Color-code system of rating tennis skills
First Claim
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.
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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.
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30 Claims
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1. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A color-code system of rating tennis skills comprising:
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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”
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the alphabetical letter of the highest emblem of rating of the skills being “
Z”
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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 A 9 points Backhand (BH) to A 9 points Down The Line FH or BH to B 9 points FH or BH to C 9 points FH or BH to D 9 points FH or BH to E 9 points Cross Court FH or BH to F 9 points FH or BH to G 9 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 A 9 points BH to A 9 points FH or BH to B 9 points FH or BH to C 9 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 H 9 points Serve to I 9 points Serve to J 9 points Serve to K 9 points Serve to L 9 points Serve to M 9 points Overhead (OH) OH Serve to A 9 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 Shot FH and BH to N
9 pointsLob FH and BH to O
9 pointsRally FH to A 10 points BH to A 10 points FH or BH to B 10 points FH or BH to C 10 points FH 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 pointsTOTAL 250 Points. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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