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Speaker: Des Allen Tennis is Fun 29 th November 2008

Tennis is Fun…. Maurice Pratt

The challenge to reposition the sport…..

……just a little The challenge to reposition the sport…..

Why? To grow participation levels

 Tennis has a 3% participation level (ESRI Research)  70,000 estimated as members of affiliated clubs  200 affiliated clubs nationwide  Modest growth in club memberships over past ten years. Most growth in Leinster The structure of the game in Ireland

RankActivityMale%Female%Total% 1Swimming Golf Aerobics5108 4Soccer1327 5Cycling (leisure)635 6GAA football8<14 7Billiards Snooker6<14 8Pitch and Putt423 9Tennis333 10Jogging323 Participation rates – most popular activities

Most popular activities - female ActivitiesParticipation rate % Swimming17 Aerobics/ Keep fit10 Cycling for leisure3 Golf3 Tennis3 Jogging2

Potential for participation growth Nadal/Federer head to headClimate non-contactPrivate members Clubs cradle to graveFew commercial/municipal facilities no drugsElitist image fashion/show biz crossoverA little stuffy – whites rules high levels of tv coverageCulture discouraged pro tennis

Balance performance/recreational National Tennis day Tennis can be more fun Fitness and Health Move indoors Change the surface Competition formats Coaching

No. 3 DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. “Tennis increases lung function/lung flexibility” SOURCE: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 46 (2006)

No CANCER “Higher levels of physical activity reduces the risk of cancer” SOURCE: U.S. Surgeon Generals Report 2004

No HEART DISEASE “In tennis players there is one third to a half less cardiovascular disease than in non tennis players” SOURCE: American Journal of Medicine 112 (2002)

Obesity  Average female in an hour playing singles burns 420 calories  Average male in an hour playing singles burns 600 calories.  SOURCE: Cleveland Clinic Heart Centre

Diabetes “Tennis twice a week decreases glucose (sugar) levels in the blood” SOURCE: Babette Pluim, ITF Medical Commission

People who participate in tennis 3 hours per week (at moderately vigorous intensity) cut their risk of death in half from any cause, according to physician Ralph Paffenbarger, who studied more than 10,000 people over a period of 20 years. SOURCE: Dr. Jack Groppel, USTA.

National Tennis Centre

National Tennis Centre

National Tennis Centre

Sam Barry World U18 Ranking: 192 Aged 16, from Limerick Played first pro tournament June 2008 ITF record 35 and 13 Next stop Australian Open

Competition Formats  Challenge formats  Elimination formats  Group formats  Rotation formats  Team formats

National Tennis Day

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