Growing the Sport
Please visit our Grow the Sport page for resources and information on building platform tennis courts, facilities and programs.
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Six Grants AwardedThe APTA Board of Directors is pleased to report that it unanimously approved six new grants totaling $65,000 for public access platform tennis programs around the country. More |
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The APTA Visits Tar Heel TerritoryNestled underneath the brick façade of an Athletic Building on the UNC Campus sits an unlikely sight; three platform tennis courts, filled to capacity with pros teaching clinics. More |
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Lake Forest Hosts APTA Clinic & ExhibitionPaddlers from around the area came out to Lake Bluff for paddle at its finest. More |
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APTA Grant Money at Work in North ParkUnder glorious blue skies (definitely not the usual Pittsburgh paddle skies), the North Park Platform Tennis Association had its official ribbon cutting ceremony opening its newly refurbished Court #1. More |
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The APTA Awards Three GrantsAt its May meeting in Atlanta, the APTA Board of Directors voted in favor of awarding three new financial grants toward worthy platform tennis growth projects in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Wilton. More |
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Case Study: Hinsdale, IllinoisOver about a decade, a tiny village (population 18,000), has seen participation in platform tennis increase from 100 to nearly 1,000 players. This phenomenon makes Hinsdale an interesting case |
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New Canaan High School Launches Platform Tennis Club TeamIn a town twith four public courts and a hut within walking distance from the high school, there should be high school paddle. There wasn’t. In stepped sophomore Phoebe Wilks. More |
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State of the Sport Address: The College Platform Tennis EditionAfter eight years of playing paddle and three years of passionately promoting college platform tennis, Chris Kelley offers some observations, advice, and optimism for the future of the sport at the college level. More |
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Crest Hollow Rescues Platform Tennis ProgramWhen the Huntington YMCA decided to discontinue its platform tennis program, the APTA and Crest Hollow Country Club teamed up to move the courts and save the open membership program. More |
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College Courts at Carolina InauguratedOn a perfect fall day the University of North Carolina christened its three new grade level platform courts, helped out by Jean Kempner, Mike Rahaley, Mike and Mark Fischl. More |
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APTA Platform Tenns -- Check It OutTodd Ward has long been known for his devotion to the sport, having orchestrated countless clinics and exhibitions around the country. In this fast-paced video, Todd takes on the role of producer and brilliantly captures the excitement of platform tennis. More |
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APTA Court Grants Proving Successful in Growing the GameMindful that a stated mission of the APTA is to grow the great sport of Platform Tennis, as well as the quandary that it’s hard to justify courts if you don’t yet have players, and yet it’s hard to attract new players if you don’t have courts for them to play on, the Board of Directors of the APTA decided several years ago to experiment with a Grant Program. The concept was and is to solicit proposals for grants to help build publicly accessible platform tennis courts in areas where the sport has great growth potential. More |
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UNC Gains 3 New CourtsHow do you give a recreation director the goose bumps? Give him the space of eight tennis courts and let him create a multi-purpose recreational facility for a major university. Marty Pomerantz of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, had just that opportunity. His new facility includes tennis, sand volleyball, basketball, in-line skating and three new platform tennis courts. More |
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Platform Tennis Goes to SchoolPlatform tennis creates committed players, including young players. At Georgetown University, Yale University and McDonogh School in Maryland, enterprising students have created platform tennis programs they hope will spread the word to other athletes and endure after they depart. More |
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The Pitch for Municipal Paddle IIThis is a must read for anyone looking to develop a platform tennis program. Tom Dow details the success he and fellow enthusiasts have had in implenting a strategy for growing municipal platform tennis that he proposed in an article several years ago. More Platform Tennis at the Neighborhood ClubThis is a modifiable Power Point presentation created in 2004 to be used as a proposal for municipal platform tennis programs (referred to in the article above). Please note that it is a large file and may take a few minutes to download or to open. Click to open or save PPT presentation |
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Waveny Lodge RenovationWaveny Lodge is an historic building located within a 250 acre park in the center of New Canaan, CT. In 2004, a group of platform tennis enthusiasts embarked on a multi-year effort to upgrade the existing platform tennis courts and renovate Waveny Lodge as the padde hut. Their extraordinary community effort resulted in an exceptional facility. More |
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Atlanta 2008 by Peter LauerThe Peachtree Paddle League, Wilson, the APTA, the PPTA and others sponsored a star-studded season opening clinic and exhibition in Atlanta. More |
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Buffalo 2008 by Dave JentschThe Buffalo, NY platform tennis season opened quickly this year when Buffalo hosted an APTA exhibition and clinic on October 3rd and 4th. Inveterate veteran Fritz Odenbach arrived from nearby Rochester, NY with colleagues Sky Kalkman and Andy Thompson and teamed with Bob Considine from Paddlepro for the weekend. More |
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Minneapolis 2008 by Todd wardThe APTA/PPTA kicked off the year in Minneapolis on October 3rd and 4th. Mark Fischl (Long Island), Todd Ward (Cincinnati), Eric Moran (Chicago), and Rob Bakker (Cincinnati) headed to the city for a weekend of clinics, exhibitions and pro educational seminars. More |
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APTA Clinics and Exhibitions by Todd WardAs some of you are aware the APTA/PPTA does promotional clinics and exhibitions throughout the country during the platform season. The purpose of these clinics/exhibitions is to spread the good word of our sport to undeveloped or declining areas. More |
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Starting a Club by Anne M. ConnorEileen Goode tells Anne Connor how she started a platform tennis club in Madison Wisconsin. More |
