Color-code system of rating tennis skills

• US 20040157686A1
• Filed: 02/10/2003
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alfred D. Sauer
• Original Assignee: Alfred D. Sauer
• Inventors: Sauer, Alfred D.
• Application Number:
  US10/360,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20040157686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/459
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/02 Tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings

Abstract

A color-coded system of indicating professional evaluation of tennis skill of a person has emblems which include a plurality of skill-coded colors of color-coded-instrument emblems (1) or color-coded-background emblems (14) for display on tennis apparel, instruments and other items selectively. The emblem can include a plurality of coded colors of representations of preferably a tennis ball (25) or other tennis instrument in uniformly different-colored backgrounds. Optionally, the emblem can include uniformly colored representations of preferably a tennis ball or other tennis instrument in emblem backgrounds of a plurality of differently coded colors. The system is a combination of color-code indicia and a method of professional evaluation of players in accordance with a predetermined rating system that equals preferably zero-to-250 points for lowest-rated ability to highest-rated ability, respectively.

Claims

1. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:

a plurality of color-coded emblems that include color-coded-instrument emblems which are color-coded in accordance with a predetermined rating of skills of tennis players to perform predetermined tennis feats; and

the color-coded emblems being made for attachment to tennis clothing, tennis instruments and other items selectively.

2. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 1 wherein:

the color-coded emblems include an emblem image of a tennis instrument having one of a predetermined plurality of image colors surrounded by an emblem background of one or more background colors; and

the plurality of image colors are predetermined in accordance with a plurality of colored ratings of the skills of the tennis players to perform the predetermined tennis feats.

3. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 2 wherein:

the tennis instrument includes a color-coded tennis ball.

4. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 3 wherein:

the colored ratings of the skills of the tennis players include eight colored gradation sets of three and one set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills; and

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two colored emblems of the ratings of the skills each representing one level of nine levels of the skills successively intermediate a lowest level of emblem of rating for a first gradation set of three and a highest level of emblem of rating for the ninth gradation set of the two of the colored ratings of the skills.

5. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 4 wherein:

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills each include numerically graded evaluations of the skills intermediate a lowest rating of a level and a highest rating of a level of each of the nine levels of the skills.

6. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 5 wherein:

the emblem backgrounds of the color-coded skills each include a sequentially alphabetical letter intermediate a first and a last of the color-coded emblems of ratings for a total of twenty-six alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest color-coded emblem and a highest color-coded emblem;

the emblem backgrounds for levels of each of the nine levels of the color-coded skills include sequentially alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest and a highest color-coded skill of each of the nine levels;

the alphabetical letter of the lowest emblem of rating of the skills being “

A”

; and

the alphabetical letter of the highest emblem of rating of the skills being “

Z”

.

7. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 6 wherein:

the emblem background of the eight levels of three emblems of color-coded skills is predeterminedly grey;

the eight colored gradation sets of three colored emblems of ratings each include separate colors that are predeterminedly contrasting to the predeterminedly grey emblem background;

a first of the set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills includes a predeterminedly silver-grey tennis ball;

the emblem background of the first of the two colored emblems of the ratings of the skills is a predeterminedly silver-green background;

a second of the set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills includes a predeterminedly golden-green tennis ball; and

the emblem background of the second of the two colored emblems of the ratings of the skills is a predeterminedly golden-grey background.

8. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 7 wherein:

a first set of three of the colored emblems each include a white tennis ball;

a second set of three of the colored emblems each include a yellow tennis ball;

a third set of three of the colored emblems each include an orange tennis ball;

a fourth set of three of the colored emblems each include a green tennis ball;

a fifth set of three of the colored emblems each include a blue tennis ball;

a sixth set of three of the colored emblems each include a red tennis ball;

a seventh set of three of the colored emblems each include a brown tennis ball; and

an eighth set of three of the colored emblems each include a black tennis ball.

9. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 8 wherein:

gradational scoring points for the eight sets of three and one set of two of the color-coded instrument emblems that are alphabetically lettered sequentially A through Z with a tennis ball that is color-coded as indicated include

A;

0 to 34 points, B;

35 to 54 points, C;

55 to 69 points, White;

D;

70 to 85 points, E;

86 to 95 points, F;

96 to 105 points, Yellow;

G;

106 to 115 points, H;

116 to 123 points, I;

124 to 131 points, Orange;

J;

132 to 139 points, K;

140 to 147 points, L;

148 to 155 points, Green;

M;

156 to 163 points, N;

164 to 171 points, O;

172 to 179 points, Blue;

P;

180 to 187 points, Q;

181 to 188 points, R;

189 to 195 points, Red;

S;

196 to 202 points, T;

203 to 209 points, U;

210 to 216 points, Brown;

V;

217 to 223 points, W;

224 to 230 points, X;

231 to 236 points, Black;

Y;

237 to 243 points, Golden-grey; and

Z;

244 to 250 points, Golden-green.

10. The color-code system or rating tennis skills of claim 1 and further comprising:

a plurality of positioning-target zones designated predeterminedly by zone ropes to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on a target side of a net of a tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for determining starting positions for the X1 advanced players, for the X2 intermediate players and for the X3 starters; and

the starting positions include an X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

an X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

an X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the players.

11. The color-code system or rating tennis skills of claim 9 and further comprising:

a plurality of evaluation-target zones to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on the target side of the net of the tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for evaluation of the skills of the X1 advanced players, the X2 intermediate players and the X3 starters at performing predetermined tennis feats from the starting positions which include the X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

the X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

the X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the players.

12. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 11 wherein:

the plurality of the evaluation-target zones include playing areas of the tennis court designated by capital letters A-through-O in which;

A is an entire target side of the tennis court;

B is a left half of the target side of the tennis court;

C is a right half of the target side of the tennis court;

D is a left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

E is a right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

F is the left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-left comer of the target side of the tennis court;

G is the right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-right corner of the target side of the tennis court;

H is an inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

I is an inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

J is a left half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

K is a right half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

L is a left half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

M is a right half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

N is an inside half of the inside half of the target side of the tennis court; and

O is an outside half of the outside half of the target side of the tennis court.

13. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 12 wherein:

the tennis feats include Ground Strokes, Volleys, Serves, Specialty Shots, Rallies and Racket Skills.

14. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 13 wherein:

the tennis feats have numerical ratings for their achievement;

the numerical ratings for Ground Strokes executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Forehand (FH) to A9 pointsBackhand (BH) to A9 pointsDown The LineFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 pointsFH or BH to D9 pointsFH or BH to E9 pointsCross CourtFH or BH to F9 pointsFH or BH to G9 points;

the numerical ratings for Volleys executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

FH to A9 pointsBH to A9 pointsFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 points;

the numerical ratings for Serves executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players, and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Serve to H9 pointsServe to I9 pointsServe to J9 pointsServe to K9 pointsServe to L9 pointsServe to M9 pointsOverhead (OH)OH Serve to A9 points;

the numerical ratings for Specialty Shots executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Drop ShotFH and BH to N 

9 pointsLobFH and BH to O 

9 pointsRallyFH to A10 pointsBH to A10 pointsFH or BH to B10 pointsFH or BH to C10 pointsFH and BH to A

(Combined) 10 points; and

the numerical ratings for a Racket Skill Test executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Upward Bounce 

11 pointsTOTAL250 Points.

15. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:

a plurality of color-coded emblems that include color-coded-background emblems which are color-coded in accordance with a predetermined ratings of skills of tennis players to perform predetermined tennis feats which are evaluated by a Tennis Pro;

the color-coded emblems being made for attachment to tennis clothing, tennis instruments and to other items selectively;

the color-coded emblems include an emblem image of a tennis ball in a single predetermined image color surrounded by an emblem background having a separate one of a plurality of predetermined background colors; and

the separate one of the plurality of background colors is selected in accordance with a plurality of coded-color ratings of the skills of the tennis players to perform the predetermined tennis feats.

16. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 15 wherein:

the single image color of the tennis balls is predeterminedly yellow.

17. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 16 wherein:

the coded-color ratings of the skills of the tennis players include eight colored gradation sets of three and one set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills; and

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two colored emblems of the ratings of the skills each represent one level of nine levels of the skills successively intermediate a lowest level of emblem of rating for a first gradation set of three and a highest level of emblem of rating for the ninth gradation set of the two of the colored ratings of the skills.

18. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 17 wherein:

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two coded-color emblems of ratings of the skills each indicate numerically graded evaluations of the skills intermediate a lowest rating of a level and a highest rating of a level of each of the nine levels of the skills.

19. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 18 wherein:

the emblem backgrounds of the color-coded skills each include a sequentially alphabetical letter intermediate a first and a last of the color-coded emblems of ratings for a total of twenty-six alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest color-coded emblem and a highest color-coded emblem;

the emblem backgrounds of levels of each of the nine levels of the color-coded skills include sequentially alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest and a highest color-coded skill of each of the nine levels;

the alphabetical letter of the lowest emblem of rating of the skills being “

A”

; and

the alphabetical letter of the highest emblem of rating of the skills being “

Z”

.

20. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 19 wherein:

the plurality of colors of the emblem backgrounds of the eight levels of three emblems of color-coded skills and the one level of two emblems include separate colors that are predeterminedly contrasting to the predeterminedly yellow of the tennis ball;

a first of the set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills includes a predeterminedly silvery-green emblem background; and

a second of the set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills includes a predeterminedly golden-green emblem background.

21. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 20 wherein:

a first set of three of the colored emblems each include a white emblem background;

a second set of three of the colored emblems each include a yellow emblem background;

a third set of three of the colored emblems each include an orange emblem background;

a fourth set of three of the colored emblems each include a green emblem background;

a fifth set of three of the colored emblems each include a blue emblem background;

a sixth set of three of the colored emblems each include a red emblem background;

a seventh set of three of the colored emblems each include a brown emblem background; and

an eighth set of three of the colored emblems each include a black emblem background.

22. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 21 wherein:

gradational scoring points for the eight sets of three and one set of two of the color-coded-background emblems that are alphabetically lettered sequentially A through Z with an emblem background that is color-coded as indicated include

A;

0 to 34 points, B;

35 to 54 points, C;

55 to 69 points, White;

D;

70 to 85 points, E;

86 to 95 points, F;

96 to 105 points, Yellow;

G;

106 to 115 points, H;

116 to 123 points, I;

124 to 131 points, Orange;

J;

132 to 139 points, K;

140 to 147 points, L;

148 to 155 points, Green;

M;

156 to 163 points, N;

164 to 171 points, O;

172 to 179 points, Blue;

P;

180 to 187 points, Q;

181 to 188 points, R;

189 to 195 points, Red;

S;

196 to 202 points, T;

203 to 209 points, U;

210 to 216 points, Brown;

V;

217 to 223 points, W;

224 to 230 points, X;

231 to 236 points, Black;

Y;

237 to 243 points, Silver-green; and

Z;

244 to 250 points, Golden-green.

23. The color-code system or rating tennis skills of claim 15 and further comprising:

a plurality of positioning-target zones designated predeterminedly by zone ropes to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on a target side of a net of a tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for determining starting positions for the X1 advanced players, for the X2 intermediate players and for the X3 starters; and

the starting positions include an X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

an X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

an X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players.

24. The color-code system or rating tennis skills of claim 23 and further comprising:

a plurality of evaluation-target zones to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on the target side of the net of the tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for evaluation of the skills of the X1 advanced players, the X2 intermediate players and the X3 starters at performing predetermined tennis feats from the starting positions which include the X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

the X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

the X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players.

25. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 24 wherein:

the plurality of the evaluation-target zones include areas designated by capital letters A-through-O in which;

A is an entire target side of the tennis court;

B is a left half of the target side of the tennis court;

C is a right half of the target side of the tennis court;

D is a left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

E is a right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

F is the left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-left corner of the target side of the tennis court;

G is the right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-right corner of the target side of the tennis court;

H is an inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

I is an inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

J is a left half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

K is a right half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

L is a left half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

M is a right half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

N is an inside half of the inside half of the target side of the tennis court; and

O is an outside half of the outside half of the target side of the tennis court.

26. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 25 wherein:

the tennis feats include Ground Strokes, Volleys, Serves, Specialty Shots, Rallies and Racket Skills.

27. The color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 26 wherein:

the tennis feats have numerical ratings for their achievement;

the numerical ratings for Ground Strokes executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include;

Forehand (FH) to A9 pointsBackhand (BH) to A9 pointsDown The LineFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 pointsFH or BH to D9 pointsFH or BH to E9 pointsCross CourtFH or BH to F9 pointsFH or BH to G9 points;

the numerical ratings for Volleys executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

FH to A9 pointsBH to A9 pointsFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 points;

the numerical ratings for Serves executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Serve to H9 pointsServe to I9 pointsServe to J9 pointsServe to K9 pointsServe to L9 pointsServe to M9 pointsOverhead (OH)OH Serve to A9 points;

the numerical ratings for Specialty Shots executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Drop ShotFH and BH to N 

9 pointsLobFH and BH to O 

9 pointsRallyFH to A10 pointsBH to A10 pointsFH or BH to B10 pointsFH or BH to C10 pointsFH and BH to A

(Combined) 10 points; and

the numerical ratings for a Racket Skill Test executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Upward Bounce 

11 pointsTOTAL250 Points.

28. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:

a plurality of emblems that are color-coded in accordance with a predetermined ratings of skills of tennis players to perform predetermined tennis feats which are evaluated by a Tennis Pro;

the emblems being made for attachment to tennis clothing, tennis instruments and to other items selectively;

the color-coded emblems each including an emblem image and an emblem background,

the color-coded emblems having eight colored gradation sets of three and one set of two contrasting colors of the emblem image and the emblem background;

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two colored emblems of the ratings of the skills each representing one level of nine levels of the skills successively intermediate a lowest level of emblem of rating for a first gradation set of three and a highest level of emblem of rating for the ninth gradation set of the two of the colored ratings of the skills;

the eight colored gradation sets of three and the one set of two colored emblems of ratings of the skills each include numerically graded evaluations of the skills intermediate a lowest rating of a level and a highest rating of a level of each of the nine levels of the skills;

the emblem backgrounds of the color-coded skills each include a sequentially alphabetical letter intermediate a first and a last of the color-coded emblems of ratings for a total of twenty-six alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest color-coded emblem and a highest color-coded emblem;

the emblem backgrounds for levels of each of the nine levels of the color-coded skills include sequentially alphabetical letters intermediate a lowest and a highest color-coded skill of each of the nine levels;

the alphabetical letter of the lowest emblem of rating of the skills being “

A”

;

the alphabetical letter of the highest emblem of rating of the skills being “

Z”

;

scoring points for the eight sets of three and one set of two of the color-coded emblems that are alphabetically lettered sequentially A through Z with a tennis ball that is color-coded as indicated include

A;

0 to 34 points, B;

35 to 54 points, C;

55 to 69 points, White;

D;

70 to 85 points, E;

86 to 95 points, F;

96 to 105 points, Yellow;

G;

106 to 115 points, H;

116 to 123 points, I;

124 to 131 points, Orange;

J;

132 to 139 points, K;

140 to 147 points, L;

148 to 155 points, Green;

M;

156 to 163 points, N;

164 to 171 points, O;

172 to 179 points, Blue;

P;

180 to 187 points, Q;

181 to 188 points, R;

189 to 195 points, Red;

S;

196 to 202 points, T;

203 to 209 points, U;

210 to 216 points, Brown;

V;

217 to 223 points, W;

224 to 230 points, X;

231 to 236 points, Black;

Y;

237 to 243 points, Golden-grey and Z;

244 to 250 points, Golden-green;

a plurality of positioning-target zones designated predeterminedly by zone ropes to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on a target side of a net of a tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for determining starting positions for the X1 advanced players, for the X2 intermediate players and for the X3 starters;

the starting positions include an X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

an X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

an X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the players;

a plurality of evaluation-target zones to indicate where tennis balls are targeted to land on the target side of the net of the tennis court when hit by X1 advanced players, by X2 intermediate players and by X3 starters from a ball-hitting side of the net for evaluation of the skills of the X1 advanced players, the X2 intermediate players and the X3 starters at performing predetermined tennis feats from the starting positions which include the X1 starting position proximate a centerline and on a far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X1 players;

the X2 starting position proximate the centerline and midway intermediate the far edge of the ball-hitting side of the net and a far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the X2 players; and

the X3 starting position proximate the centerline and on the far edge of the front court of the ball-hitting side of the net for the players;

the plurality of the evaluation-target zones include playing areas of the tennis court designated by capital letters A-through-O in which;

A is an entire target side of the tennis court;

B is a left half of the target side of the tennis court;

C is a right half of the target side of the tennis court;

D is a left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

E is a right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

F is the left half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-left corner of the target side of the tennis court;

G is the right half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court in addition to a right-triangular area having a hypotenuse intermediate a diagonal from the centerline at proximate the net to a far target-side end of the tennis court midway between the centerline and a far-right corner of the target side of the tennis court;

H is an inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

I is an inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

J is a left half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

K is a right half of the inside half of the left half of the target side of the tennis court;

L is a left half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

M is a right half of the inside half of the right half of the target side of the tennis court;

N is an inside half of the inside half of the target side of the tennis court;

O is an outside half of the outside half of the target side of the tennis court;

the tennis feats include Ground Strokes, Volleys, Serves, Specialty Shots, Rallies and Racket Skills;

the tennis feats have numerical ratings for their achievement;

the numerical ratings for Ground Strokes executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Forehand (FH) to A9 pointsBackhand (BH) to A9 pointsDown The LineFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 pointsFH or BH to D9 pointsFH or BH to E9 pointsCross CourtFH or BH to F9 pointsFH or BH to G9 points;

the numerical ratings for Volleys executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

FH to A9 pointsBH to A9 pointsFH or BH to B9 pointsFH or BH to C9 points;

the numerical ratings for Serves executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Serve to H9 pointsServe to I9 pointsServe to J9 pointsServe to K9 pointsServe to L9 pointsServe to M9 pointsOverhead (OH)OH Serve to A9 points;

the numerical ratings for Specialty Shots executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Drop ShotFH and BH to N 

9 pointsLobFH and BH to O 

9 pointsRallyFH to A10 pointsBH to A10 pointsFH or BH to B10 pointsFH or BH to C10 pointsFH and BH to C

(Combined) 10 points; and

the numerical ratings for a Racket Skill Test executed from starting positions for the X1 players, for the X2 players and for the X3 players, respectively, to the indicated target areas A-through-O include

Upward Bounce 

11 pointsTOTAL250 Points.

29. A method having the following steps for using the color-code system of rating tennis skills of claim 28:

determining a player'"'"'s starting position in accordance with the player'"'"'s X1, X2 and X3 level of advancement;

testing and evaluating the player'"'"'s forehand and backhand return abilities by serving a tennis ball from a central target-side end of the tennis court to the player in the player'"'"'s starting position in accordance with the predetermined point-grading;

testing and evaluating the player'"'"'s abilities to volley, serve, drop-shoot, lob, rally and handle a racket for bounce control in accordance with the predetermined point-grading; and

totaling points of professional evaluation of the player in accordance with the predetermined rating system that equals zero-to-250 points for lowest-rated ability to highest-rated ability, respectively.

30. The method of claim 29 and further comprising the scoring points:

one point when the ball bounces three times inside of court lines;

two points when the ball bounces twice inside of the court lines;

three points when the ball bounces once inside of the court lines;

three points for a drop shot when the ball stops inside of a target zone;

two points for a drop sot when the ball bounces twice inside of the target zone;

one point for a drop shot when the ball bounces once inside of the target zone; and

three points for a lob shot for hitting the target zone over a feeder'"'"'s outstretched racket head.