ABSTRACT
Within recent years golf has become a popular sport in Germany. The number of golf clubs has increased since 1980 from 160 to 438. Where there were formerly 50,000 organised golf players there are now about 225,000 active golf players. The German Tennis Federation has also experienced an exponential growth during recent years (from 68,179 members in 1950 to 2,108,689 members in 1990). In particular the amount of middle aged and older players has constantly increased (Sklorz, 1995). Consequently, the profile of physiological demands of golf and tennis is of special interest, because of health orientated considerations.
