the scoring in tennis? how did it evolve? 15,30 and then 40? why?
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Already answered on Yahoo before here: http://ask.yahoo.com/20000713.html\n\nAnd if I remember correctly love was a corruption of "l'oeuf" or egg (as in goose-egg).
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if you take the top 100 in the world as a standard of being a successful pro. \n\nand assume one in 50 people play tennis. with a population of 6.5 billion today.\n\nyour outside chance is 1 in 13 million, to make to a top 100 pro. \n\nof course if you put a weighted avg odds to the different people based on coaching received, (kinds of coaching, good, bad, great) facilities available, equipment, age started, etc.. then the figure would be different and your odds could go up and down based on your coaching, age started, facilities.
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Not being totally familiar with the system of scoring in cricket, I have just copied the info I found.  It said, " Match drawn.  North Zone 504 and 65/1  East Zone 295.  Hope it helps
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i thought it was used in tennis when you play one vs two.... i could be wrong though
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A game of Table Tennis, or Ping Pong usually goes to 21 points.\n\nThe serve exchanges after every 5th serve. If the score is tied 20-20 then the serve alternates after every point from then on. The  game must be won by a 2 point factor. 20-22, or 21-23 etc.
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the link is\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system.php
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It is the official means of comparing how good your golf game is against other players using a uniform standard called "par".  Your score over several rounds is tabulated and compared to the standard.  For each and every stroke you incur above the standard, your handicap goes up one.  For instance, if on a par 72 golf course, your average  score is 81 you would have a  handicap of 9.  This allows you to compete with players of different abilities on a more even basis.  If the 9 handicap player was playing a 5 handicap player, and the final scores over 18 holes was 80 vs. 77.  The player with the score of 80 would have beaten the player with the score of 77.  Even though the 80 was the higher score, that player gets a 4 stroke "handicap", in theory making the two players with different abilities, equal golfers.
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The draw is divided into two parts: seeded players, and the rest of the field.\n\nFor Grand Slam tournaments, the field is 128, and there are 32 seeded players.  The seeds are allocated by the ATP (men) or WTA (women) ranking released in the previous week -- except Wimbledon, which has subjective seedings.\n\nThe 1st seed is in slot 1.\nThe 2nd seed is in slot 128.\nSeeds 3-4 are drawn into slots 33 and 96.\nSeeds 5-8 are drawn into slots 32, 64, 65, and 97.\nSeeds 9-12 are drawn into slots 17, 49, 80, and 112.\nSeeds 13-16 are drawn into slots 16, 48, 81, and 113.\nSeeds 17-24 are drawn into slots 9, 24, 41, 56, 73, 88, 105, and 120.\nSeeds 25-32 are drawn into slots 8, 25, 40, 57, 72, 89, 104, and 121.\n\nThe rest of the field is then drawn to the remaining slots.\n\nFor tournaments with 64 players, there will be 16 seeds.  For 32 players, 8 seeds, with the same basic structure.\n\nThere are tournaments with 96 or 48 players (or other numbers), in which case the top seeds will receive a bye in the first round.
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hmm use a calculator...i am sure a ti-83 can show you how to do it, and/or this problem is impossible..but i am sure you can do it..or am i...man now you confused me you have this in the tennis section???
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When the game was derived, it originally was played with hook-like sticks. Over time, they have been formed and shaped into the clubs that they are today based on observations made by past players. If they realize that they could get more distance on the ball by shaping a club in a certain way, evolution would eventually happen when the first guy decides to try and make that club that way.
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Rugby Rules explained. Early point scoring was limited to the kicking of conversions. Under the rugby rules at the time, these could only be taken after the ball had successfully been grounded over the opponents line, which were called touchdowns, but no points were awarded for this in the first versions of the Rules of Rugby. \n\nAll the 'Rugby Rules' entitled the attacking side to do was to attempt the conversion. The spectators, in their enthusiasm, would take up the shout ‘‘Try, Try'', meaning an attempt should be made at kicking the goal. From this term ‘‘Try for goal'' came the term we know today for points scored. \n\nThe rugby rules required a conversion process in itself that was more complicated then what we know today and must have been comical to watch. \n\nThe player who had made the touchdown had to kick the ball from that point to his kicker, who was charged by the opposing side. If the kicker could catch the ball before the opponents reached him then the kick was allowed and he was entitled to place the ball for the kick at goal. When he took the kick his own team also charged for if he was unsuccessful, they would try to gain another touchdown. \n\nWhether the try was converted or not the kick off took place from between the goal posts. \n\nIt was fourteen years later that the Rugby Rules were were changed in that in the event of no goals being scored, the side which scored most tries won. Obviously this caused dissatisfaction for within one year three tries were given equal status to one goal. In 1890 a further rule change was made to rugby in that a try now counted one point, and a goal three, and any other goal four points including a field goal, which was defined in the laws as ‘‘any ball kicked through" the goal posts after, for example, a dribbling rush, the only proviso being that nobody touched it. \n\nThe shape of the rugby field does not come from rugby rules. It was designed by accident, for when the game moved from the streets and school quadrangles to the playing field, the only markings were a line through the middle indicating the territory of each side and another which indicated the goal. When the rugby game started to attract spectators they would encroach onto the playing area so a line was drawn to keep them back. The rules said a ball did not become dead until it was grounded over this line. The first player to get the ball over the spectators line to touch it down was entitled to restart the game by putting the ball in. That is how the term the ‘‘touch line'' came into being. \n\nThe dead ball line was a much later introduction into the rugby rules and was only introduced into rugby during the 1887/88 season in the United Kingdom as a result of an incident that took place in a match at Newport in Wales. This game was played on an exceptionally windy day and a player chased the ball over the goal line for some 300 yards before he eventually caught up with it and touched it down, claiming his try. The outcome was the introduction of the dead ball line law. \n\nThe Laws of the Rugby Union game today comprise the following subject areas, rules and notes:\n1. Ground 2. Ball 3. Number of Players 4. Players' Dress 5. Toss, Time 6. Referee and Touch Judges 7. Mode of Play 8. Advantage 9. Ball or Player Touching Referee 10. Kick-off 11. Method of Scoring 12. Try and Touch-down 13. Kick at Goal after a Try 14. In-goal 15. Drop-out 16. Fair-catch (Mark) 17. Knock-on or Throw-forward 18. Tackle, lying with, on or near the ball 19. Lying with, on or near the ball 20. Scrummage 21. Ruck 22. Maul 23. Touch and Line-out 24. Off-side A. In General Play B. At Scrummage C. At Ruck or Maul D. At Line-out 25. On-side 26. Foul Play 27. Penalty Kick 28. Free Kick \n\n\nRugby Rules extract used with permission: Big Brian's Sports Stories (Sth Africa)\n\nthis website explains all the laws mentioned above.\n\nhttp://www.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/Rugb
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the people who answerd this r totally wrong it not just throwing a ball up in the air and hitting it ok. in tennis u have to be able to serve correctly,u have to know how to do vollies,backhands,serves,four-hands,and keeping score. Keepin score is like the hardest though u have duce,love,all-in,all-out,and then the 15,30,40,duce (duce meens game and something else) love meens zero,and i dont know what all-in and all-out meens though i hope this helps better then the other 2 answers
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What does age have to do with the qualifications and abilities of a tennis coach?   Think, age has its benefit including the experience of years of teaching.   \n\nIf I had the choice I would take someone with experience over youth.
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Rule 1. Opponents stand on opposite sides of the court. The player who delivers the ball to start the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite and cross-court from the server is the receiver.\n\nRule 2. The right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices is decided by a toss of a coin or racquet. If the choice of service or receiver is chosen, the opponent chooses which side to start.\n\nRule 3. The server shall stand behind the baseline on the deuce court within the boundaries of the singles court when playing singles and within the doubles sideline when playing doubles. See court dimensions. All even points are played from the deuce court and odd number points played from the advantage court. The server shall not serve until the receiver is ready. Serves are made from the deuce court to the opponents service box on the deuce court. Advantage court to advantage box. If the server misses his target twice, he loses the point. If the ball hits the net and goes in the correct service box, another serve is granted. If the server steps on the baseline before contact is made, the serve is deemed a fault.\n\nRule 4. The receiver is deemed ready if an attempt is made to return the server's ball. The receiver can stand where he likes but must let the ball bounce in the service box. If the ball does not land in the service box, it is deemed a fault and a second serve is given. If the ball is hit by either opponent before the ball bounces, the server wins the point.\n\nRule 5. The server always calls his score first. If the server wins the first point, he gets a score of 15. Scoring is done like a clock. See example below. Love means zero in tennis. The second point is called 30. The third point is called 45 (now-a-days known as 40) and game is won when the score goes back to love. If the score is 40-40, also known as deuce, one side must win by two points. Advantage-In means if the server wins the next point, he wins the game. Advantage-Out means the receiver has a chance to win the game on the next point.\n\nLOVE 15-30-40\n\nRule 5. After the game, the opponents serve. Games equal 1. The first to win 6 games, by two, wins the set. The first to win 2 sets wins the match. If the score is 6-6, a tie-breaker is played. This is scored by one's. The first team to score 7 points winning by two wins the set. The tiebreaker continues until one side wins by two. Hence, Game-Set-Match.\n\nRule 6. If the ball goes into the net, or outside the boundaries of the court, the player who hit that ball loses the point. If the ball hits the net during the point and goes into the opponents court, the ball is in play. A player loses the point if he touches the net, drops his racquet while hitting the ball, bounces the ball over the net, hits a part of the surroundings such as the roof, or a tree, the ball touches him or his partner, he deliberately tries to distract the opponent.\n\nRule 7. A let is called during the point if a ball rolls on the court or there is a distraction from someone besides the players on the court.\n\nRule 8. A ball that lands on the line is good.\n\nRule 9. If players serve out of turn or serve to the wrong person or court, the point or game will stand and order will be resumed following the point or game.\n\n\nThe server is required to keep his feet in nearly the same position during the serve. The server's feet may be raised off the ground, but walking or running are not permitted, so as to prevent the opponent being misled as to where the serve will originate. Breaching this rule or exceeding the permitted part of the court constitutes a ''foot fault''.\n\nIn a legal service, the ball travels over the net without touching it and into the diagonally opposite service court. If the ball hits the net but lands in the service court, this is a ''let service'', which is void, and the service is attempted again. If the first service is otherwise
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You get one stroke everytime you hit the ball.  Now can play counting total score or play by holes.  When you play by holes you when the hole you get 1 you tie 0 and lose -1.  \n\nI fun way to learn about golf scores is playing a game called Golo golf.  You can play it on line at www.igolo.com\n\nor another site would be www.playgolfamerica.com
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Tennis provides great physical, mental, and emotional challenges. The best players in the world are physically fit, know how to decide on an appropriate strategy, and can usually  make their emotions work for them. How many sports require such fitness, the ability to respond to any number of tactics, and the need to deal with frustrations, nerves, anger, etc.\nI love tennis because it keeps me in shape, has provided me with a lifetime of friends (and my spouse), many helpful contacts, and a constant challenge to continue to improve my game. It's also a sport that isn't too expensive, and can be played in an hour or two, and with all ages and SES. Finally, it just feels GOOD to hit a shot well, and to know that hard work pays off.\nIt really is a lifetime sport that you can enjoy into your 80s, if not beyond.
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That is kind of amusing. This undoubtedly came about because there were some folks who understood "par" as a numerical goal but didn't know enough about golf to realize that being "below par" is a good thing!