in tennis:why the scores are 15-30-40 instead of 1-2-3 ???
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According to Wikipedia.org:  The origin of this scoring comes from the (quarterly) stations of the clock, where "forty" was, presumably, easier to say than "forty-five."
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No its "unique" to the Us open, due to the fact its run by the USGA rather than the PGA, plus if you saw, its only a par 70 not a par 72 as most other courses are yet it was exactly the same length as a par 72, just set up to be 2 strokes shorter, hence the fact all the scores were in "over" par!!!
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The numbers on the balls are only there to help people distinguish their balls from another can of the same brand on an adjacent court. \n\nNumbers on the tennis balls are right under the logo. This is so that when you have, say, 8 adjacent courts and some are using the same brand or type of ball, then there won't be a mix-up of someone's ball sprays onto the other court. Unless, of course, they're both using the same number tennis balls. For instance, if you are using Penn 3s, the court on your left has Penn 1s, and the court to your right has Wilson 3s, you can tell at a glance which court to throw the extra ball to and in turn they can get your lost ball to you easier.
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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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The reason is because the rules say in England that a game needs to have a least of 5 points to be consider a game with a difference of two points to consider the winner of that specific game.\nIt all goes back to the British
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Because it's no longer 49-49-2.  It's 51-49.
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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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listen ill explain\n\n\nIn every group of four each team plays everyone else in their group. (for example: A vs. B and C vs. D) then when those matches are done A vs. C and B vs. D then the last matches of the "group stages" A vs. D and B vs. C---- Now a win is 3 points a tie or draw is 1 point and a loss is 0 points. The top 2 teams in each group proceed to the next round of 16 while the rest are out of the competition
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The 11-1 team would be ranked higher because that team, no matter who they beat or lost to, only has 1 loss.  The voters in the USA Today, the AP, and the Harris Interactive polls first look at the won/loss record before anything else.\n\nso, a team with 2 MORE losses than another team should be ranked lower.  \n\nI could see a case where a 2 loss team be ranked higher than a 1 loss team (depending on who they lost to and what the score was), but the difference between a 3 loss team and a 1 loss team is too great.
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Yes.....it scores just what you stated 5-3-1.  The way you get 1/2 points are if the two athletes tie.  For example, three seperate high jumpers: Jumper#1 jumps 6 feet (1st place=5 pts), Jumper#2 jumps 5' 9" (2nd place=3pts), and Jumper#3&4 BOTH jump 5' 8".....so they split the points and both recieve a 1/2 point.  I coach track...so, let me know if you have any other questions.
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well there are 6 players on the court from one team at a time. 7 if you have a DS. it's not a timed sport you play for points. you play by getting the ball over the net by passing or setting or hitting without hitting it out of bounds. you score by having the other team hit it out or having them not get it over in their three tries. you win by winning 2 out of three games to 25 or 3 out of 5 fames to 25. depends on the rules. basically the back row wants to pass the ball to the setter so the setter can set up the hitter to slam the ball in the other teams face =]
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Well, I don't think that is the completely sensible solution.\n\nIn tournaments where MEN play BEST-OF-5 and WOMEN play BEST-OF-3, the prize money for men should be higher. But not by much, this should be practically insignificant in my opinion.\n\nNo, abolishing the MEN BEST-OF-5 format would be terrible. It's just too exciting.\n\nIn tournaments where both MEN and WOMEN play BEST-OF-3 matches, I strongly stand for equal prize money among the genders.\n\nIt is true that in most cases men's tennis is a little more exciting than women's tennis, and therefore, it's difficult to blame tournament officials for slight differences in prize money. But significant differences should be modified. Men's tennis is probably a little more exciting than women's tennis because men averagely are stronger and have fitter, more able bodies than women, though only slightly, and also women often have troubles in tennis due to discomfort in body parts that are not in men.
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A team serves the ball has to pass it inside the boundaries the receiving side needs to bump set and spike the maximum of times a team could touch the ball every time the ball is on their side is 3. If the serve is missed the ball is served by the other team and they get a point for your teams missed serve.If it goes over the net and falls in side the boundaries the other team gets a point.\nGames go up to 25 points or more\nTeam with 2 wins win the whole game.
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aww im sorry...just keep practcing ull get better..i know what it feels i lost my frist match 2.in fact i even rember the score and this was about 5 years ago..it was 6-2 6-1
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The 4 teams in each group play each other.  The two teams with the most points (win 3 pts, undecided 1 pt) advance to the next round.  If 2 teams have the same number of points, they look at their goal difference (goals made vs. goals against).  If that is also the same, they look at the result of the game played between the 2 teams.  If they played to an "undecided", then they raffle off the next round.  Sounds unfair, but what else is there - a "drink-off"??  THAT would be cool, though....
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Depends on the level of play\nIn college its 3 out 5 the first four is to 30 the fifth match is to 15. In High school usually 2 out of 3 25 or 21 points sometimes the third match is to 15 sometimes 21 and others 25. depends on the rules that a tournameent is following and the level at which the game is being played.
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First question: they do that because if their opponent gets one more fall then he gets a red card then the other team is short on a player.\n\nSecond question: because if there was a score then someone would have made a goal. So there is NO score!!