# Cute Tennis Game

By greenlig

Topic: Games

[Open the interactive Jig](https://ask.jig.com/j/2UUJaotq5zkW)

## Guide

### 1. Cute Tennis Game

Meet Pip the bunny, that is you, and Miko the cat, the computer\. They rally on a toy court built at one twentieth of real size\. Grab Pip or the racket and slide left or right to take over\.

Drag anywhere else to turn the court\.

### 2. Slide to the ball

Pip runs along the back line as you slide\. The soft shadow under the ball shows where it really is\. The racket always stretches out to meet the ball, so every ball comes back\.

### 3. Swing faster, hit harder

The faster the racket moves, the faster the ball leaves the strings\. A still racket just blocks it back softly\. A quick slide sends a fast shot with more spin, but too fast and it may fly out\.

Your biggest swing can launch the ball at over 100 km/h\.

### 4. A real bounce

Gravity pulls the ball down, and every bounce loses energy\. Dropped from 2\.54 metres, a real tennis ball bounces back to about 1\.4 metres\. Harder impacts lose an even bigger share\.

### 5. Spin and air

Air pushes back on a fast ball and slows it down quickly\. Topspin makes the ball dive sooner and kick forward after the bounce\. This curving push from spin is called the Magnus effect\.

### 6. Keeping score

Points go love, 15, 30, 40, then game\. At 40 all it is deuce, and someone must win two points in a row\. The little scoreboard keeps count for you and Miko\.

### 7. Play a match

Your turn\! Keep the ball inside the inner side lines and make Miko run\. Press New match to start the score again\.