May is National Tennis Month: Get out and play!

These events are each custom-designed to make the sport more accessible and help to better retain players of all playing levels so that they all can enjoy the myriad benefits of this lifetime sport. 

There will be something for everyone during National Tennis Month, with a host of clinics, competitions, social mixers and more, all aimed at making tennis more engaging—and more fun—for more people.

Adding an exclamation point on fun this year will be National Tennis Month’s “Hit to be Fit Day” on May 19, with hundreds of facilities nationwide hosting both introductory Adult Red Ball clinics and Cardio Tennis Triples events—the latter combining tennis with heart-pumping fitness drills. It’s a day in which you can get into the game and get a great workout through the game. Reflecting the theme of National Tennis Month, it’s tennis for everyone.

In truth, everyone is a winner during National Tennis Month, just by taking part in the celebration. Sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods and Fage yogurt are joining in to help promote NTM nationally. And with so many events taking place in each of the USTA’s 17 sections, it’s easy to find one perfectly suited for you. This is a national celebration with a local focus, as programming and events are decided by local tennis providers who understand the wants and needs of their own tennis communities.

“National Tennis Month is a fantastic opportunity for our tennis community to come together and celebrate all that our amazing sport has to offer,” says Elliott Pettit, the USTA’s Senior Director of Retention & Brand. “We hope it can serve as a connector to better retain new players, inspire our current players and strengthen ties locally where the game is played. More than anything, we just want people to get out and enjoy the world’s healthiest sport!”