The Essential Equipment Needed in the Game of Tennis Tennis is one sport that has lasted for more than 100 years. In fact, the way it was played back then is still the same as it is now with some changes in the kind of ball and the racket used. For instance, there are two types of tennis balls. The first is pressurized while the other one doesn t. This results to the deterioration of the tendon that cause the small tears. Most sufferers of tennis elbow are between 35-65 years old. Both men and women have the same chance of being afflicted with it. Tennis elbow inflicts 75% of patients dominant arm. Any person is capable of being affected, but tennis elbow is in general noticed in two sets of patients, namely: Blue-Collar Workers People who use their hands in working, manual laborers, they are in danger of being affected tennis elbow. Clay courts typically are found in the European and the South American countries. Hard courts Hard courts, commonly made from concrete or plastic materials, and are considered "average to high-speed" surfaces. Hard courts are more fast than courts made from clay. However, hard courts are much more slow compared to grass courts. Another fact about ATP Tennis is that its website set a new record in traffic when just this October, more than five hundred thousand unique visitors went to their site specifically during the Madrilena Mutua Madrid Masters. Also, the ATP Tennis site was able to attract almost two million users as tennis fans were able to register almost ten million impression pages. The flat serve, topspin , and the slice are the three basic serves that you need to know and practice so that you can use them in an appropriate time when you play the game. The flat serve or basic serve is when you hit the ball on a flat trajectory making moderate spin. Next, the topspin is done by doing high arcing trajectory and with high strong bounce. It was during the 16th to 18th century that tennis really became the game that we now know today. It was also during this time that it became the popular sport of the royalties in France and was called the game of the palm. The word tennis came from the French word that was being shouted by early French players at the beginning of the game tenez meaning play.