MASTER LEVEL CHARTING SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1.  During a point in a game between Player A and Player B, both players were standing near the center of the court, a foot or two behind their respective baselines, when player A hit a forehand groundstroke that bounced inside target area 3 on Player B’s side of the court.  Player B only had to take two steps to her side get to the ball and set up and take a swing at it before it bounced a second time, but she ended up hitting an unforced backhand error.  Player B’s shot landed wide of the 5 on Player A’s side of the net.  For this scenario, was Player B’s tactical situation more likely to have been: (a) “neutral” or (b) “defensive” or (c) “concluding”?

2.  A point (which would which would either be diagrammed or shown in a video in the actual certification exam) during a game of a particular tennis match ended with a 3-shot sequence by Player A that included a forehand shot from a neutral tactical situation, followed a backhand volley from an attacking tactical situation and ending with an overhead that bounced in the 7 on Player B’s side of the net and out of Player B’s reach.

For this scenario, what was the STROKE of Player A’s point-ending shot?

3.  In the scenario described in question 2, what was the EFFECT of Player A’s point-ending shot?

4.  In the scenario described in question 2, what was the TARGET AREA of Player A’s point-ending shot?

A game of a particular tennis match between Player A and Player be was charted as follows:
        PLAYER A                       PLAYER B
+W/F/3/C ▪▪ [MAC]
+X/F/4/M ▪▪ [NM]
                                                  +W/O/5/A
-U/B/N/M
                                                   -U/FV/N/N
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5.  In the above charted game, what term correctly describes the EFFECT of the point-deciding shot that Player A hit in the second point?  

6.  In the above charted game, what term correctly describes the STROKE of the point-deciding shot that Player B hit in the third point?  

7.  In the above charted game, who won the fifth point?

8.  In the above charted game, how many service winners did Player A hit?

9.  In the above charted game, how many service winners did Player B hit?

10.  In the above charted game, where did Player B’s last shot land in the fifth point and what was the stroke of the point-deciding shot?

11.  In the above charted game, was Player A standing behind her baseline when she hit her last shot of the first point?

12.  In the above charted game, which point was the shortest (i.e., involved the fewest shots)?