Peter Lauer, APTA Region VII President – “APTA’s single most important mission.”

At Tim McAvoy’s invitation, I write with great and growing news on what is arguably the single most important mission of the APTA: to grow our great sport to the prominence in this country and beyond that we all think is worthy. Each of us has seen how players who are new to the sport light up after their first few games saying ‘Wow, this game is great fun,” or the like. We’ve witnessed juniors who wander into a paddle tennis cage with great curiosity, start banging a ball around with friends, and get hooked. It’s a terrific sport, and we’d like to see it grow further and faster. [enlarge image to read more]