Basic rules application
- 1. BASIC RULES ASSESSMENT Application Practice
- 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. SHOULD THE RECEIVING TEAM HAVE CALLED THE BALL OUT? OR GIVEN THE POINT TO THEIR OPPONENTS? WHAT IS THE #1 RULE AT PLAY HERE? • In a doubles match, a serve is hit and lands near the line of the correct service box. The receiving team look at each other after missing the serve and can’t confirm if the serve was in or out. One of the players decides that they should just call it out and get ready for the second serve. Was this the appropriate response?
- 4. THE POINT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SERVER. THE #1 RULE HERE IS GIVING YOUR OPPONENT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. IF YOU CAN’T TELL WHETHER A BALL IS IN OR OUT, CONSIDER IT IN. • In a doubles match, a serve is hit and lands near the line of the correct service box. The receiving team look at each other after missing the serve and can’t confirm if the serve was in or out. One of the players decides that they should just call it out and get ready for the second serve. Was this the appropriate response?
- 5. WHO’S POINT SHOULD IT BE? WHAT ARE THE PLAYERS DOING WRONG? • A point is being played in a junior high match and Player A runs toward the net to get to a short ball. He returns the ball, and his body lightly brushes the net. The opponent hits the next ball out of play. Player A claims the point. Player B claims the point because he saw Player A touch the net.
- 6. PLAYER B CANNOT GIVE HIMSELF THE POINT BECAUSE PLAYER A TOUCHES THE NET. CALLS ARE MADE ON YOUR OWN SIDE OF THE COURT. HOWEVER, PLAYER A SHOULD CALL HIS OWN INFRACTION AND AWARD THE POINT TO PLAYER B. • A point is being played in a junior high match and Player A runs toward the net to get to a short ball. He returns the ball, and his body lightly brushes the net. The opponent hits the next ball out of play. Player A claims the point. Player B claims the point because he saw Player A touch the net.
- 7. WHO WINS THE POINT? WHO CAN CALL A SERVICE FAULT? • Player A hits a first serve during a match and sees it bounce just outside of the service box. Player B returns the point in play and is ready to play the point out. The ball bounces in play and passes Player A. Player A gets ready to hit a second serve because his serve was out, but Player B claims the point because he hit the return.
- 8. PLAYER B WINS THE POINT. HE PLAYED A SERVE AND GAVE THE SERVER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. A SERVER CANNOT CALL A FIRST SERVE FAULT IN THIS SITUATION. • Player A hits a first serve during a match and sees it bounce just outside of the service box. Player B, not knowing if the serve was in or out, returns the point in play and is ready to play the point out. The ball bounces in play and passes Player A. Player A gets ready to hit a second serve because his serve was out, but Player B claims the point because he hit the return.
- 9. WHO SHOULD WIN THE POINT? • Player A hits a first serve during a match and sees it bounce just outside of the service box. Player B, not knowing if the serve was in or out, returns the serve and it sails beyond the opposite baseline, out of play. Player A claims the point because he cannot call a fault on a first serve.
- 10. NOBODY SHOULD WIN THE POINT. PLAYER A, WHO SAW THE SERVE GO OUT, SHOULD CALL THE FAULT AND HIT A SECOND SERVE. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME A SERVER(OR PARTNER) MAY CALL A FIRST SERVE FAULT.• Player A hits a first serve during a match and sees it bounce just outside of the service box. Player B, not knowing if the serve was in or out, returns the serve and it sails beyond the opposite baseline, out of play. Player A claims the point because he cannot call a fault on a first serve.
- 11. WHO SHOULD WIN THE POINT? WHAT RULES MIGHT BE AT PLAY? • Two junior high players play a long point. After hustling to the net to hit a short ball, Player A watches as Player B hits a ball over his head that he knows will be out. The ball flies over Player A’s head and, indeed, bounces out. Player A never turns around to see the ball land. Instead, he is congratulating his opponent on a hard fought point, as he sees his opponent hanging his head after hitting the shot. What should happen in this situation?
- 12. PLAYER B SHOULD WIN THE POINT. PLAYER A DIDN’T CLEARLY SEE THE BALL LAND OUT. IF A BALL ISN’T CLEARLY SEEN AS OUT, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN. PLAYER A SHOULD GIVE PLAYER B THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT THE SHOT WAS IN. • Two junior high players play a long point. After hustling to the net to hit a short ball, Player A watches as Player B hits a ball over his head that he knows will be out. The ball flies over Player A’s head and, indeed, bounces out. Player A never turns around to see the ball land. Instead, he is congratulating his opponent on a hard fought point, as he sees his opponent hanging his head after hitting the shot. What should happen in this situation?
- 13. WHO SHOULD WIN THE POINT? WHAT RULES MIGHT BE AT PLAY? • Two junior high players play a long point. After hustling to the net to hit a short ball, Player A watches as Player B hits a ball over his head that he knows will be out. The ball flies over Player A’s head and, indeed, bounces out. Player A never turns around to see the ball land. Instead, he is congratulating his opponent on a hard fought point. Player B watches his shot fly over the baseline and land out. Player B claims the point because Player A did not see the shot land out. What should happen in this situation?
- 14. PLAYER A SHOULD WIN THE POINT. WHILE HE SHOULD NOT CALL THE BALL OUT WITHOUT SEEING IT, PLAYER B SAW IT LAND OUT AND HAS AN OBLIGATION TO CALL ANY BALL OUT THAT IS CLEARLY OUT. • Two junior high players play a long point. After hustling to the net to hit a short ball, Player A watches as Player B hits a ball over his head that he knows will be out. The ball flies over Player A’s head and, indeed, bounces out. Player A never turns around to see the ball land. Instead, he is congratulating his opponent on a hard fought point. Player B watches his shot fly over the baseline and land out. Player B claims the point because Player A did not see the shot land out. What should happen in this situation?