Tennis Friends
TENNIS COURT ETIQUETTE AND PLAYING TEMPO: 7E ALL
BENElT FROM A SMOOTH REGULAR PLAYING TEMPO 2USHING TOO QUICKLY TO
SERVE A SECOND SERVE OR EVEN A lRST ONE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY USUALLY
DOES NOT HELP 3O YOU HAVE ABOUT SECONDS TO SET UP CALMLY CALL THE
SCORE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AS YOU SET UP FOR THE NEXT
SHOT )N A TENNIS GAME NOT WAITING FOR THE BALLS TO CLEAR NOT CALLING
THE SCORE OR RUSHING YOUR SERVE TO GET THE NEXT POINT CAN DISRUPT YOUR
GAME OR STARTLE YOUR OPPONENTS )T IS POOR TENNIS ETIQUETTE 7ORSE YET
SOMETIMES THE SCORE GETS CONFUSED
7HEN YOU WATCH THE PROS AT THE END OF A POINT THE SCORE IS CALLED
THE BALLS ARE CLEARED THEN THE SERVER STARTS SOME SORT OF ROUTINE BEFORE
SERVING THE BALL 3OME PLAYERS RESET THEIR STRINGS SOME BOUNCE THE
BALL AND A FAVORITE OF SOME IS WHEN -ARIA 3HARAPOVA TURNS HER BACK
TO THE OPPOSING PLAYER AND SEEMINGLY TALKS TO AN IMAGINARY FRIEND
4HEN SHE SETS UP TO SERVE
#OME JOIN THE TENNIS FRIENDS ON THE COURTS NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS
AT ITS BEST 7E CAN HELP EACH OTHER DEVELOP BETTER TENNIS ETIQUETTE AND
TENNIS PLAYING TEMPO AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS
31 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | May 2015 |
Top photo: Tennis friends Mike McConnell and Herb Bernstein
taking a break between sets.
Bottom photo: Sid Cohen, Jerry Jeran, and tennis fan Marc Burcham
watching the action.
