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Tennis...Play and Stay Campaign
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Tennis...Play and Stay
The ITF (International Tennis Federation) campaign ‘Tennis…Play and Stay’ aims to increase tennis participation worldwide, by improving the way starter players are introduced to the game. The campaign promotes the use of slower red, orange and green balls that give players more time and control so that they can serve, rally and score (play the game) from the first lesson.

Why Play and Stay was introduced
At the turn of the millennium, the ITF recognised that, whilst tennis was growing in many nations, some of the more established nations were facing challenges with reduced tennis participation, resulting primarily from lifestyle changes that have occurred, and competition from other non-sporting leisure pursuits. The key finding was that tennis was more effective at attracting people to the sport than retaining them.

The ITF recognised the need to adapt the sport to the needs of the customer, the starter player, and to agree a common position related to promoting and introducing tennis to starter players, in particular players aged 10 and under. They decided to embark on a project aimed at increasing tennis participation worldwide that would reposition the sport as Easy, Fun and Healthy and improve the way the sport is introduced by coaches.

Tennis…Play and Stay seeks to promote and position tennis as Easy, Fun and Healthy, and uses a game based methodology to ensure that starter players of all ages, both children and adults, serve, rally and score (play the game) from the first lesson. The slogan of the campaign is ‘Serve, Rally, Score’.



Balls
By using slower balls the starter players have more time and more control to make the game more fun for them at the introductory stage. The ITF Task Force recommends the red, orange, green progression for starter players. This progression focuses on a range of slower balls and court sizes to introduce the game effectively to both adults and children.

Using these slower balls will help the players to develop the most efficient technique and to be able to implement tactical situations in matches that, in most cases, could not be performed using the normal ball on a full court.

See Pictures and Characteristics of the Balls

Courts
By playing in smaller courts, starter players can enjoy tennis from the beginning.

RED

• Court length 11m (36ft)

• Court width 5-6m (16-19ft)

• Net height 80cm (31.5in)

• With red ball

ORANGE

• Court length18m (60ft)

• Court width 6.5-8.23m (21-27ft)

• Net height 80-91cm (31.5-36in)

• With orange ball

GREEN

• Full court

• With green or normal ball

See Courts and Characteristics

Watch the Video to Set Courts

Health
Tennis is healthy and good for fitness. Research conducted by the ITF has shown that playing tennis regularly:

•	Improves general health and well-being

•	Improves aerobic fitness, flexibility and suppleness

•	Reduces the risk of diseases such as osteoporosis, heart disease and diabetes

•	Improves decision-making and problem-solving skills

See ITF’s Research

Competition
There are enjoyable formats and scoring systems in tennis that are perfect for starter players. Tournaments using these formats offer starter players the chance to meet and play tennis with other players of similar abilities and to mix in a fun and friendly atmosphere.

The changes to the rules of tennis now allow clubs and coaches to tailor competitions to the needs and lifestyles of the players including time constraints by using:

•	Short sets (1st to 4 games)

•	Tie break instead of a 3rd set

•	No ad scoring

•	Combinations of all of these

It is recommended to use multimatch formats which involve players playing more than one match.

See Competition Formats

ITN
The ITN (International Tennis Number) is an international tennis rating system that gives tennis players a number that represents their general level of play. Players are rated from ITN 1 (ATP or WTA standard or equivalent) to 10 (starter players).

Conversion charts have been developed linking the ITN to other existing rating systems in ITF tennis nations and in time it is hoped that every tennis player worldwide will have a rating.

Below ITN 10 there are 3 further categories linked to the slower balls:

•	10.1 for players using green balls on the full size court

•	10.2 for players using orange balls on the 18 metre court

•	10.3 for players using red balls on the 11 metre court

Once players can ‘Serve, rally and score’ they should have a rating to help them find players to play with of a similar level.

Proposed deletion of Play and Stay
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 * Nothing but a promotional article for a scheme aimed at increasing participation in tennis. Similar article by same user Tennis...Play and Stay Campaign was deleted in October 2008

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