Danica Patrick reached great heights during her striking Nascar and Indycar career. Now the retired driver brings her talents to a new sport.
The 42-year-old recently revealed that she was starting to follow tennis lessons. Patrick suggested that her pivot to the new sport was aimed at the potential health benefits in the long term.
In 2018, Forbes called a study From Denmark that established that people who regularly play racket sports can extend their lives.
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Former Indycar series -driver Danica Patrick during the 105th Indianapolis 500 on Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)
“All racket sports – together with active sports such as basketball and football – it is believed that they help increase the lifespan, although tennis among them all stands out,” said the study.
Patrick posted a video with the possible benefits of Racket Sports.
“Hence the tennis lessons,” she scored the mail to her Instagram story.
Danica Patrick during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 on Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis 27 May 20218. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)
In another recently post on social media, Patrick revealed that she has developed an interest golf About two years ago.
Danica Patrick during the qualification for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 12 July 2013, in Loudon, NH (Jonathan Ferrey/Nascar via Getty images)
“I decided to really learn to play golf about 2 years ago. Of course it is a bit seasonal, usually for heat in AZ, but also working and skiing! I thought I had finally discovered it last fall. Then I forgot how I had to hit my driver to start the year … Until about 10 days ago. I remembered just as mysterious as I are told,” “” Instagram -Report.
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Patrick is the most successful woman in the history of the car race. She wrote history when she became the first female driver who won a pole in the Nascar Cup series, the highest level of Nascar. She retired in 2018.
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