Professional Tennis History
The popular 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" was a tennis match between Bobby Riggs and this female tennis player
Who is Billie Jean King?
This ATA coach starred in the feature film "Battle of the Sexes."
Coach Ashely Weinhold
According to the Strategy Script, you should hit your return of serve big to this place
Where is the middle?
a set that is played first to 4 games is called this
What is a short set?
Another name for the French Open
What is Roland-Garros?
The first male African-American tennis player to win the U.S Open and the Wimbledon tournaments
Who was Arthur Ashe?
Coach Josh Rifkin grew up in this state and then went to college in this state
Where is Indiana and New York?
Hitting the ball back crosscourt if it crosses your body is a general concept based on these
What are the directionals?
when a player plays a whole set without losing a single point it is called this
The international governing body for tennis
What is the ITF?
8 years ago at Wimbledon, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played the longest ever tennis match in history. The match went on for three days and took place over 11 hours and 5 minutes. The score of the final set was this
What is 70-68
Coach Ryan Rowe grew up in this state and moved to Austin TX, from this city
Where is Iowa and Chicago?
These are 5 of the 7 main tools in ATA's Mental Training Program (in no particular order)
What is: Alpha, Audio, Scripting, Golden, Changeover, Match Card, Ideal Response?
When talking interferes with a players ability to hit the ball, that player can claim the point by calling a
What is a hinderance?
Most tennis balls are produced as a fluorescent yellow color known as this
What is Optic Yellow?
This was the only player in all of tennis history to win a Calendar Year Golden Slam.
Who is Steffi Graf?
This ATA coach grew up playing high level competitive hockey
Who is Coach Norm?
This is the ratio of down the line to crosscourt approach shots based on ATA's Transition Rule
What is 3:1 (three to one)?
a 2, 2 is referred to this type of grip
What is Continental grip?
This is the number one ordered food at Wimbledon
What are strawberries?
The first Wimbledon Championships was held in this year
What is 1877?
These are the names of Coach Shaimaa's brother and sister
Who is Tahseen and Rawia?
These are 4 of the 8 steps of the 8 golden sequence... in any order
What is: Turn your back immediately (change racquet to non dominant hand), control your eyes, use the ECCT technique, walk in big semi circles, retreat winning strategy, visualize winning strategy, forget winning strategy, regulate heartbeat.
A serve hit by a right-handed player with slice, landing on or near the intersection of the singles sideline and service line in the deuce court has a slang name called this
What is a can opener?
The U.S. Open has been played on this many surfaces
What is 3?