How to start tennis as an adult? 👇🏼 • YOU DO NOT NEED EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT TO START. One racket. One pair of proper tennis shoes. Do not spend a fortune on the racket yet. You will not know what you prefer until you have played for a few months. Everything else: the fancy bag, the extra rackets, the clothes, that comes later. Much later. • THE RACQUET You do not need to overthink this. Look for something lightweight with a head size around 100-105 square inches. This gives you a larger sweet spot which means more forgiveness when you mishit. • SHOES: THIS MATTERS MORE THAN THE RACKET. Tennis involves constant lateral movement that running shoes cannot support. Ankle rolls happen fast in the wrong footwear. Look for dedicated tennis shoes: Asics Gel-Dedicate, Babolat Propulse Fury, Wilson Rush. • USE SLOWER BALLS IN THE FIRST MONTH Orange dot or green dot lower compression balls move slower and bounce lower than standard yellow balls. • TAKE LESSONS BEFORE ANYTHING ...