Patent ID: 6331005
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A process for teaching the game of tennis employing a game board having indicia thereon, said indicia representing a tennis court including advantage courts, deuce courts, back courts, fore courts, a net, sidelines, baselines, axes of ordinates and axes of abscissas, a pair of dice with each die having indicia thereon representing numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, a first playing piece for marking the position of a first player, a second playing piece for marking the position of a second player, and a third playing piece for marking the position of the tennis ball, comprising the steps of:rolling the dice by said first player to obtain a number which is the sum of each die;rolling the dice by said second player to obtain a number which is the sum of each die;comparing the numbers obtained by each player rolling the dice so as to determine which player has the largest number thereby defining the server;choosing positions on said game board by each of said players from which serves and defenses will be made;placing markers on the respective positions chosen by said server and said defender:rolling said dice by said first player (server) to obtain a sum of said dice;determining if said sum of said dice is sufficiently large to serve said third piece from the position of said server beyond said net and into and/or into and through the deuce court of said defender, and, if said sum of said dice is not sufficiently large to serve said third piece beyond said net and into and/or into and through the deuce court of said defender, then said server rolls said dice again to obtain a new sum of said dice;advancing, moving and marking said third piece according to said axes of ordinates and abscissas on said tennis court by said server according to the sum of said dice if one of said sums is sufficiently large;losing a point to said defender if neither of said rolls of said dice are sufficiently large to advance said third piece of said first player beyond said net into and/or into and through the deuce court of said defender;repeating said previous steps until said server is able to serve into and/or into and through the deuce court of said defender;rolling the dice by said defender to determine if s/he will be able to return the serve;determining if said sum of said dice is sufficiently large to move to and return said third piece beyond said net and into and into and/or through said court of said server;moving to said third piece and placing said defender's marker on said game board accordingly and moving and placing said third piece into and/or into and through said court of said server if said sum of said dice is sufficiently large to return said third piece;scoring a point for said server if said sum of said dice rolled by said second player is not sufficiently large to move to or return said third piece into and/or into and through said court of said server;rolling the dice by said server if said third piece was returned to and/or to and through said court of said server said defender; and,repeating said previous steps to determine the movement of said third piece and scoring for said players.