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[quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the many people who has taken up tennis in the last few years. Absolutely experiencing a resurgence -- when I started up a few years ago, it was easy to get into classes and clinics, and now it's harder and things sell out. I also notice more activity on local courts. A local club I am a sometimes-member of has said they've tripled the amount of adult beginner offerings and they still sell out, it's been a huge boon for them financially.

I actually think pickleball has increased interest in tennis because it's contributed to "tennis core" fashion and activity on local courts and led to some people picking up tennis if pickleball is not for them (personally I like the pace of tennis better and like how much running there is, and find it more satisfying to be able to swing through groundstrokes than the volley focus of pickleball). There's just a greater interest in racquet sports generally.

It's great! Take up tennis! It's getting easier to find partners because so many people are picking it up, and it's the rare recreational sport that almost anyone can play but for which there is also a high level professional product to watch. Basketball is the only other one I can think of that is as accessible, but I feel like basketball after 50 gets dicey whereas I know a lot of people playing tennis into their 60s and even 70s, just playing at a slower pace with bigger rackets to accommodate more limited mobility.[/quote]

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