Service is a shot through which a point can be started tennis. A service can be done overhead or underhand but most of the players prefer to serve with the overhead. It is necessary to toss the ball for the service. Service is done in such a way that when the shot is played, it should land in the diagonally opposite service box in the court of the other player to be a valid service. The first service is always done with a power and total skill that it can beat an opposition player or a player cannot reply with the return shot. If this service is a valid service or it lands in the official service box at the opposite court, it is called ‘first service in’.

First service in is a very tough art for the newcomer to tennis to master, but once it is learnt it can win many points for a player. But many players struggle to learn or master this art of the game of tennis and struggle to deliver the first service in. Because of the chance of a double fault (Two consecutive invalid services) the second service is not played with full power in order to place it at the exact location and in this case, there are good chances of getting a strong return shot from the opposition player.

Tennis is a game of sheer skill requiring power and mental toughness. One needs to master all the shots including forehand in order to become a champion player. If one of the shots is a weakness of any player, it will be exploited by the opposition. Let us master the art of playing forehand shots tennis. A forehand shot is such a shot played by swinging across the racquet against the body and in the direction where the player wants the ball to go. For the right-hand players, forehand shot starts at the right hand side of the body, swings across while making the contact with the ball and ends at the left hand side of the body. For the left-hand player, this is exactly opposite as it starts on the left hand side of the body, swings across and ends at the right side.

The forehand shot is known to be one of the very easy shots in tennis which is not hard to master. There are two types of forehand shots, single-handed and double-handed. Single-handed forehand shots are played with a single hand and it applies less power where as double-handed forehand shot applies the full power of the body while playing the shot.

Tennis is a game of sheer skill, power, and physical and mental toughness. One needs to master every single shot and have to decide on different strategies in order to win the game. A player should also learn about playing the shots across the ground with fluency. Let us look at the strategy of how to play from the baseline. Baseline is a mark or a line where a tennis-court length ends and the art of playing tennis from the end of the court is known to as playing baseline tennis. A player who plays this tennis is known as a baseliner.

Typically, there are two types of baseline players, Aggressive or offensive baseline play (known as aggressive baseliner) or defensive baseline play (defensive baseliner). An aggressive baseliner plays shots from the baseline with a power (or aggression) such that an opposition player cannot return the ball, whereas defensive baseliners return every ball without much power and relies on mistakes made by the opposition. But that does not also mean that they never play an offensive baseline stroke. Offensive baseliners generally have at least one ground stroke, either forehand or backhand. The best offensive baseliner might have dominant service with the fast ground stroke.

Tennis is a game of skill, sheer power, mental as well as physical toughness and some playing strategies are needed with which a player can become a champion. It is always necessary to master the art of playing tennis shots as well as covering the entire tennis court to play a very good game of tennis. The modern tennis players like to play the tennis from the baseline (or at the end of the court) but there are certain shots that should be played from the net in order to win the points. Here, we can look at the art of playing tennis from the net.

It is not possible to play tennis entirely at the net; there are certain players who prefer to play the ball from net after replying the service. Generally, these are the players that have a strong volley. Volleying is best while playing from the net. Apart from this, there are certain players who like to play the serve-and-volley game and such players play the game from the nets. In this case, a player serves the ball from the baseline and immediately comes to the net in order to return the volley on reply of the service from the opposition player. Playing the game from net can give an advantage of playing drop shots from the net. If the art of playing the tennis from net can be mastered, it can win many points for a player.

A “score” is a familiar word in each and every sport and tennis is one such sport. Today, let us learn about scoring in tennis. The scoring method is very much the same in singles as well as in doubles. When the game does not go into a tie, it is played up to four points, numbered as 15, 30, 40 and game. The word zero is described as love (Might have come from French word l’oeuf, which means egg). If there is a tie at 40 points, it is known as deuce. It is compulsory that a game should be won by a margin of at least two points, the game continues until a player gets the two consecutive points from deuce.

The score of a server is always recorded first place in tennis. For an example, if the score is written as “40-15” means, it the server has scored three points (15, 30 and 40) and the opposition has only scored one point (15). In order to win a set, a player must need to win at least six games with a margin of two games. So, if a running set becomes 5-5 (five games each), one player needs to win two consecutive games to win by the margin of 7-5. If the set goes to 6-6, a tie breaker would be applied to the set. During the tie breaker, each point is considered as a single point and a player needs to score at least seven points with the margin of two. If a score happens to be 7-6 in a tie breaker, a player with the difference of two points can only win the game after that.

Service, also known as serve, is a shot to start a point in tennis. The service is started by tossing up the ball and hitting it in the diagonal service box in the oppositions court without touching the net. Generally, services are played overhead but that can also be played underarm. The service is the only time when a player can have some time to set up instead of returning the ball against the shot from opposite court. The service is a kind of shot that can be very tough for a new player to the game but once this art is mastered it can win many points for a player. The service can be used as an offensive weapon for the professional players and they are expected to win many points through their services.

A professional player generally does master the art of a tennis service and try to learn more and more Ace services. An ace service is a shot that is played with such power and distance that in spite of being an official service, the opposition player cannot return the shot on the service. This kind of service is considered to be the best service. In order to deliver a legal service a player can have two chances. If a player does a wrong service twice, it is considered to be a double-fault and point is awarded to the opposition.