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If you're new to tennis and you're so confused

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about the scoring and the rules of tennis,

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why they say love and they count really weird,

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well,

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this is the video to watch,

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so we're gonna hop right in and explain the court.

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OK,

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let's get started.

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The first thing you need to understand is that there's two sides of the tennis court.

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There's your opponent's side and

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your side.

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We're only gonna talk about your side,

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but guess what?

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It's a mirror image.

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So, whatever we talk about on this side is the exact same side or thing on that side.

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So, let's get started.

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The first thing you need to

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understand is the tennis court is split down the middle,

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so there's two different sides and the very first line we're gonna

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talk about is this line right here which is the baseline.

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This is where you start every single point. And the other thing about

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the baseline is that if you hit the ball past the baseline,

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then the ball is out,

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so you gotta remember that.

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The next thing we're gonna talk about is the

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single sideline which is this line right here.

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So, if you're playing singles,

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this is the limit of where you're gonna hit the ball.

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You can't hit the ball pass.

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Because it's out.

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The next

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line we're gonna talk about is the double sideline.

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So, if you're playing doubles,

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you get this extra line to hit to which makes the court even bigger.

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So, the next line we're gonna talk about is the service line.

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Now this divides the court from the back half to the front half,

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and we have the center service line which divides the service

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boxes so you understand which box you have to serve in.

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Now let's talk about the net a little bit.

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So, you have this net that's strung across by two net posts.

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And in the middle of that net post you have the

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net strap and the top of this is the net tape.

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This divides your side from your opponent's side and

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as you're doing that,

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you want to make sure you don't hit the ball in the net.

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Every point in tennis begins with a serve that has to be aimed

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towards the appropriate box that Megan will talk about in a second,

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and you get two tries

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to try to hit the correct box.

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The only wrinkle in that is if your serve hits the net,

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goes over,

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and lands in,

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then you get a redo, and we call that a let.

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If it hits the net and doesn't hit the appropriate box,

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then that's a fault,

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it's a missed serve and you get a second try.

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If you miss both serves, then you actually lose the point completely.

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If your serve goes into the box and you start to hit back and forth,

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now there's three different ways

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that the point could end.

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Either you or your opponent could hit the net,

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which means the point is over immediately,

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or

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one of you might hit outside the lines of play,

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which we'll talk about in a second,

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or a winner might get hit.

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That's a ball that lands in play and bounces twice

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before the other person can get to it.

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Any time the ball bounces twice,

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the point is immediately

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done,

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and the side of the court that it landed twice on,

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that player loses the point.

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And by the way,

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you can also hit the ball out of the air.

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It doesn't have to bounce,

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but if it does bounce,

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you only get one.

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So, as the ball travels back and forth,

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there's different boundaries depending on if you're playing singles or doubles.

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This is called the singles sideline.

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So, if you're playing one

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player against another single player.

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This is the boundary for the courts.

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If the ball lands outside of the single sideline,

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then that's out and the point is over

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and the line is in in tennis.

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So, if the ball lands and touches any part of the line,

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then it's a good shot and the point continues until

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somebody misses or if it was a winning shot.

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If it's 2 against 2,

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if you're playing doubles,

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then this part of the court,

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the doubles alley,

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is now part of the field of play.

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And now the court goes all the way

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to the edge of the doubles sideline.

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And again,

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if somebody hits the double sideline,

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that's in,

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but anything outside of the double sideline would be out and the point is over.

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Whether you're playing singles or doubles,

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the baseline is the back boundary for the courts.

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Singles would go all the way up to this corner here.

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Doubles would go all the way up to this corner here.

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And again,

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any part of that line is in.

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So, if it hits the line,

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you have to do your best to try to

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play it back.

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If you're gonna go out and play tennis,

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you must know how to keep score and we're gonna start from the very beginning.

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So, when you start,

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you start at 0 to 0,

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and that it means "love" in tennis.

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We say love instead of 0.

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So, we start always on the right side for every game,

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and this is called the deuce side of the court.

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So, when I served,

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let's say I win the points.

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Then we would go to the other side of the court

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and I would get that point,

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so it would be 15

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to love.

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You always say the server score first.

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Then I would come to the left side of the court,

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which we like to call the "ad side" of the court,

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because when you're serving from the ad side,

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someone always has the advantage.

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So, it'd be 15 love.

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Let's say I win the point again,

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then I would come back to the deuce side of the court,

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and the score would be 30. Again,

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my score first, server's

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score first to love of my opponent,

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he or she has 0.

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Then let's say I win the point again and I come back to the ad side of the court,

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so it would be 40

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love.

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Then if I win the point again,

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I win the game.

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Now

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there is a point to where when you're tied and I have 30 and my opponent also has 30,

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we like to say "30 all" instead of 30-30

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anytime the score is tied,

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but the exception to that is when it's 40 to 40,

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we like to say deuce, and at deuce you have

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to win two consecutive points to win the game.

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So, at deuce,

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I'm always serving from the deuce side of the court.

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Let's say I win the

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point,

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then I would go to the ad side of the court and

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you would say "ad in" meaning add in to the server.

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Okay,

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if I win that point,

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that's 2 consecutive points,

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and now I've won that game.

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If I lose the point at ad in,

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then I go back to the deuce side and the score is now deuce again, 40 to 40 deuce.

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If my opponent wins the point at deuce,

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then I come to the ad side of the court,

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and the score is now ad out,

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ad out away from the server.

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And if they win

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that point,

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that's 2 consecutive points,

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so they win the game.

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If not,

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you can go back to deuce again, so you can see how it can keep going for a long time.

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Now you need to win its first,

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that's a game,

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and then you need to win first to six games, win by two games

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to win a set.

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And then you need to win two sets out of three

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to win a match.

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So, now let's talk about singles movement.

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It's really important that you understand that you start on the right side,

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which is the deuce side and after every point you switch sides,

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so you go from the deuce to the ad site in between

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each point and you keep doing this until the game is over.

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After the game is over,

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after the first game you switch sides,

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and after that every odd number of games you switch sides.

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So, you switch at 1 and then at 3 and then at 5 games and so on until the set is

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finished.

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Now it's time to talk about doubles movement.

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Just like singles,

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you start on the right side if you're the server,

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but it's opposite of the person the net.

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So, the server starts at the right side,

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the net person is opposite on the left side.

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After each point,

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the serving team or the server will switch to the ad side

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and the net person will switch to the opposite side.

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So between each point,

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each server and net person is constantly switching to the opposite side.

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Now we're gonna talk about the returning side.

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The return is gonna start

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at the baseline and the net person's at the net,

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they'll take turns after each point.

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The returner on the baseline will come up to the net position,

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and the net person will switch back to the baseline position to take returns.

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And again,

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after each point,

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they'll alternate this movement between up of the

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baseline person and back of the net person,

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and they'll continue this until the game is over.

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Now that you know the rules of the game and how to keep score,

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you know how to go out and play a tennis match.

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So, if you have any questions or comments,

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leave it below and we'll see you in the next video.