Tennis is an energetic game

Practice Regularly
One of the best ways to improve your game is to simply play. Those players that play on a regular basis obviously advance their technique and style. They put into practice what they have learned in their coaching sessions and put it into a real game scenario.

As most of us have seen, a proper competitive tennis match lasts for about 2hours on an average, or even more. But did you know that the tennis ball remains in action (i.e., in a state of movement) for only about 20 minute sin a standard 2.5 hours match? The pros certainly spend a lot of time taking breaks in the middle of a match!

Originally, lawn tennis was played on an hour-glass shaped court with a net that was 4ft 8in high. A modern day net measures3.5ft at the posts and3ft in the middle.
Rectangular courts were introduced in 1875 by the All England Croquet Club at Wimbledon when it decided to add tennis to its repertoire.

Yellow tennis balls were introduced in 1972 by Mike Davies keeping in mind that they were more visible on (color) television. Those tennis balls were used in Wimbledon for the first time in 1986. Before that, the balls used were usually white in color.

The origins of the 15, 30, 40 scoring system are lost in the records of time, but the explanation most commonly given is that they were based on a clock face at one end of the court. The first point was the first quarter mark that the minute hand struck on the clock, i.e., 15, and the second point was the second quarter mark struck. Because 45 took too long to say, the third point was shortened to 40.

During its history, tennis has experienced many transformations, opposition of gender and age. Ultimately, tennis is now open to all age groups: children's, youth, veterans, even a tournament for the disabled.

The first tournament was held in 1877 in Wimbledon, organized by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. At that time, both participants and spectators had to pay a lot of money to attend this event.

The first mentions of the game of tennis can be found in the documents of the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. Of course, at that time there were no rackets, so the ball was hit with a hand or a stick.

In the sources of the 12th-13th centuries, a mention of tennis appears among the Italians, who called the game "jidoko". As in ancient Roman times, Italians hit the ball with their hand, with a wooden stick