At the early stages of my getting to know about tennis, I heard a lot of things some of which were encouraging and some discouraging.
- Tennis is one of the most expensive games in the world.
- Tennis is a Non-contact Sport
- Tennis exercises every part of the body
- Tennis requires so much energy.
- Tennis is one of the most expensive sports in the world.
Well according to https://www.pledgesports.org/2017/09/8-most-expensive-sports/
Tennis is actually one of the most expensive sport. According to the website, not only is acquiring the racquet, shoes and other associated tools in their necessary numbers expensive, but coaching fees and the travels and trips required to effectively train to become a pro and climb up the professional ladder makes it really expensive.
Well coming back to our local level, I realized that a brand new standard tennis racquet costs between N20,000 ($50) and N50,000 ($125). A fairly used one, depending on the quantity, costs about half of that. A serious player own a minimum of 2 racquets, so that if the string snaps during play, you can continue your training or game with the spare racquet. Then later proceed to restring the snapped racquet. So depending on your skill level, having just 2 racquets is still risky. Well, to restring a racquet costs about N3000 (about $8). A tin of tennis balls costs about N3000. And if you play regularly, you will need a new tin every week or less than that period. Brand new tennis shoes costs between N25,000 ($63)and N50,000 ($125). Tennis tops, shorts, racquet bags, By the time you check the costs, you see that it costs a lot to maintain one's self as an active tennis player.
... To be continued...