Though tennis will always be a standard club amenity, racquet sport variations are catching on as complementary offerings. At the 10th Annual Tennis Industry Association Tennis Forum in August 2017, Kurt Kamperman, the United State Tennis Association’s Chief Executive, Community Tennis and USTA National Campus, stated that “we live in a sedentary society,” in which…
Park Ridge (Ill.) CC Adds Paddle Tennis
The private club completed construction of four paddle tennis courts and accompanying warming hut at a ribbon-cutting on July 21. The club will offer three women’s teams and three men’s teams starting this fall, and is exploring how to make the courts available to non-members as well. A sport popular in several North Shore communities…