Kids soccer games on tennis courts?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just the city of Alexandria that does this. I don't think thatOther places in Fairfax county allow tenants courts to be used for anything other than tennis. If people sneak on that's one thing but for official rentals, I don't think you can do anything except for tennis on tennis courts in Fairfax county

It's happening all over the country. Tennis courts are sitting empty and futsal is one of the fastest growing youth sports. So the old tennis courts are getting converted to futsal, it just takes some lines and goals and the courts are no longer sitting empty !

[Anonymous]

Chill folks. OP complain to the city. You are literally in a Soccer forum complaining about tennis courts being used for futsal. Posting here does nothing unless you trying to pick a fight. Maybe play tennis on a soccer field and see how the soccer players feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chill folks. OP complain to the city. You are literally in a Soccer forum complaining about tennis courts being used for futsal. Posting here does nothing unless you trying to pick a fight. Maybe play tennis on a soccer field and see how the soccer players feel.

Warms up for Wimbledon. Unless it’s turf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chill folks. OP complain to the city. You are literally in a Soccer forum complaining about tennis courts being used for futsal. Posting here does nothing unless you trying to pick a fight. Maybe play tennis on a soccer field and see how the soccer players feel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just the city of Alexandria that does this. I don't think thatOther places in Fairfax county allow tenants courts to be used for anything other than tennis. If people sneak on that's one thing but for official rentals, I don't think you can do anything except for tennis on tennis courts in Fairfax county

It's happening all over the country. Tennis courts are sitting empty and futsal is one of the fastest growing youth sports. So the old tennis courts are getting converted to futsal, it just takes some lines and goals and the courts are no longer sitting empty !

Actually, the courts Alexandria were using are very popular and used for tennis heavily on the weekends. Apparently, the city felt it was more profitable to let soccer kids use tennis courts instead of tennis players. (Or was it because the mayor’s kid plays futsal?) Everyone in Alexandria should just stop complaining and recognize that ASA’s money making needs are more important than city residents being able to use their taxpayer funded facilities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just the city of Alexandria that does this. I don't think thatOther places in Fairfax county allow tenants courts to be used for anything other than tennis. If people sneak on that's one thing but for official rentals, I don't think you can do anything except for tennis on tennis courts in Fairfax county

It's happening all over the country. Tennis courts are sitting empty and futsal is one of the fastest growing youth sports. So the old tennis courts are getting converted to futsal, it just takes some lines and goals and the courts are no longer sitting empty !

Actually, the courts Alexandria were using are very popular and used for tennis heavily on the weekends. Apparently, the city felt it was more profitable to let soccer kids use tennis courts instead of tennis players. (Or was it because the mayor’s kid plays futsal?) Everyone in Alexandria should just stop complaining and recognize that ASA’s money making needs are more important than city residents being able to use their taxpayer funded facilities.

Like a PP said earlier apply and pay for a permit the same way ASA did for futsal and you can have the court to yourself. Just like churches use school gyms for services on Sundays. They get the permit even though a gym isn't a church. Stop complaining, Besides sports has passed you by old man. Let the youth take their time to shine. Father Time stands still for nobody.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just the city of Alexandria that does this. I don't think thatOther places in Fairfax county allow tenants courts to be used for anything other than tennis. If people sneak on that's one thing but for official rentals, I don't think you can do anything except for tennis on tennis courts in Fairfax county

It's happening all over the country. Tennis courts are sitting empty and futsal is one of the fastest growing youth sports. So the old tennis courts are getting converted to futsal, it just takes some lines and goals and the courts are no longer sitting empty !

Actually, the courts Alexandria were using are very popular and used for tennis heavily on the weekends. Apparently, the city felt it was more profitable to let soccer kids use tennis courts instead of tennis players. (Or was it because the mayor’s kid plays futsal?) Everyone in Alexandria should just stop complaining and recognize that ASA’s money making needs are more important than city residents being able to use their taxpayer funded facilities.

Like a PP said earlier apply and pay for a permit the same way ASA did for futsal and you can have the court to yourself. Just like churches use school gyms for services on Sundays. They get the permit even though a gym isn't a church. Stop complaining, Besides sports has passed you by old man. Let the youth take their time to shine. Father Time stands still for nobody.

I guess fitness is only accessible to those who can pay. The community needs to pay up or stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

Surely every single public tennis court in Alexandria is not rented out for futsal. I’m sure OP could drive around and find an open court.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surely every single public tennis court in Alexandria is not rented out for futsal. I’m sure OP could drive around and find an open court.

+1 Exactly. Alexandria has several dedicated futsal courts that they are using for this league, so I'm guessing that they are maybe 5 or 6 (double) tennis courts. If someone can't find a tennis court to use, that's on them. Adults bitching just because it's a small inconvenience so KIDS can play a sport that requires a hard smooth surface for 6 weeks. Geezuz. People are a-holes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just the city of Alexandria that does this. I don't think thatOther places in Fairfax county allow tenants courts to be used for anything other than tennis. If people sneak on that's one thing but for official rentals, I don't think you can do anything except for tennis on tennis courts in Fairfax county

It's happening all over the country. Tennis courts are sitting empty and futsal is one of the fastest growing youth sports. So the old tennis courts are getting converted to futsal, it just takes some lines and goals and the courts are no longer sitting empty !

Actually, the courts Alexandria were using are very popular and used for tennis heavily on the weekends. Apparently, the city felt it was more profitable to let soccer kids use tennis courts instead of tennis players. (Or was it because the mayor’s kid plays futsal?) Everyone in Alexandria should just stop complaining and recognize that ASA’s money making needs are more important than city residents being able to use their taxpayer funded facilities.

The futsal league linked above has over 200 teams, if there are 10 players per team that is over 2000 kids playing futsal every week. So yes, that should take priority over 4 people that may or may not want to play tennis depending how long the free sample line at Costco is.

[Anonymous]

This is a weird post. Futsal is a sport played on hard surfaces; it is not soccer. Calling futsal soccer is like calling basketball volleyball. Both sports use a ball and use their arms - but not the same sport. The relationship between soccer and futsal is the same. Tennis courts are available to rent by permit. The people in charge of court rental follow rules. The rules do not specify these courts must be used for tennis. If you live in Alexandria and want to change rules for tennis court use then take it up with local government. But... tennis is a sport losing popularity where between 2 to 4 people use a court per hour. Futsal is a sport gaining popularity where 14 or so people play for an hour. I think it will be a hard sell to disallow futsal from tennis courts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a weird post. Futsal is a sport played on hard surfaces; it is not soccer. Calling futsal soccer is like calling basketball volleyball. Both sports use a ball and use their arms - but not the same sport. The relationship between soccer and futsal is the same. Tennis courts are available to rent by permit. The people in charge of court rental follow rules. The rules do not specify these courts must be used for tennis. If you live in Alexandria and want to change rules for tennis court use then take it up with local government. But... tennis is a sport losing popularity where between 2 to 4 people use a court per hour. Futsal is a sport gaining popularity where 14 or so people play for an hour. I think it will be a hard sell to disallow futsal from tennis courts.

I'm with the futsal people on this 1000000% but to basically state that it's ridiculous for people to confuse futsal for "soccer on a tennis court" and compare it to calling basketball volleyball is ridiculous. I mean utterly ridiculous and I didn't even bother reading the rest of your post because you have no credibility. Your post did not help.

[Anonymous]

What organization is behind this in Alexandria? Multiple weekends now, kids soccer games are hogging tennis courts all day (5+ hours). Most of the cars seem to have Maryland plates.

Don't do this, soccer parents. Find other means if your groups aren't reserving courts in an organized way.

My son plays both futsal and tennis. Alexandria soccer has been reserving the courts, they have a right to be there, as do the teams involved in their league. Also, there are other tennis courts available. My son has played at the ones near Chinquapin and the ones near Potomac Yard without incident on futsal days - in fact, often on the same days he plays futsal on other courts.

In normal times, many Alexandria futsal games are played in gyms, but they are not doing that currently due to COVID. This is why more tennis courts are being used. It is not the same thing to play a futsal game on a turf field, the ball will not move the same way, so the kids who are more serious about fustal cannot just shift to turf.

I would be surprised if "most" of the cars have Maryland plates, except perhaps on the particualr day you looked. Some Maryland teams play in the league, and some Alexandria players live in Maryland, but that wouldn't account for "most" of the cars most weekends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd just like for the parents to not bring their giant 18-seater clown cars and hog up all the street parking, so that residents can do errands and don't have to walk 5 blocks to carry things back home.

Or at the very least, a heads up would be nice.

You bought in a neighborhood with street parking. Sorry but that’s on you. You don’t own the street either.

[Anonymous]

I'd just like for the parents to not bring their giant 18-seater clown cars and hog up all the street parking, so that residents can do errands and don't have to walk 5 blocks to carry things back home.

Or at the very least, a heads up would be nice.


You bought in a neighborhood with street parking. Sorry but that’s on you. You don’t own the street either.

Which court is causing you this issue, OP? Nannie Lee has a parking lot, GW has some lot parking, Minnie Howard has a lot. Which other tennis courts are being used that do not have a lot for futsal participants?