Paddle Tennis Court History

Paddle tennis was developed over a hundred years ago, by Frank Peer Beal in lower Manhattan. The game was made in the year 1915 as a way of creating an activity for children to play. Frank Peer Beal got the city to build courts in local parks. The first tournament was held in 1922, and the United States Paddle Tennis Association was formed the next year. In about five hundred American cities paddle tennis was being played in the year of 1941. A popular player in the 1940’s and 1950’s, by the name of Murray Geller, he was known for creating the modern game of paddle tennis. When Geller became elected chairman of the United States Paddle Tennis Association, he wanted to make the game more appealing to adults by enlarging the court, and adding an underhand serve. The setup of the court is similar to the court of a tennis court. Paddle tennis requires a court with the parameters of fifty feet by twenty feet, fifty feet being the base line. The service line
When in doubt lob, don’t drive.Push them back with the lob, then hit to their feet and come forward. Learn to drive off the screens. Drive to the righty’s right hip. Lefty’s left hip. Try to lob deep down the line. This will often set up your partner with a short ball he can drive. On a lob over their heads or a drive past them you both take the net, but be ready for a drive coming back. On a short ball where your options are limited, either lob the ball or drive the ball through the opponents at the net, looking for gaps between or around them.
The screens are the difference between tennis and paddle. Quick recognition and good positioning are the keys. At the top level there is no advantage to being up at net. At the top level serve is held just 50% of the time. Watch better players play. Pick one that plays your side and study his positioning and