Popularity of Tennis

The sporting industry is a huge market to fans in the United States as well as fans around the world. There are sports that are recognized as national sports such as baseball and football for the U.S and there are international sports like soccer. Today's TakeDown is on the popularity of the sport of tennis and my personal experience with the sport.

According to athleticbusiness.com and the Tennis Industry Association (TIA), tennis is a $5.57 business with projections of growing even larger. Recent research shows that 17 million people played tennis in the United States in 2012, and that 340,000 students played tennis at the high school level with a 53% being female.

With all of the booming interest of tennis in the U.S, does that mean that all Americans love to play? For those who have never played or even seen a match on TV, here is my basic description: Tennis is a very exhilarating game in which 2 or 4 players compete among one another to outscore the opponent(s). It is highly competitive and it is not as easy as it may look.

From personal experience, I enjoy playing the sport as often as I can to improve each time I play. I have learned to be more aggressive with my forearms so that the ball can cross the net with ease, and to aim the ball into a spot on my opponent's half of the court that would make it most difficult for him/her to return it. It sounds like a very simple thing to do, but it actually requires a lot of hand-eye coordination, focus and a bit of talent as well.

Tennis can not only be a fun pass time to participate in, but also pretty entertaining to watch on TV. Tennis is pretty much a year-round sport with its big international competitions during the summer. The sports main stars include Rafeal Nadal (ESP), Roger Federer (SUI), and Novak Djokovic (SRB) all of whom battle it out for the number one spot in the world.







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