An Exciting Sport (Tennis in General)

Member Name: DocDan3

Product:	Tennis in General
Date:	26/07/09 (33 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fun, Good Exercise, Releases Stress, Enjoyable

Disadvantages: Must Rent A Court/Buy Rackets/Buy Balls

Tennis is a fantastic sport, which can be played across the world - whilst at home, on holiday, at school or university. There is just a few things you need - a court, two rackets, some tennis balls and a friend to play with! It's a non-contact sport although you may have balls flying towards you at points. It's really fun to play and keeps you fit as if you and your partner are good, you will be running around the court.

There are loads of different rackets you can buy from makes such as Slazenger, Head and Prince. There are also loads of balls available including those from Wilson, which are my favourite to play with.

It's quite a simple sport but there are a few rules to learn. It's not very complicated and it's very fun to play as you can smash balls across the court. You basically take turns to serve, in which you throw the ball above your head and do an over-head smash to the opposite side on your opponent's court.

In singles matches (1 player each side), you can not hit the ball in the side tram lines or it is considered out. You can hit it anywhere else after the serve and you can volley the ball if you want to take the risk - it takes control! The ball must only bounce once on your side. If it bounces more than once, your opponent gets the point. If you don't hit it back, they get the point. Whilst serving, if the serve hits the net and lands in the opposite side, it's called a 'let' and they take that serve again. If the serve is out, they get one more try, called a '2nd service' and this is usually a slower, more careful serve.

The game is really fun to play as you can smash the ball at times as hard as you can. The idea is to play tactically, hitting the ball where your opponent will find it hard to return. You can do forehand and backhand hits, which both take practice to perfect. With the ability to spin the ball too, the game can get a lot more advanced and exciting as you improve.

It's a great workout as you are running around the court to get the balls and putting a lot of power into your hits. Without ball boys (or girls) like in Wimbledon, you must go and get the balls too once they hit the net or go out, which enhances the exercise. You play games until one player reaches 40 points and then wins another. If both players reach 40, it goes to 'deuce' and you play to win advantage, before playing to win the game. You can only win if you score a point whilst having advantage. You then play the first to 6 games to win a set, but you must win by at least 2 games. You can play the best of 3 or 5 sets to make up a match. It's a really great sport, easy to get the hang of and fun to play.

Thanks for reading,

Dan ©

Summary: A superb sport, which is really fun to play and is open to enhance your skills