Physical Education

Unit Preparation Guide

UNIT or ACTIVITY: ___________Tennis ___________________________
Students Name: __aco! "c#eod ________________________________________
$IST%&Y or 'AC(G&%UN) %* T$E ACTIVITY %& SP%&T:
The first thought of the game was when someone hit the ball with there hand. The origin
of the sport is northern France. Walter Clompton Wingfield made the class very popular.
He went all over the world to make the game popular. He would sell sets with balls,
racuets, and a net. There are four ma!or "lams which are basically tournaments.
Wimbleton, #." open, French $pen, %ustralian open.
ETI+UETTE:
"hake your partners hand after the match to show good sportsmanship. &on't use
profanity.
SA*ETY:
Watch where you are swinging your racuet so that you don't hit your partner with it.
%nd watch where you are hitting your tennis balls because you can hit someone and leave
a welt. (ake sure you stretch before you play because you are moving around and you
might pull something.
E+UIP"ENT NEE)E):
)acuets, Tennis *alls, Tennis shoes so that you can run around the court easily, and
professional players wear sweat bands on their wrists to keep there hands dry.
&U#ES:
No ad,anta-e: The first player or doubles team to win four points wins the game,
regardless of whether the player or team is ahead by two points. When the game score
reaches three points each, the receiver chooses which side of the court +advantage court
or deuce court, the service is to be delivered on the seventh and game-deciding point.

Pro set: .nstead of playing multiple sets, players may play one /pro set/. % pro set is first
to 0 +or 12, games by a margin of two games, instead of first to 3 games. % 14-point tie-
break is usually played when the score is 050 +or 12512,. These are often played with no-
ad scoring.
"atch tie.!rea/: This is sometimes played instead of a third set. % match tie-break is
played like a regular tie-break, but the winner must win ten points instead of seven.
6ou get two chances to get the serve over and if you cant get it over after that then the
other team gets the point.
P#AYING A&EA )I"ENSI%NS or "A&(INGS:
The Court is either inside or outside. .t is 70 feet long, it is 47 feet wide for singles
matches and it is 83 feet wide for double matches. The net reaches all the way across the
center of the court and is 8 feet 3 inches tall. There are two bo9es each on each side of the
net and that is where you have to get your serves to count.
0 "U#TIP#E C$%ICE TEST +UESTI%NS *%& T$IS SP%&T:
12 $o3 lon- is the court4
A2 50
'2 1666
C2 78
)2 96
:2 ;hat are the main thin-s you need to play4
A2 rac<uet
'2 Tennis !alls
C2 Tennis !alls= rac<uet= and tennis shoes
)2 None o> the a!o,e
52 ;here 3as tennis in,ented4
A2 America
'2 En-land
C2 *rance
)2 Germany
?2 $o3 many chances do you -et to hit the !all o,er the net4
A2 1
'2 5
C2 :
)2 As many as it ta/es
02 ;hat happens 3hen you don@t -et it o,er the net in the certain amount o> tries4
A2 Nothin-
'2 You -et the point
C2 They -et the point
)2 You !oth -et the points
1 c
: c
5 c
? c
0 c