| Everybody loves to play the game of tennis, but | | | | importance of getting the ball in the right place so |
| not everybody knows the rules for playing the | | | | that it will not allow the other team to score a |
| game. Other than seeing a game of tennis being | | | | point. |
| played on television, some people have no idea | | | | After the children have learned the basic rules of |
| about how the game of tennis is played. They do | | | | the game tennis, it is time for the coach to |
| know that there are coaches that are willing to | | | | actually teach them how to play the game with |
| teach people how to play tennis and many | | | | some hands on action. Teaching children to serve |
| parents will take their children to a tennis center | | | | the ball over the net may take a considerable |
| to learn the game. | | | | amount of time, especially if one of the team |
| The coaches are primarily centered on teaching | | | | member's does not thoroughly understand all of |
| children to play the game of tennis but there are | | | | the concepts involved in serving the ball over the |
| some that will devote a considerable amount of | | | | net. |
| time to teaching an adult to play the game of | | | | One of these children is bound to get frustrated |
| tennis. Some tennis centers might not have spare | | | | and want to give up but the coach is experienced |
| rackets for an adult to use, so most adults will | | | | and can usually coach them into giving it another |
| buy what they need and show up at the tennis | | | | try. A few adjustments might be necessary to |
| center ready and willing to learn. | | | | correct the problem such as the way the racket |
| The first thing that the coaches will teach children | | | | is being held, or the manner in which the ball is |
| about tennis is the equipment that they will need | | | | readied for a serve. The stance of the child might |
| to have on hand to play a game. The children are | | | | be the only thing that is keeping them from |
| taught that they will need a set of tennis balls, a | | | | serving the ball over the net. |
| racket, a court, and a friend to play against. After | | | | The first few games of tennis practice will allow |
| each item has been thoroughly explained and | | | | children to get comfortable with all of the rules |
| demonstrated, the children will be ready to move | | | | and the equipment that they recently learned to |
| onto the next step and find out how it feels to | | | | hold. It will not be long before they have enough |
| step out on the tennis court and face their | | | | experience under their belt to hit the ball over the |
| opponent. | | | | net with no errors in presentation. Some coaches |
| The coach will probably explain the fundamentals | | | | will allow new students to play several practice |
| of playing tennis by telling new students what the | | | | games before playing their first real game of |
| objectives of tennis are. They will explain in vivid | | | | tennis. Through these practice sessions, the |
| detail that the object of the game of tennis is for | | | | children will learn how the scores are tallied and |
| one person to hit the ball over the net into their | | | | where the ball must go and can go, on every |
| opponent's court without letting the ball hit the | | | | serve of the game. |
| ground in the process. The children will learn the | | | | |