QuickStart Tennis

Navratilova & Fernandez Help USTA Serve Up Its "Biggest" Youth Tennis Initiative Ever!

Martina Navratilova, the winningest women's tennis champion of all time, and Mary Joe Fernandez, a two-time U.S. Olympic tennis gold medalist and Grand Slam tournament winner, step into the tennis shoes of a child as they battle it out on an oversized tennis court using five-foot long racquets and an oversized tennis ball to simulate what it feels like for a child learning to play tennis. In one of its most significant moves ever to introduce tennis to children, The United States Tennis Association is launching QuickStart Tennis play format, an innovative new play format designed to help kids 10 and younger get into the game.

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[thephoenix4ever]

Where can I buy a racquet like that?

[Svninja10]

@frozenscout2

they must all suck ass then. and 9 isnt that young their talking bout kids lot older than that to play on smaller courts as kids

[ttCrawsaive]

Nadal can play on such a court, not women

[manuelklass]

oooohhh im sorry

[frozenscout2]

pfft smaller courts thats bullshit, my little borther whos 9 can play on big courts and beat half the 15 year olds that play at my age.

[sssssssssssssssssste]

since when was 'winninest' a word? 

loving her on im a celebrity get me out of here in the uk

[nancymarielc]

Great video. I think the quick start program is great. I'm from Canada and I'm running a progressive tennis program in my community, and also the Tennis Club I coach at. This is similiar to the Quick Start program in the U.S. I can't wait to see these players when they get older. The quality of tennis will be so much higher.