Why do you play tennis?

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I play tennis is because of the nice equipment and skills needed to play this sport. Also because it's fun:)
Why Do you play tennis?
 
1.) I find it fun
2.) It is a great, fun way to stay fit
3.) It helps satisfy my need for competition
 
i play tennis because there are some very classy and nice people that play. iv been playing since i was 4. i have lots of fun. i want to make something of myself.
 
i play because i have a need to play sports and be competitive. football and baseball aren't very easy sports to go play any day of the week at any time. tennis is also a sport that i enjoy, and can practice on my own. i can play with all different types of people, including friends, family, kids, strangers... etc. i think it is played just about everywhere. it doesn't cost a TON of money. it keeps me in shape. i can get a workout, be competitive, and have fun for "free" everyday (once you pay the big bucks for the gear up front, and add $3 a day for balls)!
 
I never liked team sports. I just don't get them. I don't get any enjoyment from being a part in an apparatus, such as a lineman or an outfielder. That's one reason.

Of course we'll all say we play because we enjoy it. At least I hope so. But why do we enjoy it? I enjoy it because it's a challenge, and it's so intensely physical. I'm an editor and a writer. I sit in a desk all day and most nights, working with words and ideas, abstractions, symbols. The rules of grammar and style are complex and amorphous. Tennis however, is tactile, sensory, and straightforward. There's boundaries. It's cut and dry. It's either in or out. You either won the point or lost it. Plus, I'm out of my seat. I'm running. Thinking only does me so much good. Mostly it's physical, about guts and patience, endurance -- with some smarts of course. To be honest, I don't enjoy the competition that much, in part because I'm not a great competitor. Competition stresses me. But that's okay. Over the years, I have learned that I don't need to be a great match player to enjoy the game. Maybe like Santoro versus Federrer that way.

Finally, no matter what my troubles, tennis takes my mind off. Unless I play really bad, which is quite often. But even then, adrenaline eases the pain. And that night, when I go to sleep, I can replay the fun points and winners I hit in my mind until I fall asleep.
 
I was going to take ballet classes...but then they didnt take guys...so I I thought tennis was kinda like ballet...but without the graceful pirouettes
 
When I was a child it was my sport of choice for some reason, 13 years later I have no idea why I play anymore. I haven't touched a racket in almost 6 weeks, so who knows? :confused:
 
I play because I can take all the anger I have collected thru the days and unleash it on the little yellow ball. That plus need of competition and a good workout.
 
It is an incredible sport because it is a physical and mental test, there is always soo much room for improvement, and nothing feels better (in a sport) than perfect contact at the center point between a ball and a racquet.
 
Playing tennis justifies:
1) the amount of time i spend on the TT forums
2) the amount of $$ i spend on racquets and gear. (what waste it would be to spend the money and not play!)
 
cause golf sucks. seriously tennis you get to move around golf you stand there and walk to the ball. and any sport where guys can be 50 years old and compete at the pro level gets no support from me.
 
Because I'm not fit enough to play basketball again yet. Gotta hit the gym and work on those shoulders :)
 
i guess cause I am guitar player I like that gear stuff, you have that in tennis too, and in music, GAS... :D

Anyway i play a lot of other sports too basketball, socer volleyball, tabletennis, bike and so on...
 
For me, it started out as a group activity once a week, but I started to grow as a player. And the more I played, the more I wanted to improve. I then started meeting new hitting partners, had made new friends, and here I am posting bout it on TTW.
 
TheJRK said:
Because I can't teach it... ;-)
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I was a tennis coach for a while during the summer. I hated coaching. I liked to play tennis competitively, not teach kids that don't know how to play. But...there were a few kids that i liked coaching..but overall, don't think i'm coaching again. It messes with my game...i don't stay as competitive when coaching.

Also, i play tennis because I love to hit acute angles and hit winners, and make my opponent look stupid,

plus i want to get as good as federer (i wish), and to stay fit, plus its very theraputic hitting the ball hard
 
Because it's fun, it's almost sort of like meditation for me, which probably sounds crazy. Whenever I'm out on the court It's nice to not think about anything else, kind of clears my head.
 
think my dad out me onto tennis coz he used to have a hit every now and then, but if it wasnt that it was because my best mate was a gun tennis player in grade 4.

I love the game because its fun, the social aspect is great and it provides the best stress relief of anything i've ever tried. nothin like pounding balls for a couple of hours after a long day in the lecture theatre.
 
1. because it's FUN.

2. because I can show off my body by wearing skin tight Nike Pro Vent Shirt on the tennis court. And yes, the ladies on the other tennis courts notice it. :) :)
 
I play tennis b/c I saw Agassi play Lendl at Stratton Mountain in 1987.

And yes, I did shed a tear at the Open in 2006 when he lost to Becker.
 
Quite possibly because I'm hopelessly addicted to it. Well, better it be tennis than video games or something. However, video games don't tend to require over $20 an hour during winter months. :)
 
Because it distracts me from my former Meth, and krispy cream donut addiction

.............ok that's not true I was never addicted to krispy cream donuts.
 
richw76 said:
Because it distracts me from my former Meth, and krispy cream donut addiction

.............ok that's not true I was never addicted to krispy cream donuts.
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Also when I was a kid me and my best friend played soccer and tennis. He was better at soccer, but I could beat him at tennis, so I liked it more and continued playing.

Also, tennis is like a good woman, and has the ability to send you to the height of exileration, or force you to the catacombs of unmitigated frustration.
 
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