Basic gameplay application
- 2. Application questions • The following slides contain scenarios that one might see during a tennis match. • Consider each scenario and how the general gameplay of tennis is or is not followed. • Answers are provided on subsequent slides. • It may be helpful to have your own players act as stand ins for characters in the scenarios.
- 3. Did the player win after winning the point after a deuce score? • A junior high tennis match with no ad scoring has a tied score of 40- 40, or deuce. After winning the next point, one of the players claims that he won the game.
- 4. The player won the game. In “no ad” scoring, the first player to win 4 points wins the game. • A junior high tennis match with no ad scoring has a tied score of 40- 40, or deuce. After winning the next point, one of the players claims that he won the game.
- 5. A. Players switch ends and Player A serves the next point B. Players switch ends and Player B serves another point C. Player B serves the next point from the same end of the court. • A match has reached a tie- breaker. Player A served 1st. Player B just served and won the point to make the score 4-2. What do the play do next?
- 6. B. Players switch ends and Player B serves another point 4-2 is 6 total points, so players switch ends of the court. Servers change after 2 points, so Player B will serve another point. • A match has reached a tie- breaker. Player A served 1st. Player B just served her first point and won the point to make the score 4-2. What do the play do next?
- 7. Can player B choose to receive from the shady end of the court without winning the flip? • Players are flipping a coin to start the match. Player A wins the flip, but lets Player B choose how to start the match. Player B says that she will receive from the side of the court in the shade. Does she get that choice?
- 8. Player B gets to choose because Player A deferred. However, she can choose to receive OR choose the end of the court, not both. • Players are flipping a coin to start the match. Player A wins the flip, but lets Player B choose how to start the match. Player B says that she will receive from the side of the court in the shade. Does she get that choice?
- 9. Can Team B switch the order of their serve? • Two teams (A and B) are playing a doubles match. Player B1 served first for his team. Player A2 served next, followed by B2, then A1. Team B only won B2’s service game and is losing 1-3. They decide that B2 should serve the next game.
- 10. No, service order can only be changed after a set is over. • Two teams (A and B) are playing a doubles match. Player B1 served first for his team. Player A2 served next, followed by B2, then A1. Team B only won B2’s service game and is losing 1-3. They decide that B2 should serve the next game.
- 11. Should Player B2 receive the next serve and fix the returning order? Should this new returning order carry on for the rest of the match? • Player B1 receives the first serve for his team on 1 side of the court. After playing 2 games, the teams switch ends. When team A is set to serve, Player B2 is receives the first serve. The point is played and then the mistake is realized. What should happen?
- 12. Player B1 should receive next. They should finish the game with this returning order, but go back to their original order for the rest of the set. You cannot change order of returns in the middle of a set. • Player B1 receives the first serve for his team on 1 side of the court. After playing 2 games, the teams switch ends. When team A is set to serve, Player B2 is receives the first serve. The point is played and then the mistake is realized. What should happen?