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Health Benefits of Tennis
Top 5 reasons to play tennis
The game of tennis is one that can be enjoyed by anyone throughout most of their lives. It is essentially a game that has no age bearing limitations as long as one plays against someone similiar in age and talent to them. This means the experience of tennis does not require one to be of certain age in order to enjoy playing. As one ages many sports become more and more difficult to play without injury, such as football, but tennis does not experience physical contact, which in many cases is the main reason for retirement from sports. The health benefits of tennis are numerous and exceptional. They are life changing benefits.
5 reasons to get started:
5 reasons to get started:
- Drastically decreases ones risk of heart disease by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.
- Increases ones flexibility, coordination, and balance.
- Boosts brain activity making one think and calculate the next best shot in order to have the best odds of winning.
- Helps one lose weight and maintain a stable weight because there is constant moving. Sprinting, reaching, swinging, and pivoting are essential to tennis and can provide an excellent workout with the right opponent. it is a whole body sport that enables one to burn vast amounts of calories.
- Better alternative to running for those who are not too fond of running. The game takes ones mind off the actual exercise at hand. It is the game itself that steals ones focus.