网球是面向西北农林科技大学大一、大二本科生所开设的体育必修课。大一网球课程内容主要以基本正反手及发球技术为主；大二在基本技术内容的基础上介绍单、双打基本战术。网球运动注重培养学生的团结拼搏精神、自我表现意识及交流沟通的能力。网球运动的技战术内容包括正反手底线技术、拦网技术、发球技术及单、双打战术。
本课程的理论部分主要包括：网球运动的起源发展、网球运动的功能及国内外网球运动的开展现状、网球比赛的计分方法及单双打比赛的裁判法；实践部分主要包括：底线正手技术、底线反手技术、发球技术、拦网技术及单双打战术。
通过本课程的学习，重点使学生掌握底线正反手击球技术、发球技术、拦网技术及在比赛中各项技术综合运用的能力。在教学的过程中，逐渐培养学生团结协作的精神、竞争的意识，提高学生的反应、灵敏、柔韧、协调等多项身体素质。
The Course Description of the Tennis
Tennis course is one of the compulsory courses of PE, and it is oriented to freshmen and sophomores in the Northwest A&F University. The freshmen mainly learn such skills as initial forehand and backhand, serving technique. On such basis, the sophomores further learn the course, including the tactics of singles and doubles. Students’ spirit of comity and struggle, together with their consciousness of self-expression and ability of communication, can be cultivated during the course of tennis. The tactics of tennis comprise playing forehand and backhand base line balls, blocking the balls, serving as well as singles and doubles skills.
This course is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The former primarily includes the origin and evolution of playing tennis, the functions of playing tennis, current situation of tennis course in China and abroad, scoring formula of the tennis match and judging methods during singles and doubles matches. The latter is almost composed of such skills as playing forehand and backhand base line balls, blocking the balls, serving as well as singles and doubles skills.
During the course of the tennis, the students are armed with many skills, including playing forehand and backhand base line balls, serving, blocking the balls, and the ability of using a combination of various techniques in games. While teaching, the spirits of cooperation and competition are respected to be developed, and students’ physical conditions--responsiveness, sensitiveness, flexibility, coordination, etc., will be enhanced.