The Growth Committee of the APTA assists local enthusiasts across the country (and world) in developing platform tennis programs and building courts.
Facility & Program Development Resources
We urge you to take advantage of these resources as the APTA carries out one of its major missions – growing the sport!
| Growth Committee Members |
| APTA Grant Proposal Guidelines (March, 2010) |
| Proposals & Documents from Grant Recipients Kansas City, KA (pdf) North Park, PA (pdf) Racquet Club of the South, GA (doc) Chapel Hill, NC (doc) Lake Bluff, IL (doc) Lake Bluff Feasibility Study (xls) |
| Other Projects Municipal Proposal, Hinsdale, IL (doc) MAPTA Public Paddle Committee (pdf) - Minutes from the innagural meeting. This group was formed: "To enable the provision of affordable platform tennis to the general public in MAPTA's geographical area [Philadelphia] with the intention of ensuring its sustainability over time." |
| PR Materials APTA Video - This video may be a helpful promotional aid to show VIPs who are new to the game. For your own copy of the DVD, contact the Growth Committee. Municipal Paddle Brochure (pdf) - This brochure includes facts, figures, history and guidelines for pitching a municipal platform tennis project. Although focused on municipal projects, it's quite helpful for any platform tennis facility project. From Proposal to Success (pdf) - This document provides a brief overview ot the timeline of platform tennis development at the Cherokee Town Club in Atlanta, using excerpts from a varity of sources. |
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Technical Information |
| Tournament Support Our tournament support library has draw sheets, detailed planning documents for tournament directors, and lot more to help you out with your tournaments and events. |
We are continuing to update and add to our resources, so please check back again.
Program & Court Building Assistance
Assistance can include grant money toward building courts, as well as written pieces covering “why paddle?,” financial justifications, technical specs, past proposals for club or park boards, past APTA grant proposals and informative histories of successful projects.
Pro-Bono Liaisons
The Committee also offers pro-bono personal assistance to organizers by way of liaisons who can shepherd organizers all the way through the process. Each liaison has personal experience in growing platform tennis in his or her own location.
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Growth Committee News
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Six Grants AwardedMay, 2011The 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 |
