Презентация на тему: The history of tennis in Great Britain

Ланкова Л.А. 8 «В» класс The history of tennis in Great Britain

Tennis appeared in Britain in the 19 century. Tennis is translated from French as «take, snap». Walter Wingfield invented modern tennis. He used as a basis a French game «Real tennis» which was popular among French aristocracy. Originally French tennis players beat off the ball by a hand Walter Wingfield

Wimbledon is the most popular tennis Tournament in the world. It takes place in June - July in the British town of Wimbledon. It was founded in 1874. The history of this tournament is as follows

One day the lawn mowers of the cricket-tennis club was broken. They decided to take money from the audience for watching tennis competitions

Traditional colors of Wimbledon are green and purple. Tennis players must take part in games only white dressed. Female players are always referred to «Miss» or «Mrs» during the match. Male tennis players, however, Are address only by surnames

Strawberries with cream is traditional Wimbledon treat You should have a ball, a racket, a net, comfortable clothing and shoes to play tennis. Men usually wear shorts and a T-shirt, and girls wear athletic skirts and place them over A racket consists of a handle, a circular rim and the strings

Tennis is very good for your health: it develops your muscles, trains your heart, blood vessels

The British are very fond of tennis. They rightly consider themselves to be one of the pioneers of this sport. Now the success of the British tennis is worse than it was before. They are not despaired and continue to train improving their tennis

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