More than 70 percent of all tennis is played extensively at public facilities.
Tennis is one of the few sports you can have THREE GENERATIONS playing together.
Tennis creates a network of friends beyond the court; this is vital as technology often isolates.
Tennis is an Inclusive sport: The United States Tennis Association has launched Net Generation to get tennis to look more like America! Tennis is a game that can be adapted for any mental, physical or emotional disability.
-Want to live longer? As in 9.7 years longer? Play tennis. (New York Times)
-Kids who play tennis
48% of tennis players have an a average, 73% have never been sent to the Principals office, 82% volunteer in their communities, have lower rates of unhealthy behaviors like drinking, smoking, and are less likely to be overweight or become obese. (USTA Serves Special Report)
-People who participate in tennis 3 hours per week cut their risk of death in half from any cause (Physician Ralph Paffenbarger who studied over 10,000 people over a period of 20 years)
-Tennis players scored higher in vigor, optimism and self-esteem while scoring lower in depression, anger, confusion, anxiety and tension than any other athletes and non-athletes. (Dr. Joan Finn and colleagued Southern Connecticut State University)
-Regardless of Socioeconomic levels, tennis participants are at a much lower risk of being suspended or expelled from school.
-Kids can begin playing as early as the age of 2! This is truly a lifetime sport.
An hour of singles play can burn 580-870 calories (Oja, et al, Brit J Sports Med, 2016)
Compared to other sports, tennis players have the lowest incidence of cardiovascular disease (John Hopkins University 40 year Study)
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