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Lawn Tennis is a non contact, competitive racket game, played between two individuals (singles) or two pairs (doubles).

Popularity
Tennis is played through out the U.K. with public courts for hire being found in most towns and villages, in leisure centres, council playing fields, schools and tennis clubs.

Location
Tennis can be played on grass or a variety of synthetic surfaces. Tennis is traditionally a summer game most commonly played outside, but you should not have to travel very far to find an indoor court open all year.

Age
There are no age limits in tennis. Children from the age of seven or eight years can play, as can people well into their seventies. At the highest competitive levels players tend to be from their early twenties to their mid or late thirties.

Ability
Tennis can be played as a highly compeditive sport or as a leisurely social activity, in competition male and female are separated except for mixed doubles. Tennis is easily and commonly adapted to a range of player disability.

Description
Lawn Tennis is played on a court divided by an approximately one meter high net, the object of the game is to hit the ball over the net with a racket in such a way that it bounces in the opponents area but beats any attempt by them to return it. It does not matter how old you are, or what your ability, you will be able to enjoy playing tennis from your first attempt, being driven on to improve by your own ambition.

Dedication
Tennis can be played socially as and when you want, or you can join a club and play regularly. To progress higher you will have to train and practice regularly, perhaps playing in tournaments throughout the country or even turning professional, but every one who picks up a tennis racket has the same dream, to play at Wimbledon, the home of Lawn Tennis.

Further Reading
There are numerous books on tennis, --------- is very good for beginners, Tennis and Tennis World are two very good magazines on the subject.

Cost
The costs involved in playing tennis are very modest,a racket can cost anything from ?15 upwards. The hireing of a public court is from about ?2 to ?5 an hour. The cost of joining a club can be anything from ?50 a year upwards, but you would get discounted or even free court use. Dress is by tradition white shirt and shorts for men, or white blouse and skirt for women and white rubber soled shoes.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

Energy

Arms

Legs

Sight

Hearing

Speech

Learning

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