While tennis has always been a popular sport, the fitness aspect of tennis is now being highly valued as a method of getting our youths in shape and instilling in them the fun aspect of competition and athleticism. To better your tennis game requires a great amount of athleticism and schools are realizing that in teaching tennis in gym classes, students become more excited about the sport and, in turn, more excited about getting in shape.
Currently, obesity is a major problem in the United States and many sports, such as football and baseball, have athletes that don’t showcase a fit, in shape lifestyle. Watching overweight players causes youths to feel like they could be successful in sports as well as being out of shape. This promotes a unhealthy lifestyle and false expectations in students.
Unlike players in other major sports, tennis players have to maintain their shap to keep their competitive edge. Players like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray exhibit an incredibly fit physique and comment on the incredible amount of work they do to raise their athleticism to the point to compete at a professional level.
Due to the ease of maintaining a tennis court, more high schools are creating tennis courts and holding tennis competitions. Also the small price of building a hard tennis court and maintaining it has low income schools viewing the sport as a great method of getting students involved in athletic competition and eliminating obesity.
As tennis is increasing in popularity due to high competitive rivalries and local tennis clubs are being built to accommodate demands, local schools are looking at the sport as a way to combat childhood obesity. If schools continue to put focus on tennis, tennis tournaments may prove to be as popular as football games and an excellent method of instilling fitness into students’ lifestyles.
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