Beach Tennis can be played both competitively and recreational.and because it’s so simple to play, it appeals to athletes and non athletes of all ages.
It’s like regular tennis except it’s played on a regulation beach volleyball court. Using paddle rackets, two player on each team volley back and forth, hitting a slightly depressurized tennis ball directly over the net without letting it bounce… it’s hard to make the ball bounce on the sand!
One hit per team is all that is allowed.
Even if you are an absolute hack with other racquet sports, we guarantee that within half an hour you will start to show improvement, which its good enough for most people to want to have another go.
Rules and Regulations
- scoring is 15-30-40 and no-ad at deuce.
- only one hot per side, as in tennis and badminton, unlike volleyball there is no setting to your partner
- the ball may be served anywhere in the opponents court, only one service attempt is allowed, if the ball touches the net the play continues
- touching the net in any way or breaking the plane of the net – that is, reaching over the net with your racket, even on the follow through – will result in the loss of a point
- each match consists of one eight-game pro set. The match must be won by two games (e.g. 9-7). If the match score is tied at 8-8, a 12-point tennis ti-breaker (first team to 7 points wins) will be player to determine the winner
- court size 16×8 meter
- surface: sand
- paddle tennisracket
