{"id":25084,"date":"2021-03-03T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=25084"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:34:15","slug":"release-the-player-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/release-the-player-within","title":{"rendered":"Release the Player Within!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a hidden tennis player in everyone, you just have to release the player within! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen the new Play Tennis campaign around on social media over the past few weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new campaign coincides with the sport\u2019s increasing popularity, with casual court bookings growing by 95 per cent in 2019-2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light-hearted campaign highlights tennis as a sport for everyone and encourages people from all walks of life to \u2018release the player within\u2019, whether that be transforming their \u2018pi\u00f1ata-breaking\u2019 moves into a backhand or \u2018fly-squatting stance\u2019 into a serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginner to the aspiring player, more than 75 per cent of the Australian population now have access to online court bookings through&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/news\/2021\/02\/20\/play.tennis.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">play.tennis.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump online today and hit up your local!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play Tennis | Release the Player Within Hero\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5o3NIB0MPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start whenever. Play forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to tennis, there\u2019s always room for more players to rally together and join in the fun. It\u2019s never too early or late to strike a connection with the sport that lasts a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bring yourself and you\u2019re set.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting involved in tennis is easy. No need to buy new gear or look the part, just come as you are and join in the fun. All swings are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s anyone\u2019s game.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re new to the game or returning, tennis serves all Aussies on all courts and surfaces nationwide. So, make a date with tennis and join in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a hidden tennis player in everyone, you just have to release the player within! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25084","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\/6297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}