Health and other benefits from playing tennis

 

Health benefits

Tennis can be a great workout and lots of fun. Tennis has many health benefits including:

• Increasing aerobic capacities

• Lowering resting heart rate and blood pressure

• Improving metabolic function

• Increasing bone density

• Lowering body fat

• Improving muscle tone, strength and flexibility

• Increasing reaction times.

• fitness by burning fat and improving your cardiovascular fitness and maintaining higher energy levels.

• anaerobic fitness by offering short, intense bursts of activity during a point followed by rest which helps muscles use oxygen efficiently.

• ability to accelerate by practice in sprinting, jumping and lunging to move quickly.

• powerful first step by requiring anticipation, quick reaction time and explosion into action.

• speed through a series of side-to-side and up and back sprints to chase the ball.

• leg strength through hundreds of starts and stops which build stronger leg muscles.

 

Other benefits

As well as being a great physical workout, tennis is also:

• A non-impact sport

• A great way to meet people and spend time with friends

• Suitable for all ages and skill levels. Whatever your level, you can find someone with a similar ability to play with

• Helpful to reduce stress

• Not dependent on youth or strength – you can play for a lifetime or start the game at any age