Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
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U.S. Tennis Participation Surges in 2020, Adding Four Million Players
Posted: February 11, 2021 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA announced that tennis participation increased by 22% in 2020, with 21.64 million people hitting the courts according to recent data from the Physical Activity Council’s Participation (PAC) report produced by Sports Marketing Surveys. The survey and report monitor more than 120 different sports and activities participated in by Americans. Read More...
Michael Joyce, Jenna Worswick Join USTA Player Development
Posted: January 13, 2021 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Renowned women’s coach, Michael Joyce, who has coached multiple Grand Slam champions, including Maria Sharapova, and strength and conditioning coach, Jenna Worswick, have joined USTA Player Development in full-time roles. Read More...
USTA Names Marisa Grimes as Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Posted: December 3, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA has announced the appointment of Marisa Grimes as the company’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Grimes, who will begin her new role in January 2021, will report to USTA CEO and Executive Director, Michael Dowse. Read More...
USTA and Genesis Health Clubs Partner to Grow Tennis Participation
Posted: October 6, 2020 in Chains, Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - USTA and Genesis Health Clubs has announced a strategic partnership that brings together the national governing body for tennis in the United States with one of the largest health and tennis club companies in the country. Through this relationship, both parties will combine resources to continue growing the sport of tennis, with a particular focus on attracting new youth and adult players. Read More...
USTA Announces Partnership With ThanksUSA
Posted: September 7, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA has announced a partnership with ThanksUSA, a national charity that supports military families through education. The partnership was announced on US Open "Lt. Joe Hunt Military Appreciation Day." The purpose of the partnership program is to provide the opportunity for disabled veterans and service members to achieve therapeutic benefits and improve their overall health and wellbeing through adaptive tennis participation. Read More...
USTA to Make Major Changes to Membership Model
Posted: August 28, 2020 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - USTA CEO Mike Dowse sent out a letter on Friday, August 28, to the USTA Family, explaining key changes to USTA membership. Here’s the full letter from Dowse... Read More...
USTA Foundation to Award $310,000 in College Scholarships
Posted: August 19, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), announced that it has granted 32 high school students a variety of college scholarships totaling $310,000. Each year, the USTA Foundation awards scholarships to deserving youth who have participated in USTA and other organized youth tennis programs such as the National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, have demonstrated high academic achievement and require financial assistance for college matriculation. This year, for the first time, all 32 scholarship recipients are from NJTL programs across the country. Read More...
USTA Announces Sweeping Plan to Reorganize, Prioritize
Posted: June 8, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA announced a transformational plan that aligns the organization to both execute against the USTA mission to promote and develop the growth of tennis as well as combat the negative long-reaching financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan is designed to streamline costs and focus investments and people on supporting the grassroots of tennis and bringing the tennis community through the relief, recovery and rebuild phases of the pandemic. Read More...
USTA Awards PTR with Full Accreditation to Improve Tennis Delivery Across the United States
Posted: May 28, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announces that the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) has received full accreditation under the USTA’s accreditation program for organizations and institutions that certify U.S. tennis teaching professionals. The goal of the program is to elevate professional tennis coaching standards by implementing mandatory pre-certification standards for those seeking to become a certified teaching pro and to provide an improved and consistent continuing education program for all current certified professionals who are members of accredited organizations. Read More...
USTA Announces Teaching Professional Recovery Grant
Posted: May 14, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA announces the details of the $4 million initiative to help support Certified Tennis Teaching Professionals as they seek to recover from the impact of COVID 19. These grants will cover the 2021 dues of all certified teaching professionals in good standing with USTA accredited teaching professional organizations who meet the designated requirements. Read More...
USTA Statement on Safety of Playing Tennis During the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic
Posted: April 3, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for everyone across the globe. American tennis players are asking for guidance regarding the safety of playing tennis, especially when social distancing and space sharing issues are now paramount. Based on the recommendations of the USTA COVID-19 Advisory Group, the USTA believes that it is in the best interest of society to take a collective pause from playing the sport we love. Read More...
Columbia Association Tennis Receives USTA Award for Outstanding League Tennis
Posted: January 27, 2020 in Other News
COLUMBIA, MD - Columbia Association’s (CA) tennis programming has been named the winner of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Mid-Atlantic’s Outstanding League Tennis Facility Award for 2019. The award recognizes a tennis organization that supports and promotes the growth and development of USTA leagues in the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and parts of West Virginia. Read More...
USTA Awards $50,000+ in Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants
Posted: January 22, 2020 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA has announced that it is awarding more than $50,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots grants to 33 deserving wheelchair tennis programs nationwide. Grants were awarded to local organizations that promote and develop the growth of wheelchair tennis and use the sport to help build stronger, healthier communities. Read More...
USTA & ClubCorp Join Forces to Further Tennis Participation in the United States
Posted: September 19, 2019 in Chains, Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and ClubCorp have announced a strategic alliance that brings together one of the largest tennis operators in the nation and the national governing body for tennis in the United States. Through this alliance, both parties will combine resources to continue growing the sport of tennis, with particular focus on attracting younger players. Read More...
Cardio Tennis is Latest Addition to USTA’s Programs Focused on Growing the Game
Posted: August 21, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Earlier this year, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) reached a mutually beneficial agreement to transition ownership of Cardio Tennis to the USTA. Both sides are extremely excited about the existing and future potential of Cardio Tennis as a growth and retention tool. Cardio Tennis will now be housed in the newly created “Program Development” department of the USTA, under Community Tennis. Read More...
