It s called short tennis. They use softer balls and smaller courts. The only problem is that short tennis was created to be a lead-up activity for tennis and it was so much fun that it became a nationally recognized and highly competitive sport in its own right. Let the pundits decide. As the saying goes, yesterday is history and tomorrow s a mystery.
Today is when the future is determined.
Become involved, convinced that your voice and action can help assure that tomorrow is actually not a mystery, but full of a bright future for tennis. After all, even a company like IBM had taken much the same bumpy road in the early 90 s. We weren t alone. The reason all other sports except tennis has readily accessible statistics on growth is that their numbers are based on league participation only.