Tennis, the French Game

Tennis is an energetic racket sport that is regularly played between two groups of two competitors each, who use a specialized tennis racket to hit a flat rubber ball on to a net and thus to hit it into the opponent’s court or over the net. The object of the game is to get the ball into the opponent court before your opponent does. A lot of time and effort goes into a game of tennis and the emotions that are involved in a match of tennis are pretty intense. Tennis players sweat profusely, exchange clothes and hair-cuts, take a few knocks on their knees and shoulders as well as taking several baths after games and also after matches.

It was in the 19th century when the first set of rackets were manufactured, these were basically wooden bats which had nets attached to them. After a while the manufacturers started making smaller and lighter rackets, which used fabric instead of metal to make contact with the ball. Soon the manufacturers were able to manufacture steel made rackets which could be used in tournaments and were quite heavy. A few years later, when the lawn tennis equipment started to develop, tennis gear began to appear in stores and the manufactures realized that people would like to have their own personal tennis set, so they too started making them.

Tennis is loved by men and women alike and there are a huge number of companies that manufacture and sell tenis. Tennis shoes and other accessories are also available. One can choose from a variety of styles such as short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, tracksuits and casuals. It is recommended that one should ideally go for good quality and durable brands and should try to buy things from reputable outlets. If you are not very familiar with the sport of tennis and do not know what kind of tennis shoes you should wear, then you should consider buying some good quality tennis shoes which can help you in your playing.