An introduction to the game of tennis

to know the future for all athletes to start a new job, a bit 'of history of this sport going is always a good idea.

ball games can be traced back for hundreds and thousands of years. Usually played for entertainment or for religious ceremonies, ball games became highly popular in countless civilizations worldwide. European monks probably created the game of tennis. The players soon discovered that the ball instead of walls had better controlwith his hand. A leather glove was soon created, and not long after, the end of the first to adapt the racket handle. While the club has developed, in order to have the balls were used. A sort bouncier filled with bran material soon replaced the first primitive wooden balls. The game was very popular in monasteries across Europe during the 14th century. At a time when the Church banned the game.

In1874, Major Walter C. Wingfield patented in London, equipment andRules for a game very similar to modern tennis. That same year, the judges first appearance in the United States. The following year, China had put the equipment and then sold for use in Russia, India, Canada.
Croquet was highly popular at this time, and smooth croquet courts proved readily adaptable for tennis. Wingfield original court was shaped like an hourglass, close to the net, and was shorter than the modern court. His rules were subjected tocriticism, and revised in 1875, but soon left the further development of the game for others.

In 1877 the All England Club held the first Wimbledon tournament, tournament, and his committee came with a rectangular courtyard and a series of rules that in essence the game we know today. The net was still five feet high at the sides, a transfer from the ancestor of the domestic game, and the service boxes were 26 feet deep, but in 1882 he had developed guidelinestheir current form.

The continuing growth of tennis and the 1927 championship, the first radio broadcast of a tennis event. This increased its popularity and has been further in 1930, the game is very much in vogue, led by British stars such as Fred Perry and Don Budge and International Champions such as Henri Lacoste. You benefit from the photographs that the fashion of tennis were a bit 'different in those days notice! Long trousers were the day for men and women waslong dresses and stockings.

Fashion trends became a development in their own right and Bunny Austin from the United States shocked the crowd in 1933 when he became the first player to step shorts Center court! The 1930 were periods of boom and Wimbledon in 1937, the championship was broadcast on radio for the first time. This was a significant event, truly introducing tennis to the world.

During 1970 and 1980, the game was dominated by the new legioninternational actors and the audience was captivated by the likes of Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. In the ladies game stars such as Sue Barker, Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova filled the courts with fans. UK women to win the first player was Virginia Wade, the last English league in 1977. The prize money, just like the hemlines of players clothing! In 1986, tennis balls yellow World Cup was the first time - partly account for the accelerationBalls more visible for television cameras.