WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.240 If you're new to tennis and you're so confused 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:03.640 about the scoring and the rules of tennis, 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.349 why they say love and they count really weird, 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:06.699 well, 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:08.069 this is the video to watch, 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:10.750 so we're gonna hop right in and explain the court. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:11.199 OK, 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:12.079 let's get started. 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:15.560 The first thing you need to understand is that there's two sides of the tennis court. 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:17.290 There's your opponent's side and 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:18.159 your side. 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:19.719 We're only gonna talk about your side, 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.350 but guess what? 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:21.690 It's a mirror image. 00:00:21.850 --> 00:00:25.909 So, whatever we talk about on this side is the exact same side or thing on that side. 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:27.129 So, let's get started. 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:27.840 The first thing you need to 00:00:28.072 --> 00:00:30.632 understand is the tennis court is split down the middle, 00:00:30.673 --> 00:00:33.393 so there's two different sides and the very first line we're gonna 00:00:33.393 --> 00:00:35.983 talk about is this line right here which is the baseline. 00:00:36.193 --> 00:00:40.112 This is where you start every single point. And the other thing about 00:00:40.112 --> 00:00:43.143 the baseline is that if you hit the ball past the baseline, 00:00:43.233 --> 00:00:44.792 then the ball is out, 00:00:44.833 --> 00:00:46.103 so you gotta remember that. 00:00:46.233 --> 00:00:48.272 The next thing we're gonna talk about is the 00:00:48.272 --> 00:00:50.502 single sideline which is this line right here. 00:00:50.673 --> 00:00:51.952 So, if you're playing singles, 00:00:52.112 --> 00:00:54.533 this is the limit of where you're gonna hit the ball. 00:00:54.592 --> 00:00:55.673 You can't hit the ball pass. 00:00:56.066 --> 00:00:56.905 Because it's out. 00:00:57.026 --> 00:00:57.895 The next 00:00:58.395 --> 00:01:00.425 line we're gonna talk about is the double sideline. 00:01:00.515 --> 00:01:01.465 So, if you're playing doubles, 00:01:01.506 --> 00:01:05.416 you get this extra line to hit to which makes the court even bigger. 00:01:05.585 --> 00:01:07.746 So, the next line we're gonna talk about is the service line. 00:01:07.825 --> 00:01:11.216 Now this divides the court from the back half to the front half, 00:01:11.426 --> 00:01:15.185 and we have the center service line which divides the service 00:01:15.185 --> 00:01:17.816 boxes so you understand which box you have to serve in. 00:01:18.026 --> 00:01:19.655 Now let's talk about the net a little bit. 00:01:19.865 --> 00:01:23.625 So, you have this net that's strung across by two net posts. 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.480 And in the middle of that net post you have the 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.489 net strap and the top of this is the net tape. 00:01:30.199 --> 00:01:33.690 This divides your side from your opponent's side and 00:01:33.839 --> 00:01:34.470 as you're doing that, 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.660 you want to make sure you don't hit the ball in the net. 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:40.190 Every point in tennis begins with a serve that has to be aimed 00:01:40.190 --> 00:01:43.709 towards the appropriate box that Megan will talk about in a second, 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:44.949 and you get two tries 00:01:45.150 --> 00:01:46.949 to try to hit the correct box. 00:01:47.199 --> 00:01:50.430 The only wrinkle in that is if your serve hits the net, 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:51.349 goes over, 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:52.629 and lands in, 00:01:53.220 --> 00:01:55.510 then you get a redo, and we call that a let. 00:01:55.739 --> 00:01:58.379 If it hits the net and doesn't hit the appropriate box, 00:01:58.459 --> 00:01:59.290 then that's a fault, 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.379 it's a missed serve and you get a second try. 00:02:02.459 --> 00:02:05.970 If you miss both serves, then you actually lose the point completely. 00:02:06.139 --> 00:02:09.449 If your serve goes into the box and you start to hit back and forth, 00:02:09.779 --> 00:02:10.940 now there's three different ways 00:02:11.048 --> 00:02:12.369 that the point could end. 00:02:12.708 --> 00:02:15.069 Either you or your opponent could hit the net, 00:02:15.358 --> 00:02:17.639 which means the point is over immediately, 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:18.348 or 00:02:18.679 --> 00:02:21.039 one of you might hit outside the lines of play, 00:02:21.098 --> 00:02:22.348 which we'll talk about in a second, 00:02:22.598 --> 00:02:23.998 or a winner might get hit. 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:26.949 That's a ball that lands in play and bounces twice 00:02:27.369 --> 00:02:28.878 before the other person can get to it. 00:02:29.610 --> 00:02:30.889 Any time the ball bounces twice, 00:02:30.929 --> 00:02:32.029 the point is immediately 00:02:32.369 --> 00:02:32.800 done, 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.600 and the side of the court that it landed twice on, 00:02:35.610 --> 00:02:37.360 that player loses the point. 00:02:37.570 --> 00:02:37.929 And by the way, 00:02:37.970 --> 00:02:39.250 you can also hit the ball out of the air. 00:02:39.289 --> 00:02:40.720 It doesn't have to bounce, 00:02:40.970 --> 00:02:41.839 but if it does bounce, 00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:43.320 you only get one. 00:02:43.529 --> 00:02:45.559 So, as the ball travels back and forth, 00:02:45.610 --> 00:02:48.929 there's different boundaries depending on if you're playing singles or doubles. 00:02:49.050 --> 00:02:50.570 This is called the singles sideline. 00:02:50.649 --> 00:02:51.759 So, if you're playing one 00:02:52.070 --> 00:02:54.089 player against another single player. 00:02:54.839 --> 00:02:56.360 This is the boundary for the courts. 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.720 If the ball lands outside of the single sideline, 00:02:58.809 --> 00:03:00.550 then that's out and the point is over 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.960 and the line is in in tennis. 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:06.350 So, if the ball lands and touches any part of the line, 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.449 then it's a good shot and the point continues until 00:03:09.449 --> 00:03:11.929 somebody misses or if it was a winning shot. 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:13.110 If it's 2 against 2, 00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:13.880 if you're playing doubles, 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:14.880 then this part of the court, 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:15.759 the doubles alley, 00:03:15.770 --> 00:03:17.759 is now part of the field of play. 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:20.070 And now the court goes all the way 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.830 to the edge of the doubles sideline. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:23.320 And again, 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:25.070 if somebody hits the double sideline, 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:25.830 that's in, 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:29.789 but anything outside of the double sideline would be out and the point is over. 00:03:30.270 --> 00:03:31.960 Whether you're playing singles or doubles, 00:03:32.059 --> 00:03:34.820 the baseline is the back boundary for the courts. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:37.669 Singles would go all the way up to this corner here. 00:03:37.889 --> 00:03:39.910 Doubles would go all the way up to this corner here. 00:03:40.119 --> 00:03:40.440 And again, 00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:42.550 any part of that line is in. 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:43.789 So, if it hits the line, 00:03:43.839 --> 00:03:45.000 you have to do your best to try to 00:03:45.169 --> 00:03:45.880 play it back. 00:03:46.210 --> 00:03:47.830 If you're gonna go out and play tennis, 00:03:47.850 --> 00:03:51.520 you must know how to keep score and we're gonna start from the very beginning. 00:03:51.850 --> 00:03:52.880 So, when you start, 00:03:53.009 --> 00:03:55.050 you start at 0 to 0, 00:03:55.369 --> 00:03:57.899 and that it means "love" in tennis. 00:03:57.970 --> 00:04:00.020 We say love instead of 0. 00:04:00.690 --> 00:04:04.759 So, we start always on the right side for every game, 00:04:05.089 --> 00:04:08.119 and this is called the deuce side of the court. 00:04:08.410 --> 00:04:09.580 So, when I served, 00:04:09.690 --> 00:04:11.330 let's say I win the points. 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.550 Then we would go to the other side of the court 00:04:14.720 --> 00:04:16.269 and I would get that point, 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:17.839 so it would be 15 00:04:18.700 --> 00:04:19.329 to love. 00:04:19.428 --> 00:04:21.950 You always say the server score first. 00:04:22.119 --> 00:04:24.079 Then I would come to the left side of the court, 00:04:24.119 --> 00:04:26.589 which we like to call the "ad side" of the court, 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.480 because when you're serving from the ad side, 00:04:28.559 --> 00:04:30.589 someone always has the advantage. 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.470 So, it'd be 15 love. 00:04:32.640 --> 00:04:34.149 Let's say I win the point again, 00:04:34.320 --> 00:04:37.670 then I would come back to the deuce side of the court, 00:04:37.739 --> 00:04:39.720 and the score would be 30. Again, 00:04:39.880 --> 00:04:41.079 my score first, server's 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:43.929 score first to love of my opponent, 00:04:44.640 --> 00:04:45.920 he or she has 0. 00:04:46.250 --> 00:04:51.000 Then let's say I win the point again and I come back to the ad side of the court, 00:04:51.149 --> 00:04:52.720 so it would be 40 00:04:53.170 --> 00:04:53.739 love. 00:04:54.089 --> 00:04:55.470 Then if I win the point again, 00:04:55.609 --> 00:04:56.760 I win the game. 00:04:57.010 --> 00:04:57.429 Now 00:04:57.769 --> 00:05:03.660 there is a point to where when you're tied and I have 30 and my opponent also has 30, 00:05:03.980 --> 00:05:08.010 we like to say "30 all" instead of 30-30 00:05:08.299 --> 00:05:09.750 anytime the score is tied, 00:05:10.100 --> 00:05:14.489 but the exception to that is when it's 40 to 40, 00:05:14.700 --> 00:05:17.500 we like to say deuce, and at deuce you have 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:20.970 to win two consecutive points to win the game. 00:05:21.299 --> 00:05:22.420 So, at deuce, 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:24.929 I'm always serving from the deuce side of the court. 00:05:25.140 --> 00:05:26.299 Let's say I win the 00:05:26.529 --> 00:05:27.029 point, 00:05:27.149 --> 00:05:29.670 then I would go to the ad side of the court and 00:05:29.670 --> 00:05:34.059 you would say "ad in" meaning add in to the server. 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:34.940 Okay, 00:05:35.149 --> 00:05:36.350 if I win that point, 00:05:36.470 --> 00:05:38.149 that's 2 consecutive points, 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:39.660 and now I've won that game. 00:05:39.910 --> 00:05:42.660 If I lose the point at ad in, 00:05:42.869 --> 00:05:48.750 then I go back to the deuce side and the score is now deuce again, 40 to 40 deuce. 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:52.260 If my opponent wins the point at deuce, 00:05:52.579 --> 00:05:55.209 then I come to the ad side of the court, 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:57.529 and the score is now ad out, 00:05:57.779 --> 00:06:00.369 ad out away from the server. 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:01.899 And if they win 00:06:02.260 --> 00:06:03.019 that point, 00:06:03.140 --> 00:06:04.500 that's 2 consecutive points, 00:06:04.579 --> 00:06:05.500 so they win the game. 00:06:05.774 --> 00:06:06.265 If not, 00:06:06.334 --> 00:06:11.204 you can go back to deuce again, so you can see how it can keep going for a long time. 00:06:11.535 --> 00:06:13.924 Now you need to win its first, 00:06:14.054 --> 00:06:15.045 that's a game, 00:06:15.214 --> 00:06:20.285 and then you need to win first to six games, win by two games 00:06:20.614 --> 00:06:21.804 to win a set. 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:25.519 And then you need to win two sets out of three 00:06:25.809 --> 00:06:27.279 to win a match. 00:06:27.690 --> 00:06:29.529 So, now let's talk about singles movement. 00:06:29.649 --> 00:06:31.799 It's really important that you understand that you start on the right side, 00:06:31.809 --> 00:06:34.570 which is the deuce side and after every point you switch sides, 00:06:34.609 --> 00:06:37.290 so you go from the deuce to the ad site in between 00:06:37.290 --> 00:06:40.200 each point and you keep doing this until the game is over. 00:06:40.209 --> 00:06:41.359 After the game is over, 00:06:41.369 --> 00:06:43.179 after the first game you switch sides, 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:46.410 and after that every odd number of games you switch sides. 00:06:46.450 --> 00:06:50.769 So, you switch at 1 and then at 3 and then at 5 games and so on until the set is 00:06:50.890 --> 00:06:51.390 finished. 00:06:51.640 --> 00:06:53.429 Now it's time to talk about doubles movement. 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:54.359 Just like singles, 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.309 you start on the right side if you're the server, 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.239 but it's opposite of the person the net. 00:06:58.320 --> 00:06:59.910 So, the server starts at the right side, 00:07:00.149 --> 00:07:02.470 the net person is opposite on the left side. 00:07:02.679 --> 00:07:03.640 After each point, 00:07:03.679 --> 00:07:07.390 the serving team or the server will switch to the ad side 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.510 and the net person will switch to the opposite side. 00:07:10.670 --> 00:07:12.160 So between each point, 00:07:12.239 --> 00:07:16.829 each server and net person is constantly switching to the opposite side. 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:18.720 Now we're gonna talk about the returning side. 00:07:18.760 --> 00:07:19.559 The return is gonna start 00:07:19.750 --> 00:07:21.739 at the baseline and the net person's at the net, 00:07:21.869 --> 00:07:23.779 they'll take turns after each point. 00:07:23.910 --> 00:07:26.059 The returner on the baseline will come up to the net position, 00:07:26.209 --> 00:07:30.859 and the net person will switch back to the baseline position to take returns. 00:07:30.950 --> 00:07:31.549 And again, 00:07:31.589 --> 00:07:32.420 after each point, 00:07:32.510 --> 00:07:35.269 they'll alternate this movement between up of the 00:07:35.269 --> 00:07:37.779 baseline person and back of the net person, 00:07:37.890 --> 00:07:40.019 and they'll continue this until the game is over. 00:07:40.350 --> 00:07:42.899 Now that you know the rules of the game and how to keep score, 00:07:42.929 --> 00:07:44.869 you know how to go out and play a tennis match. 00:07:45.109 --> 00:07:46.429 So, if you have any questions or comments, 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:48.269 leave it below and we'll see you in the next video.