Easy Tennis Rules to Understand

The Game of Tennis is very easy to understand and quick to learn. It's a great game to go outside and get exercise with friends and family. I have listed the rules in easy steps to follow.

• Step 1: The opponents stand on opposite sides of the court and the player who starts the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite from them is called the receiver.
• Step 2: The right to serve, receive and choose your side is usually by a flip of a coin or a spin of your racket. Once the server is chosen then the reciever gets to choose what side of the court they want to start at.
• Step 3: When the server starts they need to be beind the baseline which is the furthest line back from the net. They will start on the deuce side of the court between the single lines when playing singles and when playing doubles they also can stand within the doubles lines.
• Step 4: When it comes to keeping track of the points and which side to stand on, all the even points are played on the deuce side and the odd numbers are played on the advantage side. When serving you must start from the deuce side and serve the ball into the receivers service box on the deuce side. Same goes for the advantage side to advantage box.
• Step 5: If the server misses the target two times in a row then they lose the point. When the ball hits the net and lands in the correct service box then they get to reserve it. If the ball hits the net and doesn't go into the correct service box the the server loses that serve. When your servering and your foot lands on the baseline before you hit the ball then that is called a fault and the receiver takes the point.
• Step 6: The receiver is able to stand wherever they would like but before you are aloud to make contact you must let the ball bounce once then you are able to return the ball to the server. When the server is attempting to serve the ball to you and their first serve doesn't make it in the correct box then they are given their second chance "second serve" to get it in the correct box. If the reciever hits the ball before it bounces then the server gets to take the point.
• Step 7: The server always needs to call the score out loud to the reciever so they can clearly hear it and the server says their score first then the recievers score.
• Step 8: Now its time to keep score! If the server wins the first point then they recive a score of 15. Which counts as the first point that was played. You always start with the score of Love-Love which means zero. The second point is called 30 and third point is called 40. If the score is 40-40 (deuce-even side), this means that the game is tied and needs a "tie-breaker." In order for the tiebreaker to work and you win the game you must win both points in a row, so therefore the deuce point and the the advantage point (ad. in). Advantage In- means if the server wins that point then they have won that game. Advantage Out- means the receiver won the point and the server must serve deuce again until either the reciever or server wins both points.
• Step 9: Games equal 1 and there are a total of 6 games in 1 set and 3 sets in 1 match. The first to win 6 games by two wins the first set. The first to win 2 sets wins the match. If the score is 6-6 you must do a tie-breaker game. This scoring is a little different than a morna game but still easy to follow:
• Step 10: The tie-breaker game: This is scored by one's. The first team to score 7 points and wins by two wins the set. The tiebreaker continues until one side wins so it could end up being 13-11, or 10-8, etc.
• Step 11: A let in tennis is called when a ball is rolled onto the court in which you are playing a point. Always remember a ball that lands on the line is good and still in play.