Tennis +9.7 years
Tennis +9.7 years
Tennis players are expected to live the longest of all athletes: +9.7 extra years!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30193744/ (Schnohr P, O’Keefe JH, Holtermann A, Lavie CJ, Lange P, Jensen GB, Marott JL. Various Leisure-Time Physical Activities Associated With Widely Divergent Life Expectancies: The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Dec;93(12):1775-1785. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.06.025. Epub 2018 Sep 4. PMID: 30193744.)
Every tennis match will be a victory for you. Tennis improves heart health, heart rate, balance, flexibility and coordination. You burn calories, exercise muscles, and have fun simultaneously. Find a tennis club or a private tennis coach who will teach you the basics and the proper technique.
Tennis broadens your social life, and you can play with old friends and meet new ones. Play doubles and have someone to share the joy with when you win a ball or blame if you lose! Tennis offers plenty of physical space and a lower risk of injury than football and hockey.
Tennis was invented in 1873 by British Major Walter Wingfield to compete with croquet. 1877, the first Wimbledon tournament was played, and in 1896, tennis was included in the Olympics. Future King Gustaf V started the Crown Prince’s Lawn Tennis Club in the same year, and in 1906, the Swedish Lawn Tennis Association was formed. Ivo Karlović made the fastest serve at 251 km/h. The longest match was 11 hours and 5 minutes during Wimbledon 2010.
I didn’t grow up playing tennis, so I had the help of a tennis coach for a few years. As soon as one ball went out - a new one was on its way over the net, and I was exhausted nicely after each pass. I was playing with friends made for good conversation on dirt tracks at the forest’s edge.
Tennis is like a duel at dawn or a mix of chess and boxing but without injuries. Now, I share the joy of tennis with my two boys.
Tennis is exciting to watch, and Sweden has an incredible tennis history. In Båstad, I saw Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, and Robin Söderling. I made a film with Anders Järryd, who won doubles at Wimbledon, and Björn Hellberg, who, with his enormous tennis passion, has not missed a Wimbledon since 1967. Get infected by their glowing tennis passion at www.youtube.com/danielsword. Warm up with Andre Agassi’s biography Open, which depicts the world number one’s matches eerily excitingly.
There are tennis courts wherever you go, and you can try different surfaces such as gravel, grass, and hard courts. During trips to 65 countries, I sometimes got to play tennis. Tennis is a language that connects countries and continents. Swedish neighborhoods have asphalt tracks where you can play for free in the rough and tumble. In summer you can play outdoors on clay courts and in winter indoors in tennis halls.
Positive effects: During a match, the muscles in the upper body are activated to swing the racket, and you do footwork forward and backward. You chase the ball in different directions, and the movements from side to side challenge balance and coordination. Studies found that tennis improves balance and reduces falls. Tennis improves bone health and muscle function more than running.
https://www.healthline.com/health/exercises-for-ba...
According to a study, tennis players have a more robust system of bones and ligaments that make up the body’s framework, joints that make movement possible, and muscles that perform movements in the upper and lower body than non-players.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31710819/
Researchers in a new study from the Copenhagen City Heart Study examined improvements in life expectancy from different sports. 8,577 people were in the risk-adjusted research from the 1990s until 2017. They were followed for 25 years for all-cause mortality, and a quarter of a century was long enough to ask the question: How do sports affect life expectancy? Results: Tennis players have a 9.7 years longer life expectancy than those with a sedentary lifestyle. In second place came badminton, with 6.2 years of extra life expectancy.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30193744/(Schnohr P, O’Keefe JH, Holtermann A, Lavie CJ, Lange P, Jensen GB, Marott JL. Various Leisure-Time Physical Activities Associated With Widely Divergent Life Expectancies: The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Dec;93(12):1775-1785. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.06.025. Epub 2018 Sep 4. PMID: 30193744.)Tennis’ short bursts of activity are extra beneficial. The researchers wrote, “Short repeated intervals of higher-intensity exercise appear superior to continuous moderate-intensity physical activity in improving health outcomes.”
In the study, sports with social interaction provided the best longevity. Raising the heart rate, playing, and interacting with people may have positive psychological and physiological effects. It was also found that tennis is a sport that more people continue with later in life.
A sizeable English cohort study of 80 306 adults examined different types of sports and exercise with all-cause mortality. Racket sports were the most protective against the risk of dying. Racket sports such as tennis and badminton showed a significant risk reduction of 47% in all-cause mortality and a 59% reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality.
(Oja P, Kelly P, Pedisic Z, Titze S, Bauman A, Foster C, Hamer M, Hillsdon M, Stamatakis E. Associations of specific types of sports and exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular-disease mortality: a cohort study of 80 306 British adults. Br J Sports Med. 2017 May;51(10):812-817. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096822. Epub 2016 Nov 28. PMID: 27895075.)684,000 die from fall injuries worldwide. 37.3 million cases require medical attention. Tennis optimizes the chances of better balance.
You can play tennis with children, parents, and peers at any age. My next tennis match will be with the Olympic gold medalist in shooting Ragnar Skanåker, who is 89 years old and plays tennis twice weekly. Who do you want to face in tennis? Invite them to a match today!
Conductors are said to be the longest-living profession. The phenomenon has long been studied. A Metropolitan Life Insurance study found that conductors live 38% longer than the average population and that conducting is good cardiovascular exercise.
Are there similarities between holding a baton and a tennis racket in your hand? Both provide an outlet for emotions, make one step into the present, and train the heart muscle effectively.
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