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Tennis During Elizabethan England
By: Antonia Freund
It gave nobility to those who played.
Team sports made the sport a more enjoyment to viewers and players.
Tennis was mostly played individualy
The Elizabethan Tennis players hit the ball against a hard wall.
Instead of using racquets, they first used gloves.
The now rubber balls were used to be made of wood.
The balls then became made in leather before becoming rubber tennis balls.
They loved to relieve stress through Tennis and other activities!
If one wanted to play tennis they would have to take an oath.
In 1576, the first grass court was played on.
Tennis was popular in the upper class.
People during the Elizbethan Era liked to gamble, bidding on the person they thought would win.
Their uniforms were long dresses to the floor for the girls.
The leather tennis balls were filled with hair.
Tennis racquets were made of wood and strung with sheep gut.
In the Tudor time one could score by hitting the ball into one or three wholes found high in the wall.
A law was passed in 1512 that banned average people from a lot of games including tennis.
One who wanted to play had to give an oath.