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Article: USA Team Tennis hits the court at America's public parks. (Tip-Off).
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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USA Team Tennis is the fastest growing of the United States Tennis Association's community tennis programs, with nearly 350,000 youth participating in 2002, an increase of more than 80 percent since 1998. People of all abilities and backgrounds around the country ages 6-18 enjoy the fun and social benefits of USA Team Tennis, and more of the action is taking place at public parks than anywhere else.
USA Team Tennis is a six- to eight-week program of team practice and match play for boys and girls who want to play tennis as a team. Teams comprise players of similar age and skill, and they compete against other teams from the same geographic region in one of three ...