Fitness
12 HEALTH BENEFITS OF TENNIS
#1: Good for your Heart
Tennis lowers your incidence of heart disease as you age.
#2: Stress Relief & Management
With the physical, mental and emotional challenges that tennis presents, it will increase your capacity to deal with stress.
#3: Greater Muscle Tone & Development
Tennis provides a constant workout for both the upper and lower body.
#4: Better Bone Strength
No matter what your age, weight-bearing activities like tennis are good for bone health.
#5: Improved Work Ethic
By having to improve through lessons and practice, tennis reinforces hard work.
#6: Enhanced Problem Solving
Players need to figure angles, geometry, and physics...all while adjusting to match conditions in real-time!
#7: Terrific Flexibility
Tennis works all limbs, joints and muscles. Tennis is consistently rated one of the top sports in terms of flexibility.
#8: Managing Mistakes
Tennis teaches you how to move past mistakes when you make them, a necessary life skill.
#9: Develops Self-Discipline
Regular practice keeps you disciplined in your approach to improving.
#10: Improves Balance, Coordination and Reaction Time
By moving and adjusting to hit the ball, tennis helps general coordination. By constantly adjusting to the timing of the ball, it improves eye-hand coordination.
#11: Tennis Activates Your Mind
The sport requires critical thinking and problem solving. Tennis keeps your brain active.
#12: It's Social AND Fun!
Tennis is one of the best sports for socializing, having fun, and staying fit. Playing tennis exercises your mind and your body: you keep score, you talk to the other players, you use your eyes, ears, and sometimes your heart. There's never been a better time to get on the court!