QuickStart Gets Kids in Swing of Tennis

Recreation is big business. It is important for sporting goods companies, recreation programs, commercial sports facilities, coaches and instructors, and sports physicians to bring new players into their respective sports, make the sport easy to learn, and keep them hooked for life. They are all promoting a healthier form of addiction than being a workaholic, eating too much chocolate cake, or consumption of illegal substances.

Skiers scoffed when short skis were introduced – they were thought to be impure and would prevent skiers from mastering the sport. Tennis players cringed when the oversize Prince racquet was introduced – only little old ladies who played doubles would use them. In time, other sports have followed suit, there are short golf clubs, smaller softballs, and light volleyballs.

Most recreation participants are kids and weekend warriors – they are not the masters of the moguls or tennis players with 130 mph serves. They are the players who benefit from oversized racquets, short skis, and light volleyballs.

On June 19, 2001, the Broomfield Enterprise featured an article entitled, “QuickStart gets kids in Swing of Tennis.” The city recreation program adopted the QuickStart program for select junior programs. In some form, the short court, light balls, shorter racquets, and altered scoring that was recently adopted by the Broomfield recreation group has been the standard for the past 20+ years.

Advantage Broomfield Recreation Department! Advantage tennis! Hopefully the change will serve as encouragement to  more juniors to gain a true appreciation for what a great sport tennis is.