The History of Tennis
By:Bryan Islas
How it was Created
Tennis was created from 3 different kind of sports they were court tennis,squash racquet,and badminton. It was invented in 1873 by an English man named Walter C. Wingfield. It was first played at a garden party called Sphairistiké. The game was only for men in the old days. The sport was really popular in the British Empire and Australia. Now people around the world play tennis.
The Rules and Regulations
The rules and regulations for tennis is there are two people both on the opposite side of each other. One person serves and hits it to the other person. The person on the opposite side of the court try's to it is back. If the person hits it out of bounds the other person gets a point. So the game continues until you reach your total score to how high you want.
Variations of the game
Court tennis
Court tennis is basically royal tennis is England. Where they play like normal but on a nicer and fancy court.
Squash racquet
Squash racquet isn't a game but it is used in tennis.it is a racquet that has a smaller net and has a thinner net.
Badminton
Badminton is a game where you hit a birdie (not a real bird) and hit it across a net like tennis. You play until a specific score or time.
Equipment Needed
There is not that much things that you need to play tennis. You only need a racquet to hit the ball. A tennis ball to play the game. The last thing you need is you need a court to actually play the game on.