Health and fitness is important for everyone but is especially important for those who play sport as being healthy and fit will help them to perform better in there chosen sport.

‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’

There are many components related to health and different components are needed for different sports, as some sports are more demanding than others. Health related fitness components include cardiovascular endurance, Muscular strength, Muscular endurance, and flexibility and Body composition.

‘Fitness is the ability to perform daily tasks vigorously and alertly with energy left over for enjoying leisure activities and meeting emergency demands.’

Fitness components include Agility, Balance, Coordination, Fast reactions

‘The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity.’

Tennis players also need to be very agile. They also both need balance. Balance has been defined as

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