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what are the 3 basic foundation strokes |
forehand backhand serve |
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name 4 advanced skills |
volley dropshots lob overhead |
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where did tennis originate |
britain in 1874 by wingfield |
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tennis began as lawn tennis which was combination of |
badminton and court tennis |
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what and where was the first tennis tournament held |
wimbledon at the All England Club in 1877 |
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what year was the first US open |
1881 |
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what year was the first french open
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1891 |
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what year was the first australian open
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1905 |
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when were women allowed to play tennis |
1889 |
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what was the official organization for tennis and what year was it formed |
US lawn tennis assoc in 1881 |
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what is it called today |
us tennis assoc |
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name 3 ways tv changed the game |
popularized it bad attitude from the rich influenced scoring through tiebreakers |
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what 4 tournaments make up the grand slam |
australian open wimbledon french open us open |
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how often should you restring your racket if you play once a week |
once a year |
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how long should warm ups be |
10 mins max |
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how do you decide who serves first or receives first |
spin racket or flip a coin |
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how does play start |
with a serve from the deuce side diagonally across the ocurt |
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what are 3 ways you can score off an opponent |
when the ball hits the net, out of bounds, after ball bounces twice |
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in singles who serves |
one person the entire game |
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how many points must you win by |
2 |
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40-40 |
deuces |
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how do you win a set |
you must win 6 games but must win by 2 games |
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how many matches does a player need to win |
2 out of 3 sets |
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male profession players need how many sets to win major tournaments |
3 out of 5 |
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during a serve when a ball is hit and it grazes the net and lands in resulting in a do over |
a let |
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when the server steps on or beyond the baseline during serve |
foot fault |
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when do players change sides in singles |
when the total number of games is odd |
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when stating the score before a serve who's score is said first |
server's score first |
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tiebreakers play to how many points |
7; must win by 2 |
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when do players switch sides in tiebreakers |
every 6 points |
