Walking Tennis
Walking tennis evolved from the increased demand for walking sports. Walking tennis is the slowest part of the game; it’s tennis, but at a pedestrian’s pace. You can play tennis at any age, and Walking Tennis offers an easy way for seniors to keep their bodies and minds active – while still enjoying the camaraderie of the tennis community.
Between 1859 and 1865 in Birmingham, England, Major Harry Gem, a lawyer, and his friend Augurio Perera, a Spanish merchant, combined elements of the racket and Basque ball games and played them on the Edgbaston croquet lawn.THEAZNEWS In 1872 both men moved to Leamington Spa and in 1874 they founded the world's first tennis club, the Leamington Tennis Club, with two doctors from Warneford Hospital.
Origin:
Tennis is mentioned in the literature as far back as the Middle Ages. In the Second Play, the shepherds give three gifts, including a tennis ball, to the Christ child. Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's throne, plays tennis against a group of 17 giants in The Turke and Gowin.
Benefits of Walking Tennis:
The benefits of walking tennis include all aspects of the biopsychosocial model, i.e. it can help participants emotionally, physically, and socially.
Physically, along with the mental changes mentioned, physical changes will be observed on all levels. By developing the control or development of strength, balance, coordination, power, agility, movement, and stability.
From a social aspect, this obviously carries over to mental health by creating new friendships that give understanding to those involved.
