Physical Education

Unit Preparation Guide

UNIT or ACTIVITY: ___Tennis___________________________________

Students Name: ___Janaessa Everett_______________________________

HISTORY or BACKGROUND OF THE ACTIVITY OR SPORT:

while there is evidence of a game similar to tennis played in the Greeks Romans and
Egyptians. More recent evidence show that it was played in France about 1000 years ago.
It was originally played with their hands rather than a racket. The game became so
popular that the pope and even the king tried to ban it, but as we can see that did not go in
their favor.
ETIQUETTE:
This is a very proper sport, people in the crowd are to remain silent until the rally is over,
where they then may softly cheer for their team
SAFETY:
Make sure that we are using the proper foot-work to ensure less injuries.
Proper form in serving and returning ball to reduce the risk of elbow or shoulder injuries.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
Tennis Court
Tennis Racket
Tennis Balls
RULES:
In Tennis, the ball is served over the net into the serving box diagonal of you, where
the ball will then be returned, and a rally begins.
If the ball takes more than one bounce or the ball is hit our of bounds then a point is
rewarded for the winner of the point.
Here is a website that goes more in depth in the rules:
http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~hxu/alink/UICTennis/SimplifiedTennisRules.pdf

PLAYING AREA DIMENSIONS or MARKINGS:

5 MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST QUESTIONS FOR THIS SPORT:

Question #1
You are serving and have won zero points to your opponents three. What is the score?
A. 0- 40
B. 0- 45
C. love- 40
D. 45- love
Question #2
Contacting the net during play with your body or racket is considered:
A. Loss of point
B. Fair play
C. A replay
D. A mistake
Question #3
The score is 40-15, which service box are you serving to?
A. Front court
B. Right service box
C. Deuce court
D. Ad court

Question #4
The line from which you serve is called the?
A. End-line
B. Service line
C. Serve line
D. Center mark
E. Out of bounds line
G. Deuce court
Question #5
If you are serving from the right side of center mark, you are serving to the?
back court?
A. net
B. deuce box
C. singles sideline