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How to Play Tennis: Clear Instructions That Will Make a Huge Impact

This how to play tennis page contains clear, simple and concise instructions on shows how to learn and improve all aspects of your game.

Tennis is one of the best sports to learn or improve if you are already an accomplished player. Tennis requires technique, mental focus and tactical thinking, and physical fitness. The skills you gain through tennis will help you in all areas of your life. Tennis is also a lot of fun and a good sport to meet new people and make friends.

Learning good tennis technique for all the fundamental strokes of tennis is important. Good technique enables you to become good at tennis, enjoy the game more and avoid injury. Good technique is especially important on your serve to avoid injury if you plan to play or are playing a lot.

Tennis is very much a mental sport. It requires a high degree of mental focus while the ball is in play to track the ball from your opponent’s racket until it hits your racket. Tennis requires strategy on how to exploit your opponent’s weaknesses and on how to make use of your strengths to your advantage. Winning tennis matches also requires mental toughness to stay focused and think strategically for hours to win long, hard fought matches.

Physical fitness is an important part of being a good tennis player. Long matches require a high degree of physical endurance. Physical strength gives you an advantage over your opponent and prevents injury.

Below you will find links that link to learning and improving each aspect of the sport.

Grip

Serve