Physical reasons to play
tennis
Tennis enhances
your:
1. aerobic
fitness by burning fat and improving your cardiovascular fitness and
maintaining higher energy levels.
2. anaerobic
fitness by offering short, intense bursts of activity during a point
followed by rest, which helps muscles use oxygen efficiently.
3. ability to
accelerate by providing practice in sprinting, jumping and lunging
quickly.
4. powerful
first step by requiring anticipation, quick reaction time and explosion
into action.
5. speed
through a series of side-to-side and up and back sprints to chase the
ball.
6. leg strength
through hundreds of starts and stops that build stronger leg muscles.
7. general body
coordination since you have to move into position and then adjust your
upper body to hit the ball successfully.
8. gross motor
control through movement and ball-striking skills that require control
of your large muscle groups.
9. fine motor
control by use of touch shots like angled volleys, drop shots and lobs.
10. agility by
forcing you to change direction as many as five times in 10 seconds
during a typical point.
11. dynamic
balance through hundreds of starts, stops, changes of direction and
hitting on the run.
12.
cross-training through a physically demanding sport that’s fun for
athletes who specialize in other sports.
13. bone
strength and density by strengthening bones of young players and helping
prevent osteoporosis in older ones.
14. immune
system through its conditioning effects, which promote overall health,
fitness and resistance to disease.
15. nutritional
habits by eating appropriately before competition to enhance energy
production and after competition to practice proper recovery methods.
16. hand-eye
coordination because you constantly judge the timing between the
oncoming ball and the proper contact point.
17. flexibility
due to the constant stretching and maneuvering to return the ball to
your opponent.
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