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| 1. Description - |
| Introduction to beginning tennis play including basic strokes, drills, rules and etiquette.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Individual Sports Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to
- demonstrate the basic tennis strokes including forehand, backhand, serve, lob and smash
- practice basic court positions
- identify the rules and basic etiquette for the game
- demonstrate basic drills
- analyze basic strategies for offensive and defensive play
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Tennis racquet, tennis courts and tennis balls .
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Basic tennis strokes
- forehand
- backhand
- grip
- serve
- lob
- smash
- Court positioning
- serving
- receiving
- backcourt
- forecourt
- net
- alley
- Rules and basic etiquette for the game
- court and net
- scoring
- service
- rotation
- service court errors
- faults
- Basic drills for improvement
- stroke practice with ball machines
- net practice
- service breakdowns
- lob games
- Strategies for offensive and defensive play
- volleying
- covering the angles
- move to the ball
- 'no man's land'
- Equipment selection
- Proper racket/string choice
- Review foot ware/clothing
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Skills and techniques will be evaluated by instructor observation
- Written or oral exam on rules and etiquette of the game
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Tennis: Teaching, Coaching and Directing Programs
Jim Brown
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| Lecture, Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises and demonstration as directed by instructor
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| - Basic tennis strokes
- Court positioning
- Rules and basic etiquette for the game
- Basic drills for improvement
- Strategies for offensive and defensive play
- Equipment selection
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| Optional reading/writing assignments as determined by the instructor
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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