The game of tennis has a unique aspect, because it can be played on different surfaces such as: clay, hard and grass. In order to be at the top of the rankings, tennis players need to perform well on all of those surfaces. One of the reasons is because four main tennis tournaments, which are called Grand Slams, are played on four different surfaces (Girard, Micallef, & Millet, 2010). Those tournaments do provide the most ranking points and even has the biggest prize money budget. While playing on different surfaces, tennis players are using various tactics since all kind of surfaces affect each player differently. Research by Johnson and McHugh (2006) concluded that the serve is one of the most used strokes during service games, and serve consisted 45% of all strokes in French Open and 60% in Wimbledon. However, to my knowledge there is no research done how service efficiency differs on certain surfaces during a tennis match. Studies in the past has examined what factors influences service efficiency and this type of research would help tennis players to be aware of how their service performance differs during a tennis match.
Different types of tennis surface effects
In one of the research studies, which examined the effects of different surfaces, and was written by Tudor, Zečić, and Matković (2014), mainly focused on how tennis players change their tactics while competing in the most important tennis tournaments called Grand Slams. These
characteristics in professional tennis players during a one-hour simulated tennis match. Journal of Human Kinetics, 50(2), 83-92.
Tennis is one of the few games that has no time limits and players should keep their physical form at the highest level when entering to play tennis tournaments in order to achieve the best possible results. The researchers of this article mostly focused on how tennis players responded to physical activity, which they have experienced while playing a tennis match for a specified
(Unit 1)
1.1 History-
Lawn tennis has become the most popular game in recent time in the whole world. Its various tournaments have also become very expensive. Regarding the origin of lawn tennis, after analysis of certain facts, it can be said that the game was first played only on grass in France in 12th ball over a mound. To start with, tennis was played by monks. But later on, it became the favorite sport of kings and aristocrats. After that it diverted subsequently to middle
ever played tennis for your high school team or even just for fun?
b. Credibility Statement: I have always loved tennis and I played all throughout high school. I also did a tremendous amount of research on this topic.
c. Need Statement: Many of us are going into the PT/OT career field and if we have a better understanding of tennis, maybe it can help us when dealing with patient’s injuries.
d. Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about the history of tennis and about
There are several different aspects of playing and improving your tennis game. Different strokes, rules, boundaries and many other aspects make up the game of tennis. Over the next few pages, I will do my best to explain the forehand and backhand stroke, the serve and volley, the rules of tennis, and without a doubt the grandslam.
The forehand stroke is the most popular in tennis. Stand facing the net, knees slightly bent, weight evenly distributed and forward
Interesting Facts About Tennis You Might Not Know That Will Blow Your Mind
Tennis is a fantastic sport, watched and played by millions of people around the world. Kids dream of becoming players like Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. TV sets worldwide tune in whenever tournaments like the French Open and Davis Cup happen. It’s a global phenomenon, and one of the world’s most-followed and played sports.
However, tennis us more than what you see on the court. The sport’s history and everything
influential that day was on my entire tennis season. Lindsey Vonn, an American alpine ski racer, once said “It’s amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a positive way, if you let it.” It is amazing how one day can change everything, and thinking about that one day can still make you smiles months or even years after. I have a day like that, one that never fails to squash the fear or misery I feel. My special day was this past fall at the first tennis tournament of the season; it is funny how it all
the age of four I had a dream that one day I would play tennis at place called Wimbledon. I remember so clearly waking up that morning and going to my mom to ask her where Wimbledon was. From a young age tennis was my most passionate sport. Tennis was to be the thing that would challenge me far beyond anything I could ever have imagined because I learnt that “Sometimes you have to surrender before you can win.”
According to my first tennis teacher, Irene, I had great potential. At the age of eight
Scripps National Spelling Bee, KG’s real dream was to become a great tennis player. KG realized now with the spelling bee out of the way, he could focus and give his full effort towards improving his tennis game.
That afternoon after losing the spelling bee, KG went to the tennis court with his dad. At the court he found Justin to play tennis with. Justin was a college player who was about 22 years old and was one of the best tennis players in town. KG had hit with Justin a number of times before,
doing is playing a game called tennis. There are many sports in the world. There is soccer, basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, track, etc. Tennis may not be as popular as the others such as soccer and cricket but tennis is a good sport to play. Tennis has some unique rules to it, is great for the body, and is a very social sport. A large amount of people play tennis casually.
In tennis, the mechanics are balanced, they are also different from many other sports. In tennis you have to hit a
America such as tennis sports that hit a ball with a racket. Tennis is a sport that is well known in North America right now and start to grown as one greatest sport because of this man named Major Walter C. Wingfield. It starts in Great Britain where it was originally called lawn tennis in 1873. It soon becomes popular when All England Croquet Club had participated in this tournament which was held in Wimbledon and was first world tennis championship in 1877. In this tournament, they were twenty-two