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Can you believe its already May? I can’t. With the month of May we know that summer is right around the corner. Which also means, schools out. Summer vacation can lead to a huge dent in our wallets. I try to find as many fun activities to do in the summer that are free. Here’s where tennis comes in. Did you know that May is Tennis month? Well, it is. For Tennis month this year, the USTA just wants to encourage families to get outside and play tennis as a family activity. Its great exercise and most tennis courts are completely free! Plus the USTA started a new learning format called Quickstart that uses small courts and more child appropriate equipment (low compression balls and racquets that vary by age/size) to introduce kids to the game much the same way other sports like baseball (ie Tee Ball) does.
Personally, I love tennis. I think its great exercise and its a ton of fun. We recently received some tennis equipment to help promote Tennis month. I can’t even describe how excited Hunter was when we opened the box. There was a racquet for me and one for him, tennis balls, and low compression balls which were nice and soft for him to learn with. We also received
a parents guide to help me teach my son some drills. Over the weekend we hit the courts, and this was Hunters first time playing tennis. At first he was just wacking the balls all over the place, which I have to admit was pretty funny. He loved chasing after the balls and hitting them back to me…its a good thing we were the only ones on the court. I had brought the guide with me and the drills were pretty easy to follow. The guide is age appropriate and he was really able to get the hang of it pretty quickly.
a parents guide to help me teach my son some drills. Over the weekend we hit the courts, and this was Hunters first time playing tennis. At first he was just wacking the balls all over the place, which I have to admit was pretty funny. He loved chasing after the balls and hitting them back to me…its a good thing we were the only ones on the court. I had brought the guide with me and the drills were pretty easy to follow. The guide is age appropriate and he was really able to get the hang of it pretty quickly. By the end of the hour, we were both sweating and still smiling. I, of course, was thinking of all the calories I was burning….bikini here I come. And I think he was just happy to get to run around and smack balls as hard as he could in a structured game. I meant to take pictures of him playing but like a dummy, I forgot my camera. But, still we both had lots of fun and I think tennis is a great activity for families and kids to stay active. So, help the USTA promote Tennis month and get out there with your family and play tennis. Even if you’ve never played before, you can download the drills guide off the USTA website and they are really easy to follow drills.
To help the USTA promote Tennis month, one of my lucky readers will win their own bundle of tennis equipment. Included is an adult racquet, corresponding racquets to their children’s ages, a canister of adult balls and low compression balls for younger children, quickstart information and corresponding learning manuals for their children also based on age. How awesome is that?
To Enter: Tell me what other family activity you like to do in the summer with your kids to keep them active. This is the mandatory entry if it is not followed all other entries will be disqualified.
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I know it may sound silly, but we all like getting a big game of tag going. It is fun and it definitely gets your heart pumping!
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We take them to the park so they can play and go on walks. We take them in the backyard and they garden with us and play with the dog-things like that.
Would love this to introduce my son to the sport.
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Ive just started to do sports with the kids my oldest is 2 and he loves soccer. We go to the park and run the whole park and hit the field for some kicking then on some nights we go to the tennis courts, he cant play but he like to hold the racket and try
We also like to swim
We enjoy swimming at our neighborhood pool
This is great. We love to play football outside in the front yard.
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Our favorite summer activity is to be at a friend’s pool! Thank God for friends with pools
We have so much fun and it’s great socialization for my daughter, too. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I love tennis. My daughter is playing badminton with me and we all do lots of bike riding.
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Lots of bike riding
We like to play in the park.
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My son and I play catch or kickball with the neighborhood kids in the feild near our house!
During the summer, we like to play miniature golf, ride bikes, and rollerblade.
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Another activity we love is hiking/mountain biking, thanks for the chance!
We are blessed to live in Florida and have a pool so the girls love to swim, but my 7 year old has been really expressing a great interest in tennis lately and this would help!
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Love the tennis my husband at age 79 and I at sixty still swim, speed walk also; many thanks raymondw345@AOl.com
We participate in volleyball,baseball and
swimming
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We shoot trap and skeet and chase balls.
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We like to run around a waterpark. Weeeee!
We like to swim.
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