Tennisletics Blog
Many players will spend weeks, even months, researching and finding the perfect tennis racquet for their style of play before committing to a purchase. However, when it comes to choosing the best string (and tension), it’s often an impulse decision or afterthought that’s made in minutes or left to the stringer to decide.
Getting children involved in sport at a young age is a great way to help aid their development, both physically and mentally. Tennis is the perfect sport for kids as its a sport that can be picked up at any age and teaches them valuable life lessons such as teamwork, confidence, and discipline. Below we’ve highlighted a few of the key mental and physical benefits of playing tennis.
Core exercises to improve strength and stability in tennis are a vital part of fitness training for tennis. The abdominal, oblique and lower back muscles are extensively used for the three basic and most important shots in tennis – the serve, forehand, and backhand. Strengthening your core will provide that vital stability for times when you are forced off balance or pressed by an opponent on the baseline - and likely make the critical difference between a good shot and a bad one.
No matter whether you play once a week or train every day playing tennis is a fantastic sport to help keep you healthy and in shape. Tennis requires the perfect mix of cardiovascular fitness coupled with muscular strength. In addition to this tennis is a sport that uses your full body not just specific muscles, meaning you need a greater level of general fitness.
We’ve answered some of the most common questions that we get asked about all aspects of tennis on a regular basis.
