In tennis scoring "30 all" is deuce. Why is it not called?
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"30 all" is essentially the same thing as deuce because from each score it still requires at least two points to win the game.  The only real difference is that "30 all" lets players know that only 4 points have been played while deuce says that at least 6 points have been played during that game.
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Actually cz was far more accurate. It is up to the last two people that pass it to the one who scores. If a defender touches it then that wipes out the passes. A goal can be UNASSISSTED or can have only one person get the assist. So it isn't the LAST TWO.
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The scoring system for golf is actually very simple.\n\nEach hole on every course is given a "par" score..in other words the number of shots it should take you to get your ball from the tee to the hole. The par for a hole depends on its length and difficulty. \n\nA "bogie" is  the par score for a hole plus one..so if you take 5 shots on a par 4 hole, thats a bogie..and thats not good!\n\nA "birdie" is the par score for a hole minus one..so if you only take 3 shots on a par 4 hole, that's a birdie...and that's good!\n\nThe winner is the golfer who take the fewest shots to go round all 18 holes on a course.\n\nThe best way to learn is to play,  or just watch the big tournaments on the TV. You will soon pick it up.
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A tennis match usually comprises one to five sets. A set consists of a number of games, and games, in turn, consist of points.\n\nMatches consist of an odd number of multiple sets, the match winner being the player who wins more than half of the sets. The match ends as soon as this winning condition is met. Some matches may consist of five sets (the winner being the first to win three sets), while most matches are three sets (the winner being the first to win two sets).\n\nA set consists of a sequence of games played with service alternating between games, ending when the count of games won meets certain criteria. Typically, a player wins a set when he wins at least six games and at least two games more than his opponent. It has become common, however, to play a "twelve-point tiebreak" or "tiebreaker" when each player has won six games. A tiebreaker, played under a separate set of rules, allows one player to win one more game and thus the set, to give a final set score of 7-6. \n\nA game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving, and is won by the first player to have won at least four points and at least two points more than his opponent. The running score of each game is described in a manner particular to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" or "zero", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively. When at least three points have been scored by each side and the players have the same number of points, the score is "deuce". When at least three points have been scored by each side and a player has one more point than his opponent, the score of the game is "advantage" for the winning player. During informal games, "advantage" can also be called "ad in" or "ad out", depending on whether the serving player or receiving player, respectively, is ahead. \n\nA game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game (the smallest unit of play) needs only one more point to win the game. The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 40-love, he has a triple game point (triple set point, etc.).\n\nA break point occurs if the receiver, not the server, has a game point. It is of importance in professional tennis, since service breaks happen less frequently with professional players. It may happen that the player who is in the lead in the game has more than one chance to score the winning point, even if his opponent should take the next point(s). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 15-40, the receiver has a double break point. Should the player in the lead take any one of the next two points, he wins the game.\n\nFor two years before the Open Era, in 1955 and 1956, the United States Pro Championship in Cleveland, Ohio was played by the Van Alen Streamlined Scoring System (VASSS) rules, created by James Van Alen, who later invented the tie-breaker. The scoring was the same as that in table tennis, with sets played to 21 points and players alternating 5 services, with no second service. The rules were partially created in order to limit the effectiveness of the powerful service of the reigning professional champion, Pancho Gonzales. Even with the new rules, however, Gonzales beat Pancho Segura in the finals of both tournaments. Even though the 1955 match went to 5 sets, with Gonzales barely holding on to win the last one 21-19, apparently it took only 47 minutes to play.[1] The fans attending the matches preferred the traditional rules, however, and in 1957 the tournament reverted to the old method of scoring.
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15 is most common because most leagues include the RWC use Union rules.\n11 for the differently ruled "League"\nand lets not forget 7 for well "7's"
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no advatnage is when the 2 players are tied at 40 all. they have to get two points in a row when they get the first one it is called advantage. A break point is when the player not serving has 40 and the server has either love,15, or 30. i am a tennis layer so i am glad to answer this question.
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That guy had a complicated answer. Here's what it means simply:\n\nYou are three holes up on your oponent with two holes left to play. \n\nTherefore the match is over because you are winning by more holes than there are remaining, therefore the final score is 3 and 2.
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In the NCAA and most high school athletic associations, no individual digit in a number that has to represented by more than one hand is allowed. \n\nThis is to make things easier for the refs when they have to signifiy numbers to the scorers table. This is important, especially when crowds can make vocal communications difficult.\n\nDouble digits are ok as long as they don't included a 6, 7, 8, or 9. Also, you'll realize that there are no tripple digit numbers, because that would take 3 hands to represent by the referees when calling numbers for fouls.\n\nThe NBA tries to hold by this rule, but it will allow exceptions.
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You should call it table tennis because Ping Pong is a registered trademark.  Each time you win you get one point.  The first person to eleven points wins, but has to win by at least two points.
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Perhaps you are aware of the scoring system in Golf. \n\n2 over Par -- Double Bogey \n1 over Par -- Bogey \nEven Par -- Par \n1 under Par -- Birdie \n2 under Par -- Eagle \nIf you get a hole-in-one, it's called an "Ace." \n\nWhat is the score for 6 under? \n\nPayne Stewart. \nor else,\n\ni don't know the certain joke you want but you can check these out \n\nhttp://www.badgolfer.com/departments/jokes/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.ifyougolf.com/Playingaround/\n\nhttp://www.jokefrog.com/joke/0718.shtml\n\nhttp://www.funnymail.com/sporgolf.html
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I can't answer your question directly, but I can provide you with another interesting bit of information.\n\nThe USTA (United States Tennis Association) has stated in the past that 5 per cent of the US population plays tennis regularly, meaning at least once a week. I feel this figure is both outdated and greatly exaggerated, and is likely to be more in the order of 1 per cent.\n\nSince it's impossible to determine the per cent of the US population that are athletes, it's likewise impossible to answer your question.
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The flat serve is usually the hardest serve out of them all, but it lacks spin. So if you place your flat serve like down the "T" you'll get an ace, mislocate and your opponent can return it. Another popular serve for an ace is the slice serve, on the deuce side is  good place to get an ace on, pros hit this serve out wide and off the bounce it would kick further away from the opponent with an low bounce. You can also hit this one down the "T" on the Ad side for an Ace. The flat is best for blazing balls past your opponent. Slice serves come in second. \nP.S However if you really want to win matches go with more control and less power. Use a Topspin serve, which clear the net pretty good and still lands in with a high bounce that can go as high as your opponents head. This will get your opponent in a awkward position. You'll lose WAY to many points on double faults will that occur if you keep going for aces. I read that one pro (I think Roddick) got around 50 aces and still lost!!!
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Jerry's answer isn't completly accurate. \nFirst of all handicaps are not for bragging, handicaps exist so that you could play anyone in the world no matter how good they might be and potentially beat them. It basically levels the playing feild. Secondly, it isn't just the difference between your handicap and you fellow competitor's, there is actually a system to the whole thing. On the scorecard you will notice that each hole has a handicap rating; the number 1 handicap hole on the course has been determined by a USGA course commitee to be the most difficult, and of course the 18th is the easiest. If I were playing you,and my handicap is a 3, then I would "get" strokes on the 1,2,and 3 handicap holes; I would indicate this on the scorecard with little dots in each corresponding score box. Since you are a 19 handicap, then you would actually get strokes on every hole on the course, and that last stroke would appear on the number 1 handicap hole, in effect giving you 2 strokes on that hole. The reason it is done this way is so you can competivly play either stroke play or match play against anyone. So since you have 2 strokes on the number one handicap hole you could double bogey it and it would still be a net par for you.\nFor a complete breakdown on handicaps in Golf I highly recomend you vist USGA.org and order the official handicapping book... it's really cheap, like a couple of bucks, and it could save you a bet or two out on the course in the long run!
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Even in Tennis we use 15, 30, 40 and then game.  You can use 1, 2 , 3 it's okay to use that it shouldn't be an issue with anybody.
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tennis  \n1345, most likely from Anglo-Fr. tenetz "hold! receive! take!," from O.Fr. tenez, imperative of tenir "to hold, receive, take," which was used as a call from the server to his opponent. The original version of the game (a favorite sport of medieval Fr. knights) was played by striking the ball with the palm of the hand, and in O.Fr. was called la paulme, lit. "the palm," but to an onlooker the service cry would naturally seem to identify the game. The use of the word for the modern game is from 1874, short for lawn tennis, which originally was called sphairistike (1873), from Gk. sphairistike (tekhne) "(skill) in playing at ball," from the root of sphere. It was invented, and named, by Maj. Walter C. Wingfield and first played at a garden party in Wales, inspired by the popularity of badminton. \n"The name 'sphairistike,' however, was impossible (if only because people would pronounce it as a word of three syllables to rhyme with 'pike') and it was soon rechristened." ["Times" of London, June 10, 1927]
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Well in such situations, the match shall be awarded to the side batting 2nd. Because, when the scores are crossed then there is nothing left. You might have noticed, that in this ICCCT (ICC Champions Trophy) in the match between Australia and England, Michael Hussey hit the ball for 4 on a "No-ball" to win the match. But, only the "No-ball" was counted in the scores, because once the scores are crossed, then there nothing left in it. And also, the last wicket of the stumping shall not be awarded. So, the side batting 2nd would win the match by 1 wicket.\n\nRawal.
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Please know what you are talking about before you ask question only 3 or 2 point shots in basketball. There are 4 point plays but thats the highest. \n\n     Like How to Stand\n\n     I think its hilarious that you believe that your question makes sense. The only way a ref would give you eight points if you throw it backwards from full court