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The United States Tennis Association is kicking off its second annual national youth registration initiative. There will be two events held in Ossining. Read press release below:

Ossining Community Tennis Center will host registration events for all spring and summer youth tennis programs for kids on February 27, 2010 at 20 Tavano Road, Ossining, NY 10562, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m and on March 6, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..  The event is part of the USTA’s second annual National Youth Registration, an integrated youth registration initiative kicking off the 2010 tennis season at facilities across the country. Building on the success of last year’s efforts, this year more than 500 tennis facilities across the U.S. will be taking part in registering youth in tennis programming.

National Youth Registration events serve as “opening day” for parents to signup their kids for league and team tennis play, including USTA Jr. Team Tennis. The registration initiative is a part of “Tennis Night in America” which will be held on March 1 and will feature the “BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup” at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Participants in this year’s field includes: 2009 Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Serena Williams, US Open champion Kim Clijsters, French Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. The one-night, single-elimination tournament will take place before a live national TV audience on ESPN2 and MSG PLUS.

Through these efforts, facilities hosting youth registration events give families the opportunity to register children for spring and summer programs, get involved by volunteering to become parent coaches, and learn more about tennis.

Tennis participation in the United States topped 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades.  According to the annual research survey conducted annually by the Taylor Research Group on behalf of the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) and the USTA, tennis participation grew in all age groups under the age of 50 and within all ethnicities.  With 30.1 million people hitting the courts, tennis participation has grown 12% over 2008 and climbed 25% since 2003.

For more information on National Youth Registration activities at Ossining Community Tennis Center, please contact Shannon Ross. For more information on “Tennis Night in America”, please visit here.

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