1.  College tennis is directly related to the development of elite players in America.  Without more scholarships for our youngsters,  we will continue “the dearth”.
2. Pickleball could be an obvious first choice as the best lead-up game for our junior tennis programs.   The mass of people are unaware of our  current programs to address junior participation.  Awareness of pickleball popularity grows daily.

(www.tomparham.wordpress.com) has numerous attempts to call attention to the issues above.  Here are  are a few:

A. ( College/American tennis) https://wordpress.com/post/littlegreenbookoftennis.com/1749  (blog 193)

B. (Pickleball)

https://wordpress.com/post/littlegreenbookoftennis.com/1681 (blog 186)