by PerErik | Dec 14, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rule Number 10 Service Fault The Service is a fault: (a) If the Server commits any breach of Rules 7, 8 or 9(b); (b) If he misses the ball in attempting to strike it; (c) If the ball served touches a permanent fixture (other than the net, strap or band) before it hits...
by PerErik | Dec 14, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rule nine? Rule Number 9 Delivery of Service (a) In delivering the service, the Server shall stand alternately behind the right and left Courts beginning from the right in every game. If service from a wrong half of the Court occurs and is undetected, all play...
by PerErik | Dec 14, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rule Number 8 Foot Fault (a) The Server shall throughout the delivery of the service: (i) Not change his position by walking or running. The Server shall not by slight movements of the feet which do not materially affect the location originally taken up by him, be...
by PerErik | Dec 14, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rule Number 7 The Service The service shall be delivered in the following manner. Immediately before commencing to serve, the Server shall stand with both feet at rest behind (i.e. further from the net than) the base-line, and within the imaginary continuations of the...
by PerErik | Dec 13, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rules Number Six? RULE 6 Choice of Ends and Service The choice of ends and the right to be Server or Receiver in the first game shall be decided by toss. The player winning the toss may choose or require his opponent to choose: (a) The right to be Server or Receiver,...
by PerErik | Dec 13, 2012 | Tennis Tips
Rule Number 5? RULE 5 Server and Receiver The players shall stand on opposite sides of the net; the player who first delivers the ball shall be called the Server, and the other the Receiver. Case 1. Does a player, attempting stroke, lose the point if he crosses an...
