How playing tennis regularly can help you live a longer, more active and healthier life.

1. Living Healthy with Tennis
How Tennis Can Help You Live a More
Active & Healthier Life

2. Tennis-Health Benefits & Facts
It’s no secret being active and
playing tennis offers a wide array
of health benefits.
There’s a fundamental
connection between the time you
spend on the court and improving
overall health.
In case you needed another
reason to enjoy the game here
are some surprising facts
behind this strong connection…

3. Tennis-Health Benefits & Facts
• Playing 3 hours a week of tennis can reduce the risk death.
• Strategic mentality and alertness used in tennis can help continue
player brain development for the rest of their lives.
• Reduces tension and anxiety while building self-confidence.
• Provides a combination of agility, aerobic and anaerobic fitness

4. Tennis-Health Benefits & Facts
• Improves cardiovascular fitness that keep energy levels up.
• Leads to better eating habits and healthier diet.
• Frequent stretching and tennis movements can improve flexibility.
• Burns more calories that cycling or inline skating.
• Improves gross and fine motor control and coordination development.
• Strengthens bones and helps bone density.
• Leads to stronger and fitter leg muscles

5. Improving Your Game with Burpees
• There’s a strong connection between the burpee exercises you used to
do and improving your tennis skills.
Both require fundamentally similar skills and characteristics like
flexibility, stamina, strength and coordination.
• The great thing about burpee movements is it works the body’s major
muscle groups while engaging your cardiovascular system; essential
components of court conditioning and overall skill development.

6. Improving Your Game with Burpees
It’s perfect for shorter workouts without sacrificing the
benefits of working up a good sweat.
Making a few reps of burpees a part of
your tennis warm ups will get your body
ready for action and help keep your
heart rate up.
That way you can bring that
extra stamina and power with you
whenever you play!
And the more sets you do the better the results!

7. Your Quick Burpee Tutorial
1. Start in the standing position
2. Lower into a squatting position.
3. Transition your body weight to your arms, press against the floor with your hands.
4. Step back one leg at a time or even jump back.
5. Get into plank position. Keeping your core firm and hips at shoulder height.
6. Come back through your inner heals.
7. Do one push-up as low as possible
8. Step your feet up to your hands or jump
9. Bring your glutes back to your heels again.
10. From that position jump as high as possible
11. Come back into a controlled squatting position
12. Build up strength and get to approx. 15 reps.

8. Presentation Resources
• Advantage Tennis Clubs
– Surprising Connection Between Burpees & Tennis!
– For Your Own Good : The Tennis-Health Connection