Calories
Burned Playing Tennis
First,
convert your current weight to kilograms
By dividing by 2.2.
Example 150# person = 68.2 kilo
Here are the conversions,
you'll have to decide how fast and intense you worked out.
You can "piece meal" it and add it together or figure
out what your average is.
The following numbers are
based on ONE HOUR's worth of work.
Take that into consideration on how long the session is. After
watching the Wimbleton this year there were some MAJOR long
sessions.
Tennis General/Practicing
Use Kilo weight x 7.0 = calories per hour
Tennis, Doubles
Kilo weight x 6.0 = calories per hour
Tennis, Singles
Kilo weight x 8.0 = calories per hour
These factors I'm using are METS or metabolic equivalents
determined by the American College of Sports Medicine
