Spectennis

Spectennis uses low compression orange ball and spectennis rackets.
Nate Gross was teaching tennis in the Summer of 2016 when he started to think of easier ways for people to be introduced to tennis and to make the sport more accessible.
“It wasn’t my goal to create a new sport,” Gross said.
Around the same time, Gross saw that the popularity of Pickleball was on the rise and many tennis courts were being converted to or used as pickleball courts.
Gross decided to play tennis, using the same rules, on the smaller pickleball courts. He used a smaller, padded tennis racket and an orange dot tennis ball, which has 50% less pressure than a traditional tennis ball.
"It takes away barriers to entry to tennis,” Gross said. “It uses the same swings and strategies but in a more favorable environment.”
The padded racket is nine inches shorter than a traditional tennis racket, so the center of the paddle is closer to the hand, giving users more control. The smaller court and less pressurized ball means beginning tennis players don’t have to spend as much time chasing an out of control ball around the court.
It’s great for people of different skill levels to play together, people coming back from injuries or people who are older and can’t run around on the bigger courts to play. It can be played on any surface.
For more information go to the Spectennis Website: spectennis.com