Pickel Ball & Tennis
...r the first bounce, the players can either play of the bounce or volley the ball in the air. To volley the ball means to hit it while it’s in the air without first letting it bounce. There is a “no-volley” zone which is 7 feet. No player can volley a ball within those 7 feet. A team can only score a point when serving. When a team reaches 11 points and the team must win by at least 2 points. A point is lost if a player hit’s a ball out of bounds, it hit’s the net, stepping into the no-volley zone and volleying the ball, or by volleying the ball before the ball has bounced on each side of the net. Like Pickle Ball, Tennis became well known in France during 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It was a highly played game for the Kings and noblemen. Tennis was originally called “Jeu de paumme' which means “the game of the palm.” Before starting the game, the French tennis players would call out “Tenez” which means “play.” Later on, the game Tennis became known as Royal, or Real Tennis. After it’s high rated popularity with the Royals, Tennis spread throughout Europe and then becoming quite popular in England and eventually spread to Spain, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, and Germany. Tennis was very differently played then as it is now. Tennis was played indoors in large galleries with jutting roofs and points were won according to how the ball was played off of the gallery walls. Today, we play tennis in rectangular lawns and we have marked boundaries on the ground and we don’t play off the walls. Another key difference is that Tennis used a system of chases. In today's game if a ball bounces twice it is dead. In Tennis however, a marker would mark the point of the second bounce. This was known as the chase. In addition to playing for points, opponents would compete by trying to put their chase as close as possible to their opponents back wall. A player who had lagged behind in the points could come from behind to win the match by being more skilful at the chase. The Wimbledon Championship was one of the most significant developments in the history of tennis. The very first champion was a man named William Renshaw. He had won the title 8 times between 1881 and 1889, which is a record that is still unbeaten today. As years passed, the Wimbledon Championship became very popular and in 1905 May ...