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www.tennisireland.ie

Speaker: Des Allen

Tennis is Fun

29th November 2008

Tennis is Fun….

Maurice Pratt

The challenge to reposition the

sport…..

……just a little

The challenge to reposition the

sport…..

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

Rank Activity Male% Female% Total%1 Swimming 12 17 15

2 Golf 17 3 10

3 Aerobics 5 10 8

4 Soccer 13 2 7

5 Cycling (leisure) 6 3 5

6 GAA football 8 <1 4

7 Billiards Snooker 6 <1 4

8 Pitch and Putt 4 2 3

9 Tennis 3 3 3

10 Jogging 3 2 3

Participation rates – most popular activities

Most popular activities - female

Activities Participation rate %

Swimming 17

Aerobics/ Keep fit 10

Cycling for leisure 3

Golf 3

Tennis 3

Jogging 2

Potential for participation growth

Nadal/Federer head to head Climate

non-contact Private members Clubs

cradle to grave Few commercial/municipal facilities

no drugs Elitist image

fashion/show biz crossover A little stuffy – whites rules

high levels of tv coverage Culture 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. 3DISEASES OF THE

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.

“Tennis increases lung function/lung

flexibility”

SOURCE: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

46 (2006)

No.2......CANCER

“Higher levels of physical activity reduces the risk of

cancer”

SOURCE: U.S. Surgeon Generals Report 2004

No.1......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

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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