Start Playing Tennis

Start Playing Tennis

Tennis can be played as a sport or as a recreational activity with friends and family. Either way, playing tennis is a good sport to maintain your health, fitness, strength, and agility. It has been calculated that an hour-long game of singles tennis burns around 600 calories for men and 420 calories for women.

Health benefits of tennis

Start playing tennis
Start playing tennis

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

  • lowering body fat
  • increasing bone density
  • increasing reaction times.
  • increasing aerobic capacities
  • improving metabolic function
  • lowering resting heart rate and blood pressure
  • improving muscle tone, strength, and flexibility

 

Other benefits of tennis

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

  • a non-impact sport
  • helpful to reduce stress
  • a great way to meet people and spend time with friends
  • played all over Australia and through many parts of the world.
  • not dependent on youth or strength – you can play for a lifetime or start the game at any age
  • suitable for all ages and skill levels. Whatever your level, you can find someone of a similar ability to play with

 

Tennis is a very popular sport in Australia and is played by people of all ages. Tennis can be played by two people (called ‘playing singles’) or four people (‘doubles’). Players use racquets to hit a ball over a net into the other side of the court.

Starting playing tennis

Tennis is very popular in Australia and is played in organized competitions as well as social games. In order to play tennis, you need a racquet, a ball, a court with a net, and an opponent.

Club courts and public courts are available for hire in most suburbs and towns. If you can’t find someone to play against, many tennis clubs host organized social play, competitions, and tournaments that will provide fellow tennis players for you to play with and against. Alternatively, if you don’t have a tennis partner, you can always practice your skills by hitting a tennis ball against a wall.