Why is Tennis Participation Growing?
Research shows that tennis participation seems to be less affected by a bad economy. In fact, the latest studies show that 26.9 million people are playing tennis, the highest number in 15 years, and participation continues to increase. There are a number of reasons why this sport is growing:
- Tennis promotes a healthy, active lifestyle with great social benefits. An hour of tennis will burn more calories than virtually any other traditional sport.
- Tennis is relatively inexpensive to play — all you need is a racquet and a can of balls.
- Through unified support, the tennis industry has developed a strong infrastructure providing more places to play, programs to learn and partners to play with. A GrowingTennis System at growingtennis.com, designed to help tennis providers, is receiving 2 million consumer queries every month.
- The TennisWelcomeCenter logo has appeared on 200 million tennis ball cans and 10 million starter racquets, directing consumers to go to TennisWelcomeCenter.com.
- There are 700,000 participants in USTA League Tennis, 30,000 participants in Tennis on Campus, and tournament attendance continues to grow.
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