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TENNIS -
FOR
THE HEALTH OF IT! |
Tennis can improve your overall health,
Including your mental and physical
fitness, according to world-renowned
scientists from a variety of
disciplines. Here are the fact:
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People who play tennis three
hours per week at a moderately
vigorous intensity cut in half
their risk death from any cause.
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Tennis players scored higher in
vigor, optimism and self-esteem
while scoring lower in
depression, anger, confusion,
anxiety and tension than other
athletes and non athletes
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Since tennis requires alertness
and tactical thinking, it may
generate new connections between
nerves in the brain and promote
a lifetime of continuing brain
development.
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Tennis outperforms golf and most
other sports in developing
positive personality
characteristics.
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Competitive tennis burns more
calories than aerobics or
cycling
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Health, fitness, fun make sport
excellent choice |
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Physical
reasons to play tennis -
Tennis enhances your:
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Psychological reasons to play
tennis -
Tennis helps you:
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aerobic fitness:
by burning for and improving
your cardiovascular fitness
and maintaining higher
energy levels. |
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anaerobic fitness:
by offering short, intense
bursts of activity during a
point followed by rest,
which helps muscles use
oxygen efficiently. |
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ability to accelerate:
by providing practice in
sprinting, jumping and
lunging quickly. |
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powerful first step:
by requiring anticipation,
quick reaction time and
explosion into action. |
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speed:
through a series of
side-to-side and up and back
sprints to chase the ball. |
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leg strength:
through hundreds of starts
and stops that builds
stronger leg muscles. |
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general body coordination:
since you have to move into
position and then you adjust
your upper body to hit the
ball successfully. |
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gross motor control:
through movement and
ball-striking skills that
require control of your
large muscle groups. |
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fine motor control:
by use of touch shots like
angled valleys, drop shots
and lobs. |
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agility:
by
forcing you to change
direction as many as five
times in 10 seconds during a
typical point. |
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dynamic balance:
through hundreds of starts,
stops, changes of direction
and hitting on the run. |
12.
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cross-training: through
a physically demanding sport
that's fun for athletes who
specialize in other sports. |
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bone strength and density:
by strengthening bones of
young players and helping
prevent osteoporosis in
older ones. |
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immune system:
though its conditioning
effects, which promotes
overall health fitness and
resistance to disease. |
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nutritional habits:
by eating appropriately
before competition to
enhance energy production
and after competition to
practice proper recovery
methods. |
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hand-eye coordination:
because you constantly judge
the timing between the
oncoming ball and the proper
contact point. |
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flexibility:
due to the constant
stretching and maneuvering
to return the ball to your
opponent. |
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develop a work ethic:
because improvement through
lessons or practice
reinforces the value of hard
work. |
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develop discipline:
since you learn to work on
your skills in practice |
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manage mistakes:
by learning to play within
your abilities, and
realizing that minimizing
mistakes |
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learn to compete one on one:
because the ability to do
battle on the court trains
you in the ups and down of
the competitive world. |
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accept responsibility:
by practicing skills and
checking your equipment
before a match, and by
making accurate line calls
during a match. |
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manage adversity:
by learning to adjust to the
elements (e.g. wind, sun)
and still be able to compete
tenaciously |
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control stress
effectively:
because the physical, mental
and emotional stress of
tennis will force you to
increase you capacity
for dealing with stress |
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learn how to recover:
by adapting to the stress of
a point and the recovery
period between points, which
is similar to the stress and
recovery cycles in life. |
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plan and implement
strategies:
since you naturally learn to
anticipate you opponents
moves and plan your counter
moves. |
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learn to solve problems:
since tennis is a sport
based on angles, geometry
and physics |
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develop performance rituals:
before serving or return to
control your rhythm of play
and deal with pressure.
Those skills can transfer to
taking exams, conducting a
meeting or making an
important sales
presentation. |
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learn sportsmanship:
since tennis teaches you to
compete fairly with
opponents. |
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learn to win graciously
and lose with honor:
Gloating after a win or
making excuses after loss
doesn't work in tennis or in
life. |
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learn
teamwork:
since successful doubles
play depends on the ability
of you and your partner to
play as a cohesively unit |
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develop social skills:
through interaction and
communication before a
match, while changing side
on the court and after play. |
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have fun
- because the healthy
feeling of enjoyment,
competitiveness and physical
challenge are inherent in
the sport |
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Summary and reason No. 34
It is any wonder that scientist
and physicians around the world
view tennis as the most healthful
activity in which you can
participate? While other sports
can provide health benefits and
some can promote mental and
emotional growth, none can compete
with tennis in delivering overall
physical, mental and emotional
gains to those who play.
All these benefits make tennis the
ideal sport for kids to learn
early in life. And it's never to
late for adults of all ages to
take up the game. The human system
can be trained and improved at any
stage of life.
The key is to start playing now to
get the most out of these benefits
throughout your life time.
And, that brings us to No. 34:
Tennis is truly the sport of a
life time! The proof is in the
playing.
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Tennis - for the health of it! Poster
To start playing the
game call:
754-422-0120 |
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