Tennis is the Hardest Sport in the World (Here's Why)

Wow, it has been a while since I last posted! Here is a special one, being a tennis player myself, I find it fascinating to look into these topics. I personally believe tennis is the most difficult sport to play at a high level. Due to the physicality, Mentality, and all the minute technicalities, I have come to this conclusion. I am very interested to hear what other people have to say about this work! Be sure to like, comment and subscribe for more content! Also, Is tennis the hardest sport in the world? Leave a comment down below to share your opinion!

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[IsaacTennisRF]

Is tennis the hardest sport? Why or why not? Leave your opinion below!

[cameronking]

Also tennis is unlike many sports because you have no team. U r alone on the court dealing with all of the tough mentality

[atschwho]

This is one of the best videos on YouTube.

[miami]

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.

[caseycoffey]

totally agree with this. Everyone makes fun of how I play tennis but little do they know how tough it really is. Great video👍

[dadsview]

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.

[GenericYoutubeUserName]

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.

[zebduket]

That’s so facts bro people think it’s so easy so annoying literally so hard at high level

[nicozmey]

You should of added that it is one of the costiest sports out there too

[Grivian]

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.

[cameronking]

This is so relate able and true. Nobody believes that's tennis is hard and this proves others wrong! 👌🏼👌🏼👍👍

[nadiaauyoung]

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.

[josieannette]

me, a tennis player, telling everyone for the past year tennis is the hardest sport.

everyone: “hell no”

me: *video*

[vkrishnachand]

Everysport is unique and demands specific abilities.

[jflow]

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.

[ShortenMonteCristo]

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.

[AndrewTheAceMan]

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.

[FFCloud]

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

[kougamishinya]

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

[Memegod]

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