Tennis is apparaently less tressul than orth er sport especially for people playibng it as a amateur sport,
I had an aunt by the name of Aunt Juke, She was in her 60-ties when I used o vost them in the 1960's. A unt Juke was a funny characterand I can remembe 2 things about her - one of which was tennis, He rhusband told me there is problem - if he dies the only day that she would attend the funeral is on a Thursday - the est of the days she pla yed tennis every day.
She was very funny and sharp - her husband was a regtired policeman and during his career he wa stationed in what was then Soutth West Africa and also in Namakwaland, She said one day most o the stations where he worled was in areas where "the Fock All is white in the bloom",
Sh e did outlive he husband - but I was trasferred to Durban and lost contact with them - so I don't knw whethe the funeral was on a Thirsday,
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The case for tennis
Walking may be America’s go-to activity, but several studies have highlighted the benefits of tennis for longevity.
One study from Denmark found that tennis players lived almost 10 years longer than their sedentary peers — and longer than soccer players, swimmers and the other recreational athletes included in the analysis. Other research from Britain and the United States followed people for about a decade and found that playing racket sports was linked to a lower risk of death during the follow-up period than any other sport or form of exercise studied.
These findings don’t prove that tennis causes people to live longer, said Emmanuel Stamatakis, an epidemiologist at the University of Sydney and the senior author of the British study, since the studies weren’t designed to tease out why any one sport was particularly beneficial. It’s possible, for example, that people who play racket sports tend to be healthier and wealthier than people who don’t, although the researchers tried to account for those differences.
Still, experts believe that tennis’s unique blend of physical, cognitive and social challenges contribute to healthy aging.
For one, tennis offers a full-body workout. The game also demands quick changes in direction, which can help improve balance and reduce a person’s risk of falls, Dr. Moore said. Research suggests that playing regularly can also improve bone density, strengthening the body against fractures, he added.
In tennis, you also alternate between intense bursts of movement and brief periods of recovery — a structure that mimics interval training and can efficiently improve your fitness.
Beyond the physical effort, the sport is also cognitively demanding and intrinsically social, two factors that are crucial to longevity, said Mark Kovacs, a sports scientist who has coached top tennis players.
Many other sports exercise your brain and buffer against isolation, but people who play tennis also tend to stick with it later into life compared with other sports, said Rochelle Eime, a professor of sport science at Federation University Australia. After all, you need only one partner, and it’s relatively gentle on the body, Dr. Eime added.