Beyond the Baseline Tennis Blog ----------------JV (pghtennis) wrote, @ 2003-09-24 16:08:00

Tennis is Intense but Safe!
High intensity sports are usually associated with high injury risk. However, for tennis, it's exactly the opposite.

Tennis, particularly singles, is known to provide a great full body workout.

The data below show that tennis is also an extremely safe sport. If one computes the fitness benefit/injury probablity ratio, tennis is far and way the best sport out there to get and stay fit safely.

Injuries Per 1000 Players

Archery 0.66
Paint Ball 0.31
Baseball 27.67

Basketball 22.04
Bicycle Riding 11.30
Boating 0.92

Bowling 0.50
Boxing 11.34
Fishing 1.37

Football 27.50
Golf 1.13
Gymnastics 7.13

Hockey 12.46
Ice Skating 2.79
Lacrosse 223.79

Rugby 23.14
Soccer 10.54
Snow Skiing 3.44

Snowmobiling 2.86
Swimming 1.30
Tennis 1.09 <<<<

Volleyball 4.43
Water Skiing 1.90
Wrestling 27.37

These injury statistics were collected thru a collaboration of insurance companies and national medical associations. The injury was only tabulated if it required medical attention or caused the person inured to lose at least one day of work.

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