What’s wrong with British tennis, part 1
At the grass roots of British tennis, there is very little competition. Tennis is not played as a competitive sport but as a leisure activity, there to provide some gentle recreation.
When people turn up at clubs, they are invited to join in with this recreational tennis. Most people can get by at this standard with no training or technique. And most people never bother to improve.
Other sports aren’t run this way.
If you want to play for the village football or cricket team, you have to be good enough, you have to go to a few training sessions, but you also have the prospect of playing real matches. When people play football and cricket, they play matches in a league structure. A huge percentage of tennis players never take part in competition.
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