Does playing tennis help excercise your brain?

Question

Like improve your brain's processing speed?

Answer 1

Tons. You have to have very good strategy, that needs to shift if your idea doesn't quite work. And you need to make decisions at split second speed. Without a strong mental game, you can fade away, like Gasquet.

Answer 2

Yeah

Answer 3

yes,if serious. it's also a wonderful way to develop a sense of focus and even discipline in other activities.

Answer 4

Tennis is for the thinking player coz it requires mental strength as well as physical...no champion became one if it were not for his or her brains...it requires you  to think as to how to outmaneuver an opponent...

Answer 5

Yes. The brain exercises its ability to react in split second. It triggers its speed mechanisms as well as its accurate decision making if the result is correct or not & adjusts to correct the wrong the next time the situation happens or arises again. That my friend is good for the brain in order that it may not be rusty & maintain its perfect conditions all the times when the body is still alive & well.

Answer 6

Depends what level your playing at.  Low level tennis not so much, but quality tennis requires strategy.

Answer 7

Tennis is a mental game.  The player needs to look for patterns, and determine the strategies to use during the match.  So yes, tennis is a mental game and helps you exercise your brain.