00:05Mga kapuso, hindi lamang si Pinay Tennis star Alex Ayala
00:08ang gumagawa ng pangalan sa mundo ng tennis.
00:11Hindi rin nagpapahuli ang soft tennis team ng bansa
00:15at ang kanilang goal manalo sa darating na Asian Games.
00:19Let's get in the game sa pagtutok ni Martina Baird.
00:27Sa mundo ng tennis, umuubong ang Ayala Menya,
00:31kasunod ng unang Women's Tennis Association Championship title ni Alex Ayala.
00:36Sa 2026, bubadala DC Open sa Amerika.
00:43Pero alam niyo bang may klase ng tennis na softer version?
00:48Na-develop sa Japan ang soft tennis noong 1884
00:50na mostly sumusunod din sa mga rules ng tennis.
00:54Sa soft tennis, mas malambot ang bola na tinatawag na rubber ball.
00:59Mas mahaba at magaan din ang raketa.
01:02Since hindi siya masyado nagbabounce,
01:03so dapat ang soft tennis player ang lumalapit sa bola.
01:07How do you become good in soft tennis?
01:10Ano yung kailangan meron ka?
01:12Una sa amin kasi is technique, the foundation,
01:15yung grip, and then yung agility.
01:18Kasi nga in soft tennis, dapat maliksik ka,
01:21maganda yung footworks mo.
01:24Kilala ang soft tennis sa East Asian Nation
01:27at naging staple sa Asian Games mula 1994.
01:31Taong 1992 naman,
01:33na ipakilala ang sports sa Pilipinas.
01:36Since then,
01:37sumalang na sa local at international competitions
01:40ang ating national team.
01:42Hopefully, this coming Asian Games makuha namin
01:45kasi in soft tennis or Philippine Soft Tennis Association,
01:49yun na lang ang medal na wala pa kami.
01:52Di gaya sa tennis na merong best of three
01:55o best of five sets,
01:57depende sa tournament o event time.
01:59Sumasalan lang sa single set
02:01ang soft tennis players.
02:03For games,
02:04ang nilalaro namin,
02:05and then it will take about 30 to 40 minutes.
02:08For the doubles,
02:10one to five naman siya.
02:16So, tuturuan tayo mag-serve ni Mambien.
02:19Sa soft tennis kasi,
02:21ang serve namin dito is underhand.
02:25Unlike sa regular tennis na overhead.
02:28So, ang grip namin,
02:30ganito siya hinahawakan.
02:32Starting position,
02:33didigit mo yung bola sa racket.
02:36And then, pag i-cocontact mo na siya,
02:38pa-slide siya.
02:39Para mo siyang ini-slice.
02:41Nakabend ka,
02:43then ang racket,
02:44half swing.
02:45So, ganito daw yung serve.
02:46Kailangan natin sa-slice natin siya.
02:49Okay.
02:49Okay.
02:50One, two, three.
02:55Forehand.
02:56Simula tayo sa grip.
02:59Okay.
02:59Sabi ni Coach Bien,
03:00saka ni Joseph,
03:02kung paano natin dadamputin ang racket.
03:04Ganun yung grip.
03:05Okay.
03:05Ganito natin dadamputin, ha?
03:07So,
03:08ito na.
03:09Ito.
03:09So,
03:10ito na mismo yung grip natin.
03:13Okay.
03:15Tapos.
03:27We got to try soft tennis
03:29and we discovered
03:30how challenging and exciting it is.
03:31Pero,
03:32must try ito
03:33para sa lahat ng mga kapuso natin
03:35gustong sumubok
03:36ng bagong sport.
03:37This has been Martin Avere.
03:39Soft Tennis, Filipinas!
03:41Keeping you
03:42in the game!
03:46Good night.
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