The hardest thing about tennis is that it requires unbelievable timing to the fraction of a second with precise fine motor movements of the wrist and hand along with quick mental decisions of shot selection combined with the grueling endurance of multi-hour matches with no time outs. Weakness in any of those areas leave you struggling in the easiest tennis matches.
No time-outs! Are you kidding me. The players literally get to sit and have snacks after every 4-5 rallies. Have you seen players play badminton mate. Professional players are literally dead after playing for 40 mins. The fastest sport in the world (literally almost double the speed of F1 car) and literally the most underrated sport.
@@vlogmania5129 I played both badminton and tennis for years. I think due to lack of spins on badminton, I didn't find it anywhere close to the difficulty of tennis. Also tennis courts are larger, so had to involve more running.
@@hanlee5292 even though the the court is bigger, there was a research study conducted where on an average a badminton player moves 2x as compared to a tennis player in a match and coming to the spin yeah it’s not there in badminton but what it has is the dribbles of the shuttle near the net area where you need incredible precision and skill to even try to lift it.
I teach tennis, it amazes me sometimes how much difficultly people have with tennis. Even a simple pronation of the wrist becomes a unsurmountable feat for people. Who would imagine.
same. and honestly we've lost sooo many new players to easier games like padel tenis and pickleball because those games are fun and easier to play. Beginner adults at least are going elsewhere. I don't blame them. Coaches speak to technical for beginner players and all they want to do is get to playing. Not stand around hearing how the pros do it from coaches posturing a bit to much. The industry's in trouble for sure.
@Kevin Wang Ok Kevin, I mean if a simple sport is attractive to you. But the rewards from tennis? I likely don't need to expand on with you, right? It's a pretty incredible feeling to be able to play the game (tennis) even for people at 3.5 level. For higher levels, it's incredible.
Casey C. swimming is harder mate. your using ALL of your muscles and you don’t get to take a break in the middle of a race, and you don’t get to have a water break.
@Global Occult I understand your opinion, but I was talking specifically about tennis and swimming. I have swam at a competitive level before in states and I love the sport but I also play tennis at a natiobal level and I feel it is much harder in a competitive level.
@Global Occult every idiot can run around a track very little skills required its more about training and the right breathtechnique tennis requires skills
Once you get to a certain level in tennis, mental strength is probably the biggest part of the game. Not sure if any other sport requires the amount of mental focus tennis players need.
Tennis is one of the few sports that you can't even play casually unless you are pretty good at it. Otherwise the balls will just fly out without control. This is unlike other racket sports like table tennis, badminton, padel, squash. Difficult to master absolutely but anyone can play it and have fun, even if they are really bad. With tennis you need skill. So high entry point. Then we have the following: - Mentally tough. To play alone against your opponent with only your thoughts to guide you. Losing a tough first set but finding the mental strength to come back. Being calm and collected when you are serving at 15-30. There is no other sports that has so many important points. 15-30 and 0-30 on your own serve is vital. Break points, match points, set points. You typically can't relax with a large lead because even if you win the first set by 6-0 the second set starts on equal terms. - Physically tough. It is a very tough sport especially if you fight for every point. This also adds to the mental strain when you fight hard for a game and lose. - Very skillful sport. It is incredibly hard to hit the djokovic backhand down the line. Very very hard. Typically done when you get a cross shot with heavy spin. The ball wants to move to the left off the court. That is why most players make a cross back, it's the safest shot.
This is true. I've been an instructor for 35 years, and sometimes when I go to the local courts to hit with my ball machine- I see two novice players trying to rally from the baseline. I look at my watch and guess how many minutes they'll stay at it: feed (hits the net)- refeed- it's too deep for the other player and they hit it in the net. Third feed is good, but the other player hits it off the frame and wide. Pick up the balls. Repeat. Ten minutes later- they conclude that tennis sucks and they leave. I see it ALL the time. I consider walking over to them to try to get them to start half court so they can at least get a rally started and get some rhythm / timing (despite zero footwork since they are beginners) but I don't want to be "that guy". Tennis is difficult, and lessons are expensive.
Dude, I just bought a bag of 20 tennis balls for 8$, and two used rackets in good shape for 15$. Free courts everywhere. You’re silly. Tennis is the cheapest sport I play. Disc golf, archery, Firearms, mtnbiking, etc ALL cost than tennis. Even if you buy a top of the line racket a few hundred bucks for a racquet that will last you years is not a big investment. You’ll spend more money learning bjj
Adrianna sanchez If you were really serious about tennis, it would cost you a lot more. You’re not counting for tennis shoes, clothes, racquet bags, getting your racquet re-strung, etc. Most GOOD tennis racquets cost 200+ dollars and shoes can get pretty expensive too. You should always have 1-2 backup racquets just in case your strings break. You said the racquet can last you a few years, but a lot of players change them often because they might want a different weight, size, or type (by type I mean if they help with power, topspin, etc). If you’re playing for a team or academy, the uniforms can get pretty costly as well. If you want to buy a basket for balls or a ball machine, you have to spend a lot of money. Tournaments cost money to enter too. Of course, most of this is for people who are serious about the sport. It is anything but cheap.
My friend said that tennis is easy and that you barely move and it’s just like paddle tennis if not easier. (She plays paddle tennis) Me and my friend tried to tell her that is wrong but she refused to believe me. Tennis is a lot harder than people think, I’ve been playing since I was 6.
I am picking up tennis in my 60s after years of not playing. Tennis has completely changed in this time. I now realize that it is a way of life, not unlike karate. You have to commit your life to it if you want to play well.
Great documentary, but I had to say 4:55 squash and badminton would have more shots than that, due to the faster nature and less breaks. Still, if you factor in the strength required for shots in tennis it's still very impressive
In my opinion, tennis is indeed the hardest not because u r alone, I would say it’s the hardest and I can say this with certainty because I actively play it, because in tennis, there is no time to follow, unlike football, nba, nfl, or mbl, in tennis the match ends whenever one of the players win 2 sets or in grand slams, 3 sets so this can lead to matches up to 2-6 hours of constantly playing.
I feel like when it comes to sports, the best way to talk about things is by ceilings when going pro. Tennis is just, that one sport where it's governing bodies internationally hate it, fans feel the need to treat its players like Pomeranians that aren't allowed to do any wrong (basically like jpop idols by their corrupt companies), players are always financially pressured to win, where tennis players are their own companies and brands but operate at a perpetual loss and are forced to fly international thus making expenses... MORE expensive... Rackets are expensive Stringing is expensive Strings are expensive You pay for your own coaches You pay for your own physio You pay for practice/court time Unless you win games, you won't get sponsors If you don't get sponsors, even if you win games, you will never make as much Coaching doesn't pay well You pay for your travel & housing when going to tournaments On top of that, the tennis balls you get don't even last that long, maybe 2 or 3 matches at a high level tops, maybe just half a match... Just starting to play tennis is filled with its costs and trials, too. Depending where you go, you still have to pay for court access (at times) You can't just put a hoop down like basketball or a net for football/soccer, or just throw a ball like American football and baseball You have to pay for a racquet, you need a net, the distance and length of the net matter or else we aren't really playing tennis anymore, depending on the country you live in you might have a reduced number of tennis courts depending where you live now meaning you:re fighting for tennis court space, how about tennis balls? Oh no you broke the strings on your racket, you pay for those, and the string job Cheap racquets exist but sometimes cost more than a basketball, and you need at least 2 unless you have a giant wall, but that's not tennis anymore (wall ball, racquetball, and squash are sports, too) And this is just stuff to consider when just casually playing tennis. Tennis by itself, I don't think is that hard a sport to *PLAY*, it takes on a lot of skills that transfer back and forth into the sport. Throwing a football - serving & smashes The dynamics of swinging a baseball bat/golf club - forehands and backhands How to hit a jab and a cross - volleys (this is a stretch) This isn't even the only sport where knowing how to split step and moving on a dime is a thing, I'm 100% sure that the defensive movements in basketball transfer back to tennis. In tennis, you don't have to communicate with anyone unless this is doubles then sure You are not in any physical contact with your opponent You don't have to learn a bunch of techniques outside of knowing how to spin the ball with volleys, forehands, backhands, and serves, this isn't like judo/BJJ/MMA Tennis is hard as it has a TALL ceiling but it isn't the hardest to start. It's just, tennis requires so much time and money to get good, you may as well never reach that ceiling as you drown in your own debt
I agree it is insanely difficult and cant believe anyone would argue against it. I will say I still think combat sports like Boxing and MMA edge it out as the most difficult. Also things like ultra marathoning or free solo climbing. But I would compare more with MMA as both require so much focus on thousands if not millions of variables, but someone trying to do your sport while your opponent is trying to knock you out as a little something lol. Off to the courts!
I feel your point, however it is possible to become a world champion boxer starting af the age of 18 e.g. Joshua. In tennis this is unheard of. Top national ranked players (who didn't even go pro) started at the age of 4-5 practicing multiple times a week just to get the fundamentels in. If you're starting at the age of 10-12 you Just don't have enough time to het the techniques required on a high enough level. Remember, kids who started playing at the age of 5 are now training around 20-25 hours a week at the age of 12.
@@josieannette6096 you are absolutely delusional if you think tennis is the hardest sport to play. Mind you I used to play at a high level, and my brother was among the best in my country for his age group. Are you seriously putting tennis above water polo, rugby, AFL, Gynastics, Wrestling and Boxing?
One of the hardest parts, and what separates tennis from other sports, is not knowing how long the match will last. It could end in a few minutes because of an injury or it could go for hours and hours. The longest match was 11 hours long (Isner-Mahut at Wimbledon). Hypothetically a match could even never have an end, due to the deuce system (you have to win 2 points more than the opponent to win a game, and 2 games to win a set if there's no tiebreak). Anyway I think boxing is harder than tennis. Tennis is very hard but at least you don't get hit in the head all the time and get brain damage.
500 tennis shots per match on average seems very low. And can’t be the highest of any sport. Any level squash match where players are of a similar standard and can hold a few point rallies will well exceed that. I see tennis as harder in terms of a match, but minute to minute squash just beats it out. Like 5 hours of top level tennis sure that’s doable. But try 5 hours of top level squash and their gonna die
As a tennis player, I can confirm that matches over two hours feel like your body is breaking down every shot you make, it’s a fun sport, but sometimes it’s hell
i think tennis is one of the hardest because of all the techniques you have to learn. Also you have to have great amount of strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, hand eye coordination, etc to play at the highest level.
Thank you for opening my eyes to the grueling realities of professional tennis. While I do believe many sports really are exceptionally demanding at the professional level, you've certainly convinced me that tennis is up there among the toughest.
I played tennis for 30 years. Class C. Class B and finally made it to Class A when I was 41 years old until I stopped playing at age 50. I was fortunate to never suffer an injury playing tennis. Doubles tennis is tough but Singles Tennis is by far the hardest sport to play at any level against a similarly skilled opponent. Most team sports are actually more fun to play than hard to play. Combat sports are very time limited though pretty hard.
Tennis = playing alone against an opponent for upto 5.5 hours Football = playing as part of large team for only 90 minutes, often barley kicking the ball but get paid a ton and rolling around the floor with each brush with another player. pathetic. Tennis is the hardest sport of all but boxing is up there.
badminton - you play one on one with your opponent for an hour and a half, two or three games with four or six breaks, but with incredible speed, because badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world.
I think one thing that makes tennis a difficult racket sport is the fact that once you commit to a shot, there is only a slim space for you to adjust your movement and position. When hitting a ground stroke, once your feet are planted, they need to stay and hold until you release the shot for you to generate power. The same is true for your body position, there is almost no room to adjust. Your swing path also can't deviate much once you've started to swing. This makes timing very difficult. Unlike in badminton or table tennis, you can move your arms and body to adjust and have a better shot.
This most physically and mentally demanding sport is mma. Fighting is the single most grueling sport and it deserves that title. MMA fighters also need to weight cut where they need to loose up to 8-20% of their body weight and then gain all of it back the day before the fight. Mentally fighting in general is the hardest. Fighters will fight with torn ACL’s, broken shins, broken ribs, broken noses, concussions and muscular more and must keep a steady amount of stamina the entire fight. Tennis doesn’t really meet those demands.
Tennis, unlike any other sport involves unnatural movement - ie Lateral movement, this is why you will see some of the most horrifick ankle and knee injuries in tennis. Search Mary Pierce or Michael Stich injury, but I must warn you, it is not for those weak in stomach.
@@Zenoandturtle You're really comparing tennis injuries to that of boxing, mma and Mauy thai? Didn't you watch Conor McGregor's injury last night itself?
Tennis the hardest sport ??? Better look at this !!! : The number of rallies, mean rally time and actual playing time in 30 minutes of play was also compared for the different skill levels and sports. Results showed that playing tennis raised the players' heart rates to 68-70% of their predicted maximum heart rate (PMHR). Playing squash and badminton could raise heart rates to 80-85% of the players' PMHR which was significantly higher than the values obtained for tennis.
So? How long does a badminton match last for? These arent surprising results. This alone doesnt mean anything on itself. A track cyclist will have a higher PMHR than a road cyclist. It says LITERALLY nothing.
@aiarta2280 this suggests that. In order to play badminton you must have incredible reaction and speed. Not a single tennis player will be able to play badminton just knowing that it exists. regarding time. try to run for 20 or 30 minutes (and this is about one game, but there are more) around the court, which is not huge like in tennis, but much smaller, and at the same time hit the shuttle, being in the correct stance and position, you will need to do the same smashes or backhands, and for this you need a technique that you don’t master. To be honest, I’m sure that you won’t even hit the shuttlecock the first time. Or maybe you hate badminton so much because you once tried to play it and you couldn’t hit the shuttlecock?😂
I gotta man this is one the most comprehensively well organized analyses of why tennis is such a demanding and impressive sport to play at a high level. I became a huge fan a few years ago and I’ve tried to explain to friends how incredible the game is and this explanation far surpasses my own, being that it’s coupled with great footage from top players (and solid background music as well haha). Outstanding content. You just gained another subscriber/fan in me, thank you for this amazing video
Una vez, a un pibe -que siempre comentaba lo que debería haber hecho Roger o Nadal o quien fuere-, que creía que podía ser un gran tenista.... por lo que veía por TV, lo invité a jugar Tenis.... Él fue con su bolsito Ni ke y una conservadora con Gatorade y agua... Insisto: sólo había visto Tenis en TV... jugó conmigo. Le gané 60,60,61,60. El tenis en la realidad es algo parecido a lo que se ve por TV. Really it very hard, very hard. High level of all.
Football: avg. 3.3 years on field, avg. 17 games a year, avg 11 mins of gameplay per 3.5 hour game, avg player on field for 5mins due to time-outs, commercial breaks, substitutions = on avg. 85 mins a year, 281 mins/4.6 hours a career > TENNIS: one match can last longer than an entire career time on field of a football player. lulz
Tennis has to be one of the easiest sports out there. Just not enough people play it for the competition to be high
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What is bro on you just havent played try recieving 130 mile per hour serves moving around the court for hours at a time and developing technique. Its literally known by many to be the hardest your just a idiot
Sayin tennis is hardest sport because it takes a lot of physicals strength is like saying body building or powerlifting is the hardest sport. In my personal opinion I think 1v1 sports that challenge the mind like table tennis or chess are a lot more interesting since they are less about being born with good genetics and more about having fun and passion.
I like this Video very much. Concerning the demand on athleticism tennis has changed maybe more than other ball games, however pure athletics like running is even more demanding here. What worries me, is, that there are many suggestions and initiatives to alter tennis. In my opinion that would be fatal. Because tennis stands firmly on a very old and admired traditions. The grand slam tournaments and some peculiar rules and counting system for example. The coach of Tsitsipas and Serena Williams, Mouratoglou, suggested to allow coaching and the presence of personal coaches during the match. That would kill the very idea of tennis as i understand it: it is a civilized way of combat. Two gentlemen or ladies, or if you prefer „individuals, meet in friendly yet competitive way. It is not only a test of physical endurance, stamina, technical skills, reaction, but even more a test of how the athlete as an independent individual copes with challenges, overcomes frustration and persists until the very last point and still is able to shake hands with the opponent. In essence, tennis is a test of character. Much much more than in a team sport or just running. This very last aspect would be shrieked to the brink of extinction if coaches were allowed. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are not the best athletes of their sport, but the most competitive ü, long time persisting, and smartest individuals. So, please Mouratoglou, leave your hands off this.
I'm a tennis player but sports physcologist/experts have made this research and the hardest sport is boxing/martial arts. Then tennis is one of the top non physical contact sport. If tennis balls start hitting your head when you play tennis then you can call it the hardest sport.
Actually when facing a big server you in peril. Search on youtube ‘Karlovic nearly takes Roddick’s head off.’ Karlovic is a 6’11 giant with a behemoth serve, and see if any mma would want to face that, for several hours.
I realize tennis is not for me, after years of practicing and playing matches since I was a child I come to a decision that I would stop playing the sport, it made my depression worst, the weird part is even if I win a match I still feel depress, it’s the best decision I ever made, I pursue music and arts now, I think I’m pretty good on those things, maybe it’s because I’m too emotional, those fields requires emotional people like me😅
Althoug difficult (no doubt about that) and thinks it’s harder than Football, Basket or Base ball, i have to say Formula 1 and MotoGP is harder! These two are the hardest not only because of the physicallity u need, but also mentally at very high speed, plus it’s only 20 drivers who can come in!!
Entirely with their own pocket money. No expenses paid by their team like other sports. So if it costs a player a total of 15K for a full on tour tournament, they might have to make it to round of 16 or the quarter finals to just break even. (Not counting grand slams)
Nice summary. I’m compelled to agree mostly because of my own personal bias. Perhaps another note would include how difficult it is to succeed, given that there are barely 150 men in the world that can make a living at it. When you consider the length of a season an that the players are responsible for managing themselves week by week assuming all the costs of travel in the hopes of winning a paycheque, their determination to continue must be fueled by real passion! Team sports will often provide coaching, physio support and have home games in a shorter season. A tennis player that has a family is lucky to have the opportunity to see them with any regularity if they cannot afford to bring them along. Such a lonely sport!
not sure if I have done either at a high enough level to really comment. I play tennis and have boxed. I would say for me personally boxing was the hardest thing I have ever done.
Stroke production wise, tennis is the most difficult among the other common racquet sports. Matchplay wise, it's less difficult than table tennis and badminton.
thing is, this video and the comments are all not well informed as everyone is only making the case for the sports they know well to really know you'd have to have a well rounded knowledge of a lot of sports as well as know bias to the favourite
Tabletennis is alot harder (I play both) Main reason being, tabletennis has 3 ways spin affects the game, when the ball is in the air, when it hits the ground/table and when it hits the racket, tennis only has 2, the spin on the ball in tennis does not affect what it does once it hits the racket, whereas if you hit a high backspin ball in tabletennis like normal it will bounce straight down into the ground and on a high topspin ball it will launch into the sky, it's estimating this spin and changing the stroke and racket angle for each and every ball that makes tabletennis so hard. This video is stupid, cause you could make most of these same exact arguments about almost any other sport than tennis.
Table tennis is garbage. Learning curve is not challenging at all, no physicality required, neither is a contact sport, 30 days of good practice and you'll be at a semi pro level. One of the worst sports like ever.
@@karma_kar9623 have you ever even played it? Its the total opposite of what you say. Since the spin is imprinted on the racket, it makes it one of the most difficult sports that exist. Even after training 2-3 years you would have trouble reading the spin of a serve. And it requires as much physical condition as any other sport. And since the distance is shorter, the rallies are much faster and the margin of error is smaller bc the area where the ball has to land is just a table
@@karma_kar9623 lol at your comment. The worst part is that you are so full of your own ignorance that you think that what you said is clever. 30 days of good practice and you still wont be able to return any of my serves, and I am not even at a semi pro level.
@@karma_kar9623 so what you're actually saying is that you have no idea what you are talking about lmao. That initial comment made it very clear, that you are in no position to compare both sports.
I don't know, i think that almous everything you said is applicable to professional boxing or other full contact combat sport as MMA, Kickboxing or Muay Thai
When I was in HS playing on the courts, we would always have hecklers thinking the sport is easy (other athletes too), so I would usually let them try it, none of them ever being able to touch a ball, let only catch up to a decently hit ball by me. But I could catch a football/run a route, make layups and 3s, hit a soccer ball pretty hard/pass well, and keep up with the track team. It's no question the hardest sport second or equal to soccer, not including combat sports. Except when I'm playing bad, then it's the worst sport ever invented, and whoever conceived it was dumb.
Tennis is more physically demanding than team sports, but nothing is more mentally challenging than getting punched or kicked like in combat sports. Check out Serena gassing out in 30 seconds hitting the heavy bag 🤣
In my opinion f1 is harder way harder s so you have to go 200+ mph with high g forces and the heat from the car(about 50 Celsius or 120f) + braking which takes to full brake about 125kg and all of this for 2 hours you have to have good neck strength and endurance
Tour de France: hold my beer. I play tennis btw, tennis is still fun to play that sometimes you forgot that you're tired. Muscle memory also helps with energy efficiency. But cycling? Damn, it's just a progressive journey to hell.
Its also the costliest sport lol😂 i feel bad for any kid in a middle class family trying to be in the atp just to get their dreams crushed by financial problems.
You'd be really surprised that pickleball and padel gear, lessons are just as expensive if not more. At some point pickleball will start charging for court time.
I think due to there not being an element of physical violence in the game it makes it incomparable to combat sports. Not easier but totally incomparable. Many tennis players would never have the courage to stop into an MMA fight but many MMA players may not have the intelligence or physicality for tennis.
as a badminton player all i can say is that tennis is for people who like a lot of standing in the sun and looking good, and don't really like hurting legs and sweating too much
@@Jaakk0S If they think coming to play tennis after badminton is going to be an easier choice they're a joke. I normally hear tennis players switching from tennis to badminton or pickleball because they cant move anymore
Is tennis the hardest sport? Why or why not? Leave your opinion below!
Is the hardest to be successful for sure.
Motorcross is the hardest sport. Change my mind. (Also tennis is not the most “physically” demanding sport. That’s why I’m arguing Motorcross
Phillip Jefferson most tennis players are probably taller than you, asshole
Tennis actually is the hardest of all sports. I do not have to explain why because you totally covered my opinion with your video
@Phillip Jefferson That's actually so far from reality
Also tennis is unlike many sports because you have no team. U r alone on the court dealing with all of the tough mentality
I never thought of it like that😂
I honestly hate cooperation in sports, so that is why i LOVE tennis, and i have been playing it since my youth
Track and Field?
Wrestling!
Gymnastics
This is one of the best videos on RUclips.
Thanks! Definitely wish more people saw it!
@@IsaacTennisRF and again most people are idiots
The hardest thing about tennis is that it requires unbelievable timing to the fraction of a second with precise fine motor movements of the wrist and hand along with quick mental decisions of shot selection combined with the grueling endurance of multi-hour matches with no time outs. Weakness in any of those areas leave you struggling in the easiest tennis matches.
There is literally a time out every 2 games
No time-outs! Are you kidding me. The players literally get to sit and have snacks after every 4-5 rallies. Have you seen players play badminton mate. Professional players are literally dead after playing for 40 mins. The fastest sport in the world (literally almost double the speed of F1 car) and literally the most underrated sport.
@@vlogmania5129 I played both badminton and tennis for years. I think due to lack of spins on badminton, I didn't find it anywhere close to the difficulty of tennis. Also tennis courts are larger, so had to involve more running.
@@hanlee5292 even though the the court is bigger, there was a research study conducted where on an average a badminton player moves 2x as compared to a tennis player in a match and coming to the spin yeah it’s not there in badminton but what it has is the dribbles of the shuttle near the net area where you need incredible precision and skill to even try to lift it.
I teach tennis, it amazes me sometimes how much difficultly people have with tennis. Even a simple pronation of the wrist becomes a unsurmountable feat for people. Who would imagine.
same. and honestly we've lost sooo many new players to easier games like padel tenis and pickleball because those games are fun and easier to play. Beginner adults at least are going elsewhere. I don't blame them. Coaches speak to technical for beginner players and all they want to do is get to playing. Not stand around hearing how the pros do it from coaches posturing a bit to much. The industry's in trouble for sure.
@Kevin Wang Ok Kevin, I mean if a simple sport is attractive to you. But the rewards from tennis? I likely don't need to expand on with you, right? It's a pretty incredible feeling to be able to play the game (tennis) even for people at 3.5 level. For higher levels, it's incredible.
No if you have the will you can become quite good
totally agree with this. Everyone makes fun of how I play tennis but little do they know how tough it really is. Great video👍
Casey C. swimming is harder mate. your using ALL of your muscles and you don’t get to take a break in the middle of a race, and you don’t get to have a water break.
@@Mia-nf2uh sure but your race doesn't even last for 5 minutes whilst an average tennis match last for 2 hours at least.
@Global Occult I understand your opinion, but I was talking specifically about tennis and swimming. I have swam at a competitive level before in states and I love the sport but I also play tennis at a natiobal level and I feel it is much harder in a competitive level.
@Global Occult every idiot can run around a track very little skills required its more about training and the right breathtechnique
tennis requires skills
Motorcross is the hardest sport. Anyone here change my mind
Once you get to a certain level in tennis, mental strength is probably the biggest part of the game. Not sure if any other sport requires the amount of mental focus tennis players need.
Probably the same ib every sport that requires a critical and important shot like golf, and in volleyball serve or billiards.
Tennis is one of the few sports that you can't even play casually unless you are pretty good at it. Otherwise the balls will just fly out without control. This is unlike other racket sports like table tennis, badminton, padel, squash. Difficult to master absolutely but anyone can play it and have fun, even if they are really bad. With tennis you need skill.
So high entry point. Then we have the following:
- Mentally tough. To play alone against your opponent with only your thoughts to guide you. Losing a tough first set but finding the mental strength to come back. Being calm and collected when you are serving at 15-30. There is no other sports that has so many important points. 15-30 and 0-30 on your own serve is vital. Break points, match points, set points. You typically can't relax with a large lead because even if you win the first set by 6-0 the second set starts on equal terms.
- Physically tough. It is a very tough sport especially if you fight for every point. This also adds to the mental strain when you fight hard for a game and lose.
- Very skillful sport. It is incredibly hard to hit the djokovic backhand down the line. Very very hard. Typically done when you get a cross shot with heavy spin. The ball wants to move to the left off the court. That is why most players make a cross back, it's the safest shot.
This is true. I've been an instructor for 35 years, and sometimes when I go to the local courts to hit with my ball machine- I see two novice players trying to rally from the baseline. I look at my watch and guess how many minutes they'll stay at it: feed (hits the net)- refeed- it's too deep for the other player and they hit it in the net. Third feed is good, but the other player hits it off the frame and wide. Pick up the balls. Repeat. Ten minutes later- they conclude that tennis sucks and they leave. I see it ALL the time. I consider walking over to them to try to get them to start half court so they can at least get a rally started and get some rhythm / timing (despite zero footwork since they are beginners) but I don't want to be "that guy". Tennis is difficult, and lessons are expensive.
That’s so facts bro people think it’s so easy so annoying literally so hard at high level
You should of added that it is one of the costiest sports out there too
hyper hitter one of stoopid
Dude, I just bought a bag of 20 tennis balls for 8$, and two used rackets in good shape for 15$. Free courts everywhere. You’re silly. Tennis is the cheapest sport I play. Disc golf, archery, Firearms, mtnbiking, etc ALL cost than tennis. Even if you buy a top of the line racket a few hundred bucks for a racquet that will last you years is not a big investment. You’ll spend more money learning bjj
Adrianna sanchez If you were really serious about tennis, it would cost you a lot more. You’re not counting for tennis shoes, clothes, racquet bags, getting your racquet re-strung, etc. Most GOOD tennis racquets cost 200+ dollars and shoes can get pretty expensive too. You should always have 1-2 backup racquets just in case your strings break. You said the racquet can last you a few years, but a lot of players change them often because they might want a different weight, size, or type (by type I mean if they help with power, topspin, etc). If you’re playing for a team or academy, the uniforms can get pretty costly as well. If you want to buy a basket for balls or a ball machine, you have to spend a lot of money. Tournaments cost money to enter too. Of course, most of this is for people who are serious about the sport. It is anything but cheap.
@@dundee7631 Thank you that you explain this. I was shock what I hear from Adrianna
This has lots of factors. If you think tennis is expensive, look at hockey
Everysport is unique and demands specific abilities.
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This is so relate able and true. Nobody believes that's tennis is hard and this proves others wrong! 👌🏼👌🏼👍👍
My friend said that tennis is easy and that you barely move and it’s just like paddle tennis if not easier. (She plays paddle tennis) Me and my friend tried to tell her that is wrong but she refused to believe me. Tennis is a lot harder than people think, I’ve been playing since I was 6.
Then play your friend and make her understand
I am picking up tennis in my 60s after years of not playing. Tennis has completely changed in this time. I now realize that it is a way of life, not unlike karate. You have to commit your life to it if you want to play well.
Great documentary, but I had to say 4:55 squash and badminton would have more shots than that, due to the faster nature and less breaks. Still, if you factor in the strength required for shots in tennis it's still very impressive
In my opinion, tennis is indeed the hardest not because u r alone, I would say it’s the hardest and I can say this with certainty because I actively play it, because in tennis, there is no time to follow, unlike football, nba, nfl, or mbl, in tennis the match ends whenever one of the players win 2 sets or in grand slams, 3 sets so this can lead to matches up to 2-6 hours of constantly playing.
I feel like when it comes to sports, the best way to talk about things is by ceilings when going pro.
Tennis is just, that one sport where it's governing bodies internationally hate it, fans feel the need to treat its players like Pomeranians that aren't allowed to do any wrong (basically like jpop idols by their corrupt companies), players are always financially pressured to win, where tennis players are their own companies and brands but operate at a perpetual loss and are forced to fly international thus making expenses... MORE expensive...
Rackets are expensive
Stringing is expensive
Strings are expensive
You pay for your own coaches
You pay for your own physio
You pay for practice/court time
Unless you win games, you won't get sponsors
If you don't get sponsors, even if you win games, you will never make as much
Coaching doesn't pay well
You pay for your travel & housing when going to tournaments
On top of that, the tennis balls you get don't even last that long, maybe 2 or 3 matches at a high level tops, maybe just half a match...
Just starting to play tennis is filled with its costs and trials, too.
Depending where you go, you still have to pay for court access (at times)
You can't just put a hoop down like basketball or a net for football/soccer, or just throw a ball like American football and baseball
You have to pay for a racquet, you need a net, the distance and length of the net matter or else we aren't really playing tennis anymore, depending on the country you live in you might have a reduced number of tennis courts depending where you live now meaning you:re fighting for tennis court space, how about tennis balls? Oh no you broke the strings on your racket, you pay for those, and the string job
Cheap racquets exist but sometimes cost more than a basketball, and you need at least 2 unless you have a giant wall, but that's not tennis anymore (wall ball, racquetball, and squash are sports, too)
And this is just stuff to consider when just casually playing tennis.
Tennis by itself, I don't think is that hard a sport to *PLAY*, it takes on a lot of skills that transfer back and forth into the sport.
Throwing a football - serving & smashes
The dynamics of swinging a baseball bat/golf club - forehands and backhands
How to hit a jab and a cross - volleys (this is a stretch)
This isn't even the only sport where knowing how to split step and moving on a dime is a thing, I'm 100% sure that the defensive movements in basketball transfer back to tennis.
In tennis, you don't have to communicate with anyone unless this is doubles then sure
You are not in any physical contact with your opponent
You don't have to learn a bunch of techniques outside of knowing how to spin the ball with volleys, forehands, backhands, and serves, this isn't like judo/BJJ/MMA
Tennis is hard as it has a TALL ceiling but it isn't the hardest to start.
It's just, tennis requires so much time and money to get good, you may as well never reach that ceiling as you drown in your own debt
I agree it is insanely difficult and cant believe anyone would argue against it. I will say I still think combat sports like Boxing and MMA edge it out as the most difficult. Also things like ultra marathoning or free solo climbing. But I would compare more with MMA as both require so much focus on thousands if not millions of variables, but someone trying to do your sport while your opponent is trying to knock you out as a little something lol. Off to the courts!
I feel your point, however it is possible to become a world champion boxer starting af the age of 18 e.g. Joshua. In tennis this is unheard of. Top national ranked players (who didn't even go pro) started at the age of 4-5 practicing multiple times a week just to get the fundamentels in. If you're starting at the age of 10-12 you Just don't have enough time to het the techniques required on a high enough level. Remember, kids who started playing at the age of 5 are now training around 20-25 hours a week at the age of 12.
Do they also compete 5 hrs alone and 11 months of the year close to 70-80 matches
me, a tennis player, telling everyone for the past year tennis is the hardest sport.
everyone: “hell no”
me: *video*
Was it convincing for them?
Isaac TennisRF - i wish i could have shown them the whole video but with a synopsis i think it has moved them slightly 😂
Hinestly
me : Showing you video "why f1 is hardest sport"
@@josieannette6096 you are absolutely delusional if you think tennis is the hardest sport to play. Mind you I used to play at a high level, and my brother was among the best in my country for his age group.
Are you seriously putting tennis above water polo, rugby, AFL, Gynastics, Wrestling and Boxing?
One of the hardest parts, and what separates tennis from other sports, is not knowing how long the match will last. It could end in a few minutes because of an injury or it could go for hours and hours. The longest match was 11 hours long (Isner-Mahut at Wimbledon). Hypothetically a match could even never have an end, due to the deuce system (you have to win 2 points more than the opponent to win a game, and 2 games to win a set if there's no tiebreak).
Anyway I think boxing is harder than tennis. Tennis is very hard but at least you don't get hit in the head all the time and get brain damage.
500 tennis shots per match on average seems very low. And can’t be the highest of any sport. Any level squash match where players are of a similar standard and can hold a few point rallies will well exceed that.
I see tennis as harder in terms of a match, but minute to minute squash just beats it out. Like 5 hours of top level tennis sure that’s doable. But try 5 hours of top level squash and their gonna die
As a tennis player, I can confirm that matches over two hours feel like your body is breaking down every shot you make, it’s a fun sport, but sometimes it’s hell
Top notch!
just took my first tennis lesson last week and am shocked at how hard it is. So fun to watch though, and feels so rewarding when you hit a good shot.
caN someone pleAse tell me what soNg that is thats playIng for mOst of this Video with the Piano! 10:37 PLEASE!
i think tennis is one of the hardest because of all the techniques you have to learn. Also you have to have great amount of strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, hand eye coordination, etc to play at the highest level.
Fantastic video! Wish more people could see this!
Thank you for opening my eyes to the grueling realities of professional tennis.
While I do believe many sports really are exceptionally demanding at the professional level, you've certainly convinced me that tennis is up there among the toughest.
I played tennis for 30 years. Class C. Class B and finally made it to Class A when I was 41 years old until I stopped playing at age 50. I was fortunate to never suffer an injury playing tennis. Doubles tennis is tough but Singles Tennis is by far the hardest sport to play at any level against a similarly skilled opponent.
Most team sports are actually more fun to play than hard to play. Combat sports are very time limited though pretty hard.
one of the hardest, gymnastics is hard too
Gymnastics totally depends on your flexibility and practice but tennis is really not easy either u practiced a lot or you are physically super strong.
@@thedraconiangaming9097 gymnastics is WAY harder than tennis you need a lot more flexibility,strength,power,balance etc... It's incredibly difficult
@@mm-jk7kq you need pure mental strength in tennis to be able to match furstraripn
@@mm-jk7kq frustration*
No where close to tennis ✌🏻
Tennis = playing alone against an opponent for upto 5.5 hours Football = playing as part of large team for only 90 minutes, often barley kicking the ball but get paid a ton and rolling around the floor with each brush with another player. pathetic. Tennis is the hardest sport of all but boxing is up there.
badminton - you play one on one with your opponent for an hour and a half, two or three games with four or six breaks, but with incredible speed, because badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world.
I think one thing that makes tennis a difficult racket sport is the fact that once you commit to a shot, there is only a slim space for you to adjust your movement and position. When hitting a ground stroke, once your feet are planted, they need to stay and hold until you release the shot for you to generate power. The same is true for your body position, there is almost no room to adjust. Your swing path also can't deviate much once you've started to swing. This makes timing very difficult. Unlike in badminton or table tennis, you can move your arms and body to adjust and have a better shot.
This most physically and mentally demanding sport is mma. Fighting is the single most grueling sport and it deserves that title. MMA fighters also need to weight cut where they need to loose up to 8-20% of their body weight and then gain all of it back the day before the fight. Mentally fighting in general is the hardest. Fighters will fight with torn ACL’s, broken shins, broken ribs, broken noses, concussions and muscular more and must keep a steady amount of stamina the entire fight. Tennis doesn’t really meet those demands.
Any version of fighting: Mauy Thai, boxing, mma are the hardest and most exciting sport
@@okay1775 agreed, I'd put wrestling in that list too, which is why they excell in mma
Tennis, unlike any other sport involves unnatural movement - ie Lateral movement, this is why you will see some of the most horrifick ankle and knee injuries in tennis.
Search Mary Pierce or Michael Stich injury, but I must warn you, it is not for those weak in stomach.
@@Zenoandturtle You're really comparing tennis injuries to that of boxing, mma and Mauy thai? Didn't you watch Conor McGregor's injury last night itself?
@@Zenoandturtle LOL, unlike any other sports? Plenty of other sports require the same movements as tennis
No, it is freestyle wrestling at 85kg
Tennis the hardest sport ??? Better look at this !!! : The number of rallies, mean rally time and actual playing time in 30 minutes of play was also compared for the different skill levels and sports. Results showed that playing tennis raised the players' heart rates to 68-70% of their predicted maximum heart rate (PMHR). Playing squash and badminton could raise heart rates to 80-85% of the players' PMHR which was significantly higher than the values obtained for tennis.
So? How long does a badminton match last for? These arent surprising results. This alone doesnt mean anything on itself. A track cyclist will have a higher PMHR than a road cyclist. It says LITERALLY nothing.
Well it says you are a self-conscious badmintonnert, as you see so many haha
@aiarta2280 this suggests that. In order to play badminton you must have incredible reaction and speed. Not a single tennis player will be able to play badminton just knowing that it exists. regarding time. try to run for 20 or 30 minutes (and this is about one game, but there are more) around the court, which is not huge like in tennis, but much smaller, and at the same time hit the shuttle, being in the correct stance and position, you will need to do the same smashes or backhands, and for this you need a technique that you don’t master. To be honest, I’m sure that you won’t even hit the shuttlecock the first time. Or maybe you hate badminton so much because you once tried to play it and you couldn’t hit the shuttlecock?😂
I gotta man this is one the most comprehensively well organized analyses of why tennis is such a demanding and impressive sport to play at a high level. I became a huge fan a few years ago and I’ve tried to explain to friends how incredible the game is and this explanation far surpasses my own, being that it’s coupled with great footage from top players (and solid background music as well haha). Outstanding content. You just gained another subscriber/fan in me, thank you for this amazing video
Una vez, a un pibe -que siempre comentaba lo que debería haber hecho Roger o Nadal o quien fuere-, que creía que podía ser un gran tenista.... por lo que veía por TV, lo invité a jugar Tenis.... Él fue con su bolsito Ni ke y una conservadora con Gatorade y agua... Insisto: sólo había visto Tenis en TV... jugó conmigo. Le gané 60,60,61,60.
El tenis en la realidad es algo parecido a lo que se ve por TV. Really it very hard, very hard. High level of all.
Football: avg. 3.3 years on field, avg. 17 games a year, avg 11 mins of gameplay per 3.5 hour game, avg player on field for 5mins due to time-outs, commercial breaks, substitutions = on avg. 85 mins a year, 281 mins/4.6 hours a career > TENNIS: one match can last longer than an entire career time on field of a football player. lulz
it is so hard mentally, physically and emotionally its a really tiring sport
Novak doing Spiderman stuff at 36...
Tennis has to be one of the easiest sports out there. Just not enough people play it for the competition to be high
What is bro on you just havent played try recieving 130 mile per hour serves moving around the court for hours at a time and developing technique. Its literally known by many to be the hardest your just a idiot
Sayin tennis is hardest sport because it takes a lot of physicals strength is like saying body building or powerlifting is the hardest sport. In my personal opinion I think 1v1 sports that challenge the mind like table tennis or chess are a lot more interesting since they are less about being born with good genetics and more about having fun and passion.
Girl what do you mean by good genetics lmfao look at the diversity of all players in the top 100
You should really check out F1, I believe F1 is the hardest but not comparing between these two.Anyway great video
I like this Video very much. Concerning the demand on athleticism tennis has changed maybe more than other ball games, however pure athletics like running is even more demanding here.
What worries me, is, that there are many suggestions and initiatives to alter tennis. In my opinion that would be fatal. Because tennis stands firmly on a very old and admired traditions. The grand slam tournaments and some peculiar rules and counting system for example. The coach of Tsitsipas and Serena Williams, Mouratoglou, suggested to allow coaching and the presence of personal coaches during the match. That would kill the very idea of tennis as i understand it: it is a civilized way of combat. Two gentlemen or ladies, or if you prefer „individuals, meet in friendly yet competitive way. It is not only a test of physical endurance, stamina, technical skills, reaction, but even more a test of how the athlete as an independent individual copes with challenges, overcomes frustration and persists until the very last point and still is able to shake hands with the opponent. In essence, tennis is a test of character. Much much more than in a team sport or just running. This very last aspect would be shrieked to the brink of extinction if coaches were allowed. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are not the best athletes of their sport, but the most competitive ü, long time persisting, and smartest individuals. So, please Mouratoglou, leave your hands off this.
I'm a tennis player but sports physcologist/experts have made this research and the hardest sport is boxing/martial arts. Then tennis is one of the top non physical contact sport.
If tennis balls start hitting your head when you play tennis then you can call it the hardest sport.
Tennis is very physical sport
Actually when facing a big server you in peril. Search on youtube
‘Karlovic nearly takes Roddick’s head off.’ Karlovic is a 6’11 giant with a behemoth serve, and see if any mma would want to face that, for several hours.
@@rishbahpandey8697 It is physical but you dont get punched in the head if you lose a point. I rather spar with Roger Federer than Mike Tyson.
I love tennis but ppl need to pull their heads out of their asses. tennis is easy compared to football, rugby, martial arts, etc lmao
In the clip at 10:34 his feet don’t stop moving once his heels also never touch the ground. What an athletic
I realize tennis is not for me, after years of practicing and playing matches since I was a child I come to a decision that I would stop playing the sport, it made my depression worst, the weird part is even if I win a match I still feel depress, it’s the best decision I ever made, I pursue music and arts now, I think I’m pretty good on those things, maybe it’s because I’m too emotional, those fields requires emotional people like me😅
Althoug difficult (no doubt about that) and thinks it’s harder than Football, Basket or Base ball, i have to say Formula 1 and MotoGP is harder! These two are the hardest not only because of the physicallity u need, but also mentally at very high speed, plus it’s only 20 drivers who can come in!!
Great mentions.only thing is that this is believe not beleive :p
I know :(
how does a player pays on touring just from place to another?
Entirely with their own pocket money. No expenses paid by their team like other sports. So if it costs a player a total of 15K for a full on tour tournament, they might have to make it to round of 16 or the quarter finals to just break even. (Not counting grand slams)
What about completing a 21-day long event such as the tour de France? It sure seems harder. Those guys cycle all day long and do some brutal climbs.
It's a joke not a sport.
Nice summary. I’m compelled to agree mostly because of my own personal bias.
Perhaps another note would include how difficult it is to succeed, given that there are barely 150 men in the world that can make a living at it. When you consider the length of a season an that the players are responsible for managing themselves week by week assuming all the costs of travel in the hopes of winning a paycheque, their determination to continue must be fueled by real passion!
Team sports will often provide coaching, physio support and have home games in a shorter season. A tennis player that has a family is lucky to have the opportunity to see them with any regularity if they cannot afford to bring them along. Such a lonely sport!
Wish I was greeted in the when I entered the building
Tram sports is what I do at pe
What are your thoughts of badminton
When we watch it on TV we are only seeing the finished product..they Make it look easy because of a lifetime of hard work...
not sure if I have done either at a high enough level to really comment. I play tennis and have boxed. I would say for me personally boxing was the hardest thing I have ever done.
great video bro
Totally arguable, most people would say boxing
The reason he didn't say wrestling boxing or mma is the hardest is because is is not not just a sport its a life style
Can you be a freak athlete at almost any sport even mixed martial arts and still have success in tennis?
Stroke production wise, tennis is the most difficult among the other common racquet sports. Matchplay wise, it's less difficult than table tennis and badminton.
thing is, this video and the comments are all not well informed as everyone is only making the case for the sports they know well to really know you'd have to have a well rounded knowledge of a lot of sports as well as know bias to the favourite
Search Robbie Lawler vs Rory McDonald. This is not the hardest sport, not by a country mile.
Nobody considers MMA a sport. It's a garbage CTE brain damage competition.
Tabletennis is alot harder (I play both) Main reason being, tabletennis has 3 ways spin affects the game, when the ball is in the air, when it hits the ground/table and when it hits the racket, tennis only has 2, the spin on the ball in tennis does not affect what it does once it hits the racket, whereas if you hit a high backspin ball in tabletennis like normal it will bounce straight down into the ground and on a high topspin ball it will launch into the sky, it's estimating this spin and changing the stroke and racket angle for each and every ball that makes tabletennis so hard.
This video is stupid, cause you could make most of these same exact arguments about almost any other sport than tennis.
Table tennis is garbage. Learning curve is not challenging at all, no physicality required, neither is a contact sport, 30 days of good practice and you'll be at a semi pro level. One of the worst sports like ever.
@@karma_kar9623 have you ever even played it? Its the total opposite of what you say. Since the spin is imprinted on the racket, it makes it one of the most difficult sports that exist. Even after training 2-3 years you would have trouble reading the spin of a serve.
And it requires as much physical condition as any other sport. And since the distance is shorter, the rallies are much faster and the margin of error is smaller bc the area where the ball has to land is just a table
@@karma_kar9623 lol at your comment. The worst part is that you are so full of your own ignorance that you think that what you said is clever. 30 days of good practice and you still wont be able to return any of my serves, and I am not even at a semi pro level.
@@purpose6113 fair point but I think Tennis is harder. Sorry if I came off too aggressive .
@@karma_kar9623 so what you're actually saying is that you have no idea what you are talking about lmao. That initial comment made it very clear, that you are in no position to compare both sports.
Agree 100%! To reach Hand-eye coordination requured one has to start at very young age.
No boxing is
I don't know, i think that almous everything you said is applicable to professional boxing or other full contact combat sport as MMA, Kickboxing or Muay Thai
Awesome video. I felt that 😂
I couldn't serve a single shot at my college even though the net was half it's height
How does badminton compare to tennis?
top 5 or top 10 but not hardest
When I was in HS playing on the courts, we would always have hecklers thinking the sport is easy (other athletes too), so I would usually let them try it, none of them ever being able to touch a ball, let only catch up to a decently hit ball by me. But I could catch a football/run a route, make layups and 3s, hit a soccer ball pretty hard/pass well, and keep up with the track team. It's no question the hardest sport second or equal to soccer, not including combat sports. Except when I'm playing bad, then it's the worst sport ever invented, and whoever conceived it was dumb.
I'm in seventh grade and I'm the best in my state and am in the top 5 in the southwest
wow are you still that high in ranking 2 years later?
Haters of this video are a bunch of 7 year old soccer and football players
Tennis is more physically demanding than team sports, but nothing is more mentally challenging than getting punched or kicked like in combat sports. Check out Serena gassing out in 30 seconds hitting the heavy bag 🤣
In my opinion f1 is harder way harder s so you have to go 200+ mph with high g forces and the heat from the car(about 50 Celsius or 120f) + braking which takes to full brake about 125kg and all of this for 2 hours you have to have good neck strength and endurance
Tennis, the hardest sport ??? Look at this video from 19-11 in 3rd game !!! : ruclips.net/video/qvPxPB74Mfs/видео.html
I respect badminton but tennis is surely overall tougher
Each sport is hard on it's own way
play chess, youll understand pain physically and emotionally, actually.. all types of pain
debatable but very interesting
One of the most humbling sport.
Fantastic video!
I’m a tennis player and I’m 13 now. Ever since I was 4 I always found tennis a part of my life and it came so easily for me.
well done, but now you need to update for new 25 second rule
13:15 a minor mistake but you jambled em a lil bit hehe
Cricket ?
One of the easiest, least steep learning curve sport ever. I say this as a district level school league champion.
WHAT, EVER HEARD OF FUCKING BOXING!? 🤣🤡🤡🤡
well constructed video
Tour de France: hold my beer.
I play tennis btw, tennis is still fun to play that sometimes you forgot that you're tired. Muscle memory also helps with energy efficiency. But cycling? Damn, it's just a progressive journey to hell.
I do as well when I am doing a anthoner sport I am tired but because I love tennis I am never tired when playing
Its also the costliest sport lol😂 i feel bad for any kid in a middle class family trying to be in the atp just to get their dreams crushed by financial problems.
No golf is more costlier!! All sports need money to become a top player!!
F1,golf,equiterestrian, skiing all are costlier than tennis
You'd be really surprised that pickleball and padel gear, lessons are just as expensive if not more. At some point pickleball will start charging for court time.
Absolutely the hardest of all sports!
I think due to there not being an element of physical violence in the game it makes it incomparable to combat sports. Not easier but totally incomparable. Many tennis players would never have the courage to stop into an MMA fight but many MMA players may not have the intelligence or physicality for tennis.
*Rugby and the AFL enters the room*
to make tennis popular again just go best 2 of 3 sets
as a badminton player all i can say is that tennis is for people who like a lot of standing in the sun and looking good, and don't really like hurting legs and sweating too much
Bruh
that's great!
bro leave with your 40 minute matches lmao
@@kyledeacon5620 the only comment ive heard from ppl switching to tennis is cos they cant take badminton anymore
@@Jaakk0S If they think coming to play tennis after badminton is going to be an easier choice they're a joke. I normally hear tennis players switching from tennis to badminton or pickleball because they cant move anymore
Tennis is an amazing sport but it’s not the hardest but in the top 3
In top 3 is
Hurling
Tennis
Gaelic Football/AFL/International Rules
Football nah, honestly you get so many breaks and it’s a huge team effort less pressure
Phenomenal video! Everyone share this!!!
Ok I agree in some parts i just don't think it's the most physically enduring sport
Tennis is very physically and mentally demanding. I'll stick to badminton lol
man, i wanted to start playing tennis but now you have ruined my dreams.
Tennis is fun and easy for beginners, Tennis is only very difficult on a pro, competitive level