Age For Start Playing Tennis

As in most sports, there is no exact age at which to start tennis. Whether or not a child is prepared to receive tennis lessons depends more on their skills, abilities, and abilities than on their age.

Many children at 4 years of age already have a fairly advanced motor coordination capacity that allows them to start playing tennis, but it is necessary to keep in mind that their attention span is still not very developed. At this age, constant distractions make tennis lessons a mere game with rackets and balls.

In these classes, although they do not serve to perfect his technique, the little ones will be able to familiarize themselves with the material and with the basic ideas of the game. The best thing is that the child uses in his training rackets, nets and balls of mini tennis that adapt to his physical conditions.

Most experts say that the best age to start practicing tennis in a more formal way reaches 5 or 6 years. By reaching these age children have already developed a lot of their psychomotor, coordination and attention, adapting much better to the demands of the game.

This is the perfect age to let the children experience blows with the racket, balance the ball and come into contact with the most basic technique of play tennis. It is intended that the children will get used to the track, its dimensions, the handles and the weight of the rackets and balls.

Work cited: Donald. “Ideal Age For Children To Start Playing Tennis.” Tennis Open, 28 Mar. 2017, tennis-open.net/ideal-age-for-children-to-start-playing-tennis/.