Boost for (Beach) Tennis?
tennis. However, Beach Tennis is rather different from regular tennis. Beach tennis is basically a combination of tennis and beach volleyball. Players compete in doubles teams on a court with a net that looks like a beach volleyball net, the slightly depressurized tennis ball can't bounce and players use either paddle rackets or tennis rackets depending upon the tournament and location. In Europe, the players use paddle rackets and in the U.S. they play with regular tennis rackets! Water-skiing and snow skiing are both forms of skiing, but they don't tend to affect each other in terms of cross-over participation. Soccer, which is very popular globally, is played on both grass fields, as well as often informally on beaches around the world. However, soccer is the exact same game regardless of the surface whereas beach tennis and regular tennis vary in significant ways. Beach tennis certainly will appeal to younger people, but will it have any effect on the popularity of traditional tennis? It seems unlikely.
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