Games
Tennis
Tennis is a sport that is played all over the world, and is fun none the less. This Instructable is designed to teach the basics of tennis, as well as some advanced tips to improve your game. A VERY important element in making the various strokes in tennis is position. A player must face sideways to make a proper ground stroke. For a forehand stroke the left foot is forward, but out to one side. The right foot is back. In all this discussion it is assumed that the player is right-handed. The left-handed player needs only to reverse the directions to adapt them for his use. The reverse position holds for back-hand strokes. On a “follow through” stroke the ball should be taken between the knee and the hips.
There are some terms in the game of tennis that differ greatly from other games as well. One popular term is love. Love in the game of tennis,refers to having a score of zero. Therefore, if a score is fifteen-love, the server has fifteen, or has actually scored one point in the game, while his or her opponent has not scored as of yet, and therefore had a score of zero. When a player or a team wins six games, it is said that a set is won. However, the winner(s) must have won at least two more games than the opponent has won.
The biggest danger for a beginning tennis player is learning a stroke the wrong way. Once the body learns a movement pattern, it’s hard to unlearn it. Erasing muscle memory, by replacing it with a new correct movement, is a frustrating and painstaking process. And the hardest things to unlearn are those we learn as a raw beginner. Flaws you acquire at this stage are deeply ingrained. They can dog you forever, making you miss shots you shouldn’t miss.
