Observation

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was poor.

In part (a)(i) and (ii) candidates could not correctly mention instances in which the ball is

dead in tennis game they mixed instances in which the ball is dead in tennis game with table

tennis, in (a)(ii) candidates also wrote wrong answers such as players change court after halves,

players change court at their own will or referee’s will and player change court

after resting for two hours.

 

 

In part (b) only few candidates performed well, many candidates wrote wrong answers for 

differences between tennis game and table tennis game e.g. ball is used in tennis game, egg is

used in table tennis, more than one person each can play tennis, only one person each can

play tennis, during  service in tennis game ball must land on server’s count before crossing

to opponent during service in table tennis ball must land on server’s table before crossing over

to opponent.

However, the expected answers are as follows:

 

3.  (a) (i)         INSTANCES BALL IS DEAD IN TENNIS GAME

           When

•       a let is called
•       a point is made/rally ends
•       there is obstruction on  the court
•       the ball is out of bound
•       the ball bounces twice on the court                                       

          (ii)          INSTANCES PLAYERS CHANGE COURT IN TENNIS GAME

At

• - the end of the first game
• - the end  of the third game
• - every subsequent  alternate game of each set
• - the end of each set unless the total number of games in the set is even                                              

 

   (b)               DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TENNIS GAME AND TABLE TENNIS GAME

                      

TENNIS GAME                                           TABLE TENNIS GAME

• played on the court                                   -           played on the table tennis
• the ball is bigger                                        -           the ball is smaller
• the racket is long                                       -           the racket/bat is short
• counting start from 15                              -           counting start from 1
• service changes after every game             -           service changes after every two services
• deuce  is 40 – 40 points                            -           deuce is 10 -10 points
• 4^th point ends a game                                -           11^th points ends a game
• the court is permanent                               -           the table is removable/not    

permanent.

• net is bigger and thicker                            -           net is smaller and lighter
• service delivered from overhead              -           service is at body level, above the

height of table