Australian tennis stars\u00a0Daria Gavrilova\u00a0and\u00a0Thanasi Kokkinakis\u00a0have been named as\u00a0ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play\u00a0ambassadors, and will become the face of a new campaign to get more kids playing tennis.<\/p>\n
ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play is a junior team competition program designed to give children aged seven to 11 years of age already playing tennis the opportunity to transition from learning the game to playing matches in a fun team environment.<\/p>\n
Shorter matches, ranging from 60-75 minutes, and a flexible \u2018first to four games\u2019 format means children can play more matches, in both singles and doubles.<\/p>\n
Daria Gavrilova, better known as Dasha, is enthusiastic about promoting the sport she loves and getting more kids playing tennis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started to really enjoy my tennis at a young age because I played with my friends,\u201d said Gavrilova, who first picked up a racquet at the age of six.<\/p>\n
\u201cANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play gives kids the chance to play in a team in a fun and social environment. It\u2019s the perfect way for kids to build on their skills and develop their passion for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kokkinakis picked up a tennis racquet at an early age too and loved the way it felt to hit a tennis ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just picked up a racquet and starting hitting. I just loved the feeling of hitting a ball,\u201d Kokkinakis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHitting with others in a team environment like ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play is a fantastic option for kids to meet kids of a similar age and similar tennis ability. I love tennis because it’s fun and I enjoy it and this is what it should all be about no matter what age you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play gives children around Australia the opportunity to transition their basic tennis skills into a team based competition,\u201d Tennis Australia Director of Participation Paul Cammack said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than 200,000 children nationwide play ANZ Tennis Hot Shots and to have inspirational young professional players like Daria Gavrilova and Thanasi Kokkinakis on board will help us broaden the reach of this program and encourage more kids to take the next step in tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gavrilova and Kokkinakis will be the face of a new campaign to promote the new ANZ Tennis Hot Shots team based competition to tennis clubs and communities across Australia.<\/p>\n
Currently there are more than 15,000 children participating in ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play across the country.<\/p>\n
ANZ Tennis Hot Shots is Tennis Australia\u2019s official development program specifically designed to introduce primary school children between five and 12 years of age to tennis. Modified equipment, such as smaller courts and racquets, and low compression tennis balls, makes it easy for children to learn and play a sport they can play for a lifetime.<\/p>\n
ANZ Tennis Hot Shots is one of Australia\u2019s most popular sports participation programs, with an almost equal gender split and a record 213,883 participants nationwide in 2016\/2017.<\/p>\n
To register your child for ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play simply find the nearest Match Play venue via the national \u201cFind a Venue\u201d webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play was formerly known as ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues.<\/p>\n Need more information? Contact your Match Play\u00a0Coordinator.<\/p>\n
Match Play\u00a0Coordinator \u2013 East<\/strong><\/td>\n| Match Play\u00a0Coordinator \u2013 West<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Michael Odachowski<\/td>\n | Jessica Sneath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | mOdachowski@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n | jsneath@tennis.com.au<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | +61 3 8420 8406<\/td>\n | +61 03 8420 8403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | Tennis Australia unveil new ambassadors for ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6038,"featured_media":16917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |