Cardio Tennis

[kevhen]

Anyone else do this? I joined a free session last night and really enjoyed it. Our instructor was an Australian woman who plays for the local university. She had us hopping around and constantly moving and hitting a variety of shots and then playing some points out. I ended up playing a couple sets of singles afterwards and my legs were just exhausted in the second set after the previous hour of cardio tennis and I rarely get tired playing tennis.

Our instructor Kayla from Austrayla
http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/berry_kayla00.html

[norcal]

Anyone else do this? I joined a free session last night and really enjoyed it. Our instructor was an Australian woman who plays for the local university. She had us hopping around and constantly moving and hitting a variety of shots and then playing some points out. I ended up playing a couple sets of singles afterwards and my legs were just exhausted in the second set after the previous hour of cardio tennis and I rarely get tired playing tennis.

Our instructor Kayla from Austrayla
http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/berry_kayla00.html

Nice work Kevhen, she's cute. Gonna ask her out?

I was under the impression cardio tennis is more for beginners? Were you the strongest player out there?

[kevhen]

I was surprised that of the 8 guys, there was one 4.5 guy four 4.0s, two 3.5s, and one 3.0. All the 4.0s stuck together and worked with Kayla who was all smiles and jokes and pushed us to keep going when tired.

She told me not to get 'cawky' when we were doing a team game of singles and my partner and I had won 11-1 the first time we served. We lost 11-9 both games that we returned but then won 11-5 the last time we served.

She said she had been a ball girl at some of the smaller pro tournaments around Brisbane.

I did expect mostly beginners, 3.0s and 3.5s. Their were about a dozen women and they looked mostly 3.0 and 3.5 level.

I asked her to play with us but she said she had a wrist injury, so I said she should try to play lefty but she said it was her left wrist so I said then just hit one-hand back hands and she was like 'good ole cheap and chawg' like how the Crocodile Hunter would have said it.

[tennis-skater]

ive done it with my parents before when i do it there pretty much all beginners and they focus more on getting exercise than getting better but its a lot of fun

[kevhen]

The only thing that was disappointing was all the flat balls in the bin so I mentioned that to the guy in charge and he was going to try to remove them for us. 3.0s don't notice flat balls but it does make a difference to 4.0-4.5 guys who can place the ball pretty well.

I actually snuck a flat ball in for a second serve once last night since I was planning to serve and volley and got a nice soft floater coming back!

[Cindysphinx]

No, I haven't tried it and haven't been interested. I have knee issues, so the less time spent running hard on a rock-hard tennis court, the better. I have to get my cardio in with sprints and hill work wearing real running shoes.

I also figure if I'm going to do a lesson or drill class, I want to get better with my racquet, not get my heart rate up.

I'm a total sourpuss, aren't I? :D

[Cindysphinx]

The only thing that was disappointing was all the flat balls in the bin so I mentioned that to the guy in charge and he was going to try to remove them for us. 3.0s don't notice flat balls but it does make a difference to 4.0-4.5 guys who can place the ball pretty well.

I actually snuck a flat ball in for a second serve once last night since I was planning to serve and volley and got a nice soft floater coming back!

Hey now, Sonny!!

We elderly 3.0s do notice flat balls. On account of how we can't hit them because we aren't fast enough to reach them before they bounce twice! :D

[kevhen]

I was surprised that my joints felt fine afterward since most of the running wasn't hard pounding but more just bouncing on your toes and keeping your heart rate up while hitting some tennis balls in the process. I don't think it would be too hard on the knees although we did some drills where we had to chase balls outwide and then recover to center and repeat...

[Andres]

Never heard of it.
Kev, any explanation you would like to give us? Maybe I can try it ;)

[kevhen]

You could do it during a normal tennis match but you would exhaust yourself. Instead of walking back to pick up balls, jog, skip, hop, or whatever back and just keep moving in a pretty energetic way that keeps your heartrate up. This is a good calorie burner too.

[mucat]

Cardio Tennis....hmmm...I don't have to wear spandex or anything like that, right?

[looseswing]

Cardio Tennis....hmmm...I don't have to wear spandex or anything like that, right?

I believe rule 2b, subsection 12ADBZ, section Z of the cardio tennis book of rule states that "all players with names begenning with "m" and ending with "ucat" must wear spandex and stuff like it";)

[kevhen]

I believe rule 2b, subsection 12ADBZ, section Z of the cardio tennis book of rule states that "all players with names begenning with "m" and ending with "ucat" must wear spandex and stuff like it";)

Yeah, I think Kayla from Austrayla made that announcement before we started but there was no one there with a name like that so it was just shorts and t-shirts. One guy wore sweats but got very hot very quickly.