Tennis offers many health benefits, but as with any aspect of life, there are also side effects. Both amateurs and professionals suffer minor or major injuries from time to time. Understanding why injuries occur is a crucial step in analyzing how hard tennis is on your body and making a conscious decision about whether to continue to train. Coach Marcin Bieniek, founder of Enjoy Tennis Blog, explains to what extent tennis is a dangerous sport.
To what extent is tennis a dangerous sport?
Tennis is not a contact sport, but it doesn’t mean that it is easy on the body. However, the stressors are necessary to improve your game and experience physical gains.
Playing on different surfaces, against different playing styles or in different weather conditions are all factors that can put players in danger. We have all seen the horrible ankle injury Sascha Zverev sustained in the 2022 French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal. These situations happen and players have to be prepared for all the difficulties.
Athletes have to learn how to maintain an optimum amount of pressure to get the benefits without side effects. Serving for too long is a typical mistake that can lead to shoulder injuries, especially for pro players. Amateur players have problems with knees, because of inadequate…
