Aquino, Harold Rey M.

BSE-III

Research Work in Major (Lawn Tennis)

LAWN TENNIS
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the organization and administration of the senior game. Through working with the different groups involved such as clubs, coaches, parents and players the LTA aims to grow the base of the sport and get more people involved in tennis. It organizes coaching and tournaments for junior players, as well as senior events throughout the UK.[2] The LTA is predominantly dependent on the Wimbledon Championships for its income. Over half of the governing body's funds come from the championships, which gives all its profits to the LTA. [3][4] It also receives a multi-million pound grant from UK Sport, and has various commercial sponsors. The organization is regularly strongly criticized by the media, politicians, people in British tennis who are not on its payroll, and foreign tennis stars such as Pat Cash and Martina Navratilova [1] over its poor track record of producing top quality players. Before 1985 the LTA was run by an amateur committee. In that year it appointed its first professional chief executive, with a remit to improve the standard of British tennis. Since that time, it has been through several chief executives, each of whom has changed the top team, and relaunched the coaching programme, in each case to date without any significant success. Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski, and Andy Murray are the only British men who have been ranked inside the top 50 in the past twenty years, and of those, only Henman was brought through the LTA junior set-up (and he came from a tennis family that organized much of his development themselves), with Rusedski learning his tennis in Canada, and Murray moving to Barcelona at the age of 15 to train at the SnchezCasal Academy in Barcelona.[5] A parliamentary All-Party Tennis Group was highly critical of the LTA, stating that 'given the remarkable level of expenditure, in excess of 60m annually, it should be possible to deliver better outcomes than at present'.[6][7] Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong are the only British women to make the top fifty in recent years, but neither has made the top forty, and the latter has been publicly critical of the LTA's role in her development.

TENNIS COURT
The NTC has 12 acrylic hard courts (6 indoor, 6 outdoor), 6 clay courts, and 4 grass courts.

Hard Courts: The NTC's 12 acrylic courts are a GreenSet Grand Prix Acrylic surface. The indoor courts have a sprung timber sub-frame, while the outdoor courts are laid directly on asphalt. This GreenSet surface is used at many international tournaments including Davis Cup, Fed Cup, WTA and ATP Masters Series events. Clay Courts: The National Tennis Centre boasts two different types of outdoor clay courts which have been designed to brave the elements of the UK climate and allow for the longest possible clay court playing season and maximum use. 4 Northern European Clay Courts (These are identical to the courts used at the Bstad ATP Tennis Event in Sweden) and 2 FRENCH-COURT synthetic clay courts. Grass Courts: The LTA consulted All England Lawn Tennis Club head groundsman Eddie Seaward to advise on the installation of its four outdoor grass courts. The quality and playing characteristics replicate those found at the Wimbledon Championships.

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A tennis racket, the main equipment in the game of tennis, is a frame with strings. The frame is static and holds the strings in place. A good tennis racquet is a lifelong investment and hence adequate care must be taken to choose the right one. The following section gives you detailed description of the tennis racket, its size, materials, weight and balance, selection tips.

SIZE OF THE TENNIS RACKET

Racket length: The standard size of a racquet is 27 inch. Though the permissible range of racket length for tournament play is 27-29 inches. Head size: The head size of a racket provides the power and control to hit the ball. Larger head size racquets allow more power, provide larger hitting area, and more space of sweet spot than smaller ones. The most common head sizes range between 95-110 square inches.

Tennis rackets for children Children of different ages require rackets of different length. We have brought some guide to you: Children Age 4-6 years 5-8 years 8-11 years Older Racket Length 21 inch 23-25 inch 25-26 inch 27-29 inch

WEIGHT OF TENNIS RACKET

The weight and balance mostly affect the feel of holding a racket. Usually a heavier racket is more powerful, stable, and transmits less shock than lighter ones. On the other hand, a lighter racket can be swung faster. Earlier rackets average weight was 12-13 ounces and had balanced light head. After some time the average weight reduced to 10-11 ounces and have head-heavy balance. It was done to increase maneuverability without sacrificing the power.

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LAWN TENNIS RULES & REGULATIONS

Lawn tennis is the sport of tennis played on a grass court. The grass is maintained at 19 mm to keep the surface soft while allowing the ball to still bounce. The sport was established in England and has been etched in history with the popularity of the Wimbledon Championships. The rules have been standardized by the International Tennis Federation, which regulates rules for worldwide tennis. Tennis Rules Tennis is played by two or four people on a court that is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide (36 feet wide for doubles). The net is 36 inches in the center of the court and 42 inches at the net posts. Players must serve a ball from the right side of the court into the diagonal service box over the net. The tennis ball must bounce on the return of serve, but once the ball is in play, competitors may allow the ball to bounce once or hit it in the air. The serve may be overhand or underhand but must be tossed at least 6 inches prior to being struck and cannot bounce prior to being hit. A player has two attempts to get the serve in, otherwise they lose the point (double fault). Scoring Players alternate sides of serving and win the game when they have won four points by a margin of at least two. Traditional scoring is called "ad scoring" and is counted as: love, 15, 30, 40. Deuce represents both sides having 40 where players will still need to win by a margin of two, thus the score goes into an "ad" to the side that is ahead with deuce bringing it back to a level game. To win a set, 6 games need to be won by a margin of two. At 6-6 a tiebreaker is normally played where the first player to win 7 points wins.

Boundaries The court is divided into a series of lines that mark the boundaries of the inside of the court. If a ball lands within the boundaries it is in play. If the ball hits the white line (titanium paste referred to as chalk), it is also still in play. If it is a singls match, a match between two people, the boundaries are narrower, not including the alley, which are the two long rectangles down the sides of the court. These alleys extend the court by 6 feet, 3 on each side, and are used when there are four players on the court, called a doubles match.