Benefits of Tennis

Playing tennis teaches you a lot about yourself: the depth of your inner strength, your discipline, your tenacity and the mastery of your emotions.

Playing tennis can improve critical thinking, mental alertness, and tactical thinking by making connections in the brain. Tennis also helps regulate serotonin—a brain chemical linked to functions such as sleep cycle, appetite, and your emotional state.

Further reading…

The String Theory by David Foster Wallace

Esquire PUBLISHED: SEP 17, 2008

Roger Federer as Religious Experience by David Foster Wallace

New York Times (Paywalled) PUBLISHED: AUG 20, 2006

Best of all, Tennis is a great family sport, you can meet new friends while playing on league teams, for your school, competing in tournaments or ladders. You can move to a new city anywhere in the world and quickly meet nice people to play with.