a shot it is important that they continue to swing the racket all the way through their swing. This is the follow-through and it provides not only the power to the shot but the ...

Foot fault judge

Sports; Tennis

The foot fault judge watches to see if a player's foot crosses the baseline when they are serving. Player's feet must stay behind the baseline during the serve, and if they do not this is afoot ...

Fore hand

Sports; Tennis

A forehand shot means that the racket is off to the side of the player (as opposed to a backhand shot) and that the players palm is facing the way the ball will be hit.