Why we think Tennis is the Best Sport!
We believe that tennis is the hardest sport to be good at, but also the most fun and rewarding! It takes many years to excel at tennis. Is there another sport that is more demanding in terms of learning: the techniques; the movement and physical requirements; match strategies, and the mental aspects of the game. Plus, there is the fact that you are trying to find a way to win on your own out there on court, without teammates helping you (unless you have a doubles partner!). Many believe the most challenging things we attempt in life can be the most rewarding and exhilarating, and learning and improving at tennis certainly challenges us!
Enrolling your child in coaching sessions, coming to an adult coaching session, practicing with friends and family, competing, and representing Heron in junior and adult teams, will hopefully lead to a lifetime of playing and loving the sport. Tennis is one of the best ways to make friends, to get fit and stay healthy (physically and mentally), and to learn more about yourself, which can be quite useful in other areas of your life too! Tennis can also help players, young and old alike, to learn about loyalty, teamwork, friendship, bravery, honesty, fair-play, thinking for yourself, self-discipline, self-motivation, independence, concentration, decision-making, respect, humility, overcoming adversity, handling joy and disappointment and courage. All of these characteristics are transferable to school and life, thus helping to make better students and people.
Being able to play tennis can be an entree to friendship circles at school and university (e.g. playing in school and university teams), and an entree to social circles in a person's working life. The stronger your playing level, the more this can apply.
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