Most sports are primitively rooted (like neighborhood stickball) and not much has changed in unorganized recreational sports over the years. Of course there are fancy leagues that require registration and an 8-week commitment, but what about informal games? TennisRound.com offers a great resource for recreation players looking for a new court or competitor. TennisRound.com offers athletes an impressive directory of tennis courts across the United States. Anyone can type in their zip code and immediately a list with accompanying map appears with locations of courts nearby. You can select a court facility and view the address, number of courts available, whether the courts are public/private, indoor/outdoor and even if they are lighted. The platform runs with Google Maps, so you can zoom in on the map and find the exact street view location (which is perfect for anyone like me who has aimlessly driven around a 100 acres park futilely searching for the courts).
The site also has a social networking feature where tennis players can register for free giving their age, skill level and home court. Once registered, other users can connect to tennis players in their area and send them a message inviting them to meet up for a match. All communications are done through the site, but when a player is messaged they are alerted via their personal email.
I absolutely love how this site is so clean and easy to use. The court locator alone is brilliant, but the added layer of social networking raises it to another level. I would like to see an equivalent for golf. I even searched GolfRound.com to see if there is a comparable site out there. Unfortunately my search just returned a product site for a mini golf towel that fits in your pocket and stays moist throughout the whole round. While not exactly what I was looking for, as a former caddy I find this product pretty interesting….however that is an article for another day. Ref. sports.tmcnet.com, tennisround.com, youtube.com
Thank you for posting this!
ReplyDelete