This Tuesday (weather permitting) will be the first night for matches for the 7-8 and 9-10 year old teams. QuickStart rules are modified from regulation tennis. It would be ideal if each court had a parent volunteer or coach watching to make sure the players are following the rules and keeping the correct score. As the season goes on, everyone will be more familiar with match play, but the first night may be a little confusing. Posted below are the rules for QuickStart match play.
7-8 year old teams:
Court size is 36' x 18'. The doubles lines of the court are used as the baseline, and the singles lines of the court are used as the service line. The regulation service line and baseline serve as sidelines. An additional court can be used using the service line and net as sidelines.
Net size is 2'9" (the size of the mini nets used in practice)
Scoring is best of 3 games - first to 7 points in each game. The server gets two serves and each player serves two points at a time.
Serves can be overhand, underhand, done as a bounce and hit, or executed by the coach bouncing the ball and the player hitting it.
9-10 year old teams:
Court size is 60' x 21' for singles and 60' x 27' for doubles.
The regular net is used.
Scoring is best of 3 sets - first to 4 games earns a set. First to 7 points earns a game. If each player earns a set, then the first to 7 points earns the 3rd set.
The serve rules are the same as in regulation tennis.
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