Odds And Ends in Racketsportsland

CONGRATULATIONS, NOVAK DJOKOVIC!

Racquet Sports Professionals Needed

SPORTS PROS CONNECT HAD A BUSY APRIL

Mark Wylam was looking for several tennis pros in April for positions in…
Spain (2), China (2), India, Dubai (2), Maldives, New Zealand, Mauritius, New Jersey, Germany, UK, Finland. More SPC information.

Mark was also promoting his SPC Academy membership connecting your academy with players and coaches worldwide. Benefits:

• Featured profile page

• Advertise and job opening

• Promote courses/clinics

• Attract more players

• Offer scholarships & sponsorships

• More SPC information.

This and That

From Tennishead
ATP Tour announce new doubles format in a bid to unlock ‘untapped potential’

First seen in Florida Tennis News
West Palm Beach breaks ground on $14.8 million renovation at Gaines Park

From USTA Florida
USTA Florida Celebrates 75 Years of Tennis, Honors Awardees, & Takes Stage with KC and The Sunshine Band

From Canada
ACE Tennis posted

PICKLEBALL

From Sports Business Journal
Concentrated power
Two of Pickleball’s leading professional leagues join forces. Next up: Winning back the trust of players, building on fan support.

New Pickleball Magazine: Spring 2024

From CourtReserve Blog
CourtReserve Co-Founders Announce Old Coast Pickleball Club Venture
CourtReserve Co-Founders, Ashley and Tim Owens, have announced the official opening of Old Coast Pickleball. The brand-new 6,000 sq. ft. indoor pickleball club is poised to redefine the racquet sports experience in the coastal town of northeast Florida (St. Augustine). 

From Sports Business Journal
Utah MLP franchise planning $25M team facility
The Picklr/LARC Major League Pickleball’s Utah Black Diamonds today announced plans for the "Utah Black Diamonds Pickleball Center," a privately funded $25M team facility in South Jordan, Utah about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.

From CourtReserve Blog
CourtReserve Announces Ashley Owens as Panelist Speaker at First Ever Pickleball Minds Event
CourtReserve and Old Coast Pickleball Co-Founder, Ashley Owens, will headline as a keynote panelist speaker at the first-ever Pickleball Minds forum event on May 3, 2024, in Princeton, New Jersey.

This is halfway funny - or not.
The Tennis vs. Pickleball Turf War | The Daily Show

PLAYTOMIC

From SportsTechX
Rafael Nadal invests in Playtomic, leading app for booking tennis and padel courts
The Spanish tennis star has announced his new partnership with the biggest racket sports community in the world

ONCOURT OFFCOURT APRIL WELLNESS

Mindful Kalindi: Dancing With Uncertainty
Craving certainty, wanting to control, to know for sure … well, it is a malady affecting quite possibly most of humanity. The opposite, uncertainty and lack of control, is terribly frightening after all.

Free Webinar: Everyday Wellness: Training Smarter and Debunking Myths
Every day, countless people suffer from aches and pains they THINK are normal. In fact, things like back and neck pain have cost Americans billions in lost hours, expensive surgeries, and medications. Even collegiate and high school athletes can sometimes require surgery to try to recover from injuries and keep playing at their level. In this webinar, Everyday Wellness: Training Smarter and Debunking Myths, we delve deep into the fitness myths which may be keeping us injured and the exercises and stretches we can do instead that may be able to better help get rid of everyday aches and pain.

PADEL

Glad to report that I took my first Padel lesson last month. Loved it! Woohoo!

USPTA Press Release April 29
USPTA Signs Multi-Year Deal with Padel Courts Deluxe
The United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), Inc. is pleased to announce a five-year agreement with Padel Courts Deluxe. Per the agreement, Padel Courts Deluxe will serve as the Official Padel Courts of the USPTA.

The union with the USPTA is not only a step toward the internationalization of Padel in America but also a fusion of visions. The USPTA, known for promoting the highest standards in the teaching and practice of professional tennis, sees Padel as a complementary and expansive sport with enormous potential to capture the interest of players and fans alike. This partnership focuses on leveraging Padel Courts Deluxe's expertise and infrastructure to develop the American market, offering world-class courts and installation for facilities to expand their racquet sports offering.

Padel Courts Deluxe stands out not only for its experience and quality but also for its impressive production capacity, with more than 4,500 courts manufactured per year. With more than 12,500 square meters dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of Padel courts, the company has the largest production capacity in the market. This is critical to meeting the challenge of popularizing Padel in the United States, ensuring the availability and accessibility of high-quality courts throughout the country.

“We are excited to partner with Padel Courts Deluxe and collaborate on growing Padel in the United States,” said USPTA CEO Brian Dillman. “Their experience and size make delivering quality courts to our members and meeting their needs as the Padel market grows easier than ever before.”

Padel Courts Deluxe, with more than 14 years of experience in the manufacture of Padel courts, has established itself as the undisputed leader in the sector. Its commitment to innovation and product quality has been the cornerstone of its success. By manufacturing courts that meet the highest quality standards in the sector and using the latest technology, the company has managed to install its facilities in more than 35 countries, evidencing a strong focus on international expansion.

From Sports Business Journal
Pro Padel League unveils broadcast, streaming plan for 2024 season-opening events
PPL co-founder & Commissioner Marcos Del Pilar said that the league produces its broadcasts with production partner Grup MediaPro Tracy Briggs-Troncoso/Pro Padel League The Pro Padel League will today announce the broadcast and streaming distribution plan for its two 2024 season-opening events.

From Tennis Grandstand
Padel X Club With 10 Courts Now Open In Downtown Miami
Padel, a racquet sport with more than 25 million active players in 110 countries, is about to blow up in South Florida. The company known as Padel X recently opened one of the biggest padel clubs in the U.S. The location? Beautiful downtown Miami at 141 NE 13th Terrace – and it’s right next door to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The Padel X ownership group has opened 10 courts at that location, but the momentum won’t stop there. The Miami club is just the beginning. Miami is the first of three South Florida Padel X clubs to open this year, with Boca Raton and West Palm Beach to follow.

The Tennis Channel

Sinclair Broadcasting (Parent company of The Tennis Channel)
Sinclair to use gen AI for automated language translations on Tennis Channel talk show
Sinclair is taking its first steps into the use of generative artificial intelligence by applying automated language translations to the Tennis Channel’s talk show series “Petko Unfiltered,” which is hosted by former WTA player Andrea Petkovic.