How do you get started playing tennis?

Question

Ok,

im a pretty athletic person.

athletics at school,

i have a personal trainer,

and i do 13 hours of ballet a week.

Im starting prep school in the fall,

and sports are required,

and i was thinking i might want to start playing tennis.

how would you reccomend i go about doing this?

Answer 1

just pick up a racket and a handbook  and you will be really good in a few months

Answer 2

join tennis club n start frm abcd,

Answer 3

the good thing about school sports is tht you can come to the first day of tennis even tho you have never played b4.

in my school, we have exhibition, so everyone can play and not get cut.

But make sure you have a good beginner racquet. usually and light and oversize racquet is the best choice.

tennis is a great sport, and you will have fun!

Answer 4

~~Cheap racquet if you're jst starting. there are plenty out there for fifteen-twenty dollars.

~~Find someone, anyone to hit with. they don't have to be wonderful, just someone who will return your shots.

~~If you have nobody to hit with, find a wall and hit against the wall. Gama brand also has a tennis ball on a rubberband and it has a base that you hit and it comes right back to you. (helped me a alot!!)

~~Ask people at your school if they play and would hit with you.

~~If money/time permits, find an instructor or as summer is approaching a tennis camp to join.

~~Just hit as much as you can. Thats the key. the more you hit, the better you will get.

~~ Do not give up on your serve, it won't be amazing to start, or even good, but don't give up on it.

Good luck

Answer 5

Enroll in one of tennis clinics for beginners sponsored by Milo or Nike. With the clinic they sell rackets, sports wears, shoes & all ya need to get started. If none, you may go to a village clubhouse that trains tennis for beginners, ya can have a group to play with.

Good luck & have fun.

Answer 6

start hitting some tennis balls with a friend who knows how to hit, and then you could start taking classes

it depends how seriously you want to go into it

Answer 7

If you want to become competitive and play for your prep school team:

-take private lessons,

-take group lessons,

-attend as many camps as you can afford, and

-play as many tournaments as you can.

Your local pro, from whom you take private lessons, can help point you in the right direction on all of these.

Answer 8

If you really have never played before (at least in any real sense), I would suggest that you find a practice partner and just try it out for fun. Start out playing a couple of times a week and then pick up the schedule as your game improves. Look for someone reasonable but not too good, it'll be more fun for both of you. As far as equipment goes, get something cheap but decent: a racquet in the $25-$40 range should suffice. There is plenty of time to upgrade once you've decided that you enjoy the sport and if you have any kind of talent for it. That way, even if the answer to both questions ends up being "no", then you won't have wasted much money. If it's yes to both, then a new better racquet will be money well spent. The most important thing is just to be patient. Don't expect to be great after a week. Won't happen. Tennis is way too complicated... even if the pros make it look easy. Remember the old saying "practice makes perfect". Also remember to have fun. Its hard to improve at something you don't enjoy.

Answer 9

The transition from ballet to tennis is tough but interesting!  I was classically trained for a pre-professional ballet company before I entered high school.  Then I decided to stop dancing after I had a bad injury and that's when I started playing tennis.  I loved it and went on to play some college tennis at the varsity and club levels and I am now a certified teaching pro with the USPTA.  So it can be a very rewarding sport to pick up!

The best thing to do is to get in contact with a local program like USA Tennis 1,2,3 (http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?i... or get in touch with a local Parks and Rec department because often times they do an introductory tennis program (often times it's the USA Tennis 1,2,3 program).  You can also talk to your school's coach and get advice from them as to where you should look.

Answer 10

You can research on some local tennis clubs in your area and try some private lessons to began with just so you can find your strokes =]  It's important to get a racket that you like and can hit well with too.  Ballet sounds like fun even though it's a lot different from tennis! good luck playing the sport it's a lot of fun when you get into it!

Answer 11

try looking up local tennis facilities and get some insight from friends. also make sure you have the correct gear because better gear makes for a better game. Consider taking private lessons when you are first starting out and then when you get your strokes down, switch to group lessons. These will give you an opportunity to compete against others of your own level. Since summer is coming up, practice. Believe me, there is no better time of year to practice. The tennis facilities should have summer clinics available, and these usually last 1 1/2 - 2 hours at the minimum. These improve your endurance and also your strokes. Be sure to do a little on your own, like conditioning (squats, stretches, sit ups) and running. Tennis is connected to this; the more you do it, the better you will get. But make sure you have fun, because that is the biggest part of the game.