OBJECTIVES

1. DISCUSS THE NATURE AND BACKGROUND OF

TENNIS.
2. EMPHASIZE THE DIFFERENT SKILLS USED IN
PLAYING TENNIS.
3. EXECUTE THE SKILLS INVOLVED IN THE SPORTS.
 THE NATURE AND BACKGROUND OF TENNIS
TENNIS
• IS A POPULAR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPORT
• ALSO KNOWN AS LAWN TENNIS BECAUSE IT IS PLAYED
OUTSIDE ON GRASS
• THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME IS TO HIT THE BALL
ACROSS THE NET INTO EACH OTHER’S HALF OF THE
COURT , WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO RETURN IT .
• TWO PLAYERS FOR SINGLES AND FOUR PLAYERS FOR
DOUBLES.
• DURING THE 12TH CENTURY TENNIS IS A COURT GAME
CALLED “ PAUME” WHICH MEANS PALMS BECAUSE
THE BALL SHOULD BE HIT BY THE HAND
• MAJOR WALTER WINGFIELD INTRODUCED THE SPORT
TENNIS IN 1873
• IT AS CALLED LAWN TENNIS
• LAWN OR FIELD
• IT IS PLAYED IN A HARD SURFACE LIKE ASPHALT OR IN
CEMENT
THE EQUIPMENT
 KINDS OF GRIP
CONTINENTAL GRIP –
IN THIS KIND OF GRIP,
ONE SHOULD PLACE
HIS/HER PALM 45
DEGREES
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
FROM EASTERN GRIP
EASTERN
GRIP – IS THE
CLASSIC
GRIP MOST
OFTEN
TAUGHT TO
BEGINNER
STUDENT
SEMI-WESTERN
GRIP – IN THE SEMI
- WESTERN GRIP,
ONE SHOULD
PLACE HIS/HER
PALM DIAGONALLY
45 DEGREES
CLOCKWISE.
FULL WESTERN
GRIP – YOUR
PALM SHOULD
BE PLACED 90
DEGREES AT
THE BOTTOM
OF THE PLANE.
DIFFERENT SKILLS NEEDED TO
PRACTICE TENNIS
 SELF-RALLY DRILL (FOREHAND BACKHAND)
1. USE THE FOREHAND SIDE OF YOUR
RACKET TO TOP UP THE BALL TO HEAD
HEIGHT
2. LET THE BALL BOUNCE ON THE GROUND
3. SWITCH TO THE BACKHAND SIDE OF THE
RACKET
4. TAP THE BALL UP AGAIN TO THE SAME
HEIGHT , AND LET IT BOUNCE ONCE
5. SWITCH BACK TO THE FOREHAND
6. CONTINUE SWITCHING BACK AND
FORTH, AND KEEP THE RALLY GOING
 CIRCLE AROUND THE BODY

1. BOUNCE THE BALL DOWN ON

THE GROUND
2. KEEP DRIBBLING THE BALL
AND MOVE IT AROUND YOUR
BODY
3. YOU WILL NEED TO SWITCH
THE RACKET FROM HAND TO
HAND AS YOU MOVE.
 JUGGLE RALLY DRILL
1. PLAYERS STANDS ON EITHER SIDE
OF A NET OR ROPE
2. THE FIRST PLAYER HITS THE BALL
OVER THE NET
3. THE SECOND PLAYER TAPS UP THE
BALL AND LETS IT BOUNCE ONCE.
THIS IS CALLED ONE SELF-RALLY
4. AFTER THE BALL BOUNCES, THE
SECOND PLAYER HITS THE BALL
BACK OVER THE NET
5. THE FIRST PLAYER SELF-RALLIES
AND RETURNS THE BALL
 FOREHAND/BACKHAND VOLLEY WALL DRILL
1. GET PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENTS TO
HIT BALLS OFF A GARAGE DOOR OR WALL
2. USE YOUR RACKET TO HIT A RED FOAM OR A
RED OR AN ORANGE LOW COMPRESSION
BALL, AGAINST THE WALL FROM ABOUT
FIVE AWAY
3. VOLLEY AGAINST THE WALL AGAIN WHEN IT
BOUNCES BACK AS MANY TIMES AS YOU
CAN. DON’T LET BALL HIT THE GROUND
4. EACH TIME YOU HIT THE BALL, SWITCH
YOUR STROKE. START WITH THE FOREHAND,
FOLLOWED BY YOUR BACKHAND, THEN USE
YOUR FOREHAND-AND SO ON