The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on the 28th the results of a survey showing that the number of tennis players in the world has risen to 106 million, a 25.6% increase from five years ago. This is a 25.6% increase from five years ago. By region, Asia has the largest number of people, at 35.3 million. The ITF pointed to the growing popularity of the sport and the presence of star athletes such as Naomi Osaka (freelance) as factors contributing to the increase in population. (Joint Conference of Geneva).
>>2 Because the tennis association has zero motivation Even if you are interested in tennis, you only play soft tennis in middle school Even if you play soft tennis, it has nothing to do with tennis, so most people quit in high school (There aren’t many people who play something that embarrassing in high school) Because the tennis association has neglected soft tennis, Japanese tennis is starting to decline If they could have forced the junior high school athletic association into Nishikori’s time and crushed soft tennis, we would have had a golden age.
How many elements does tennis have to become popular? For better or worse, soccer and basketball have the strongest weapon of low initial investment, but I feel they lack the appeal to appeal to the masses.
Tennis used to be a sport for the nobility, but as people became wealthy it became a sport that people could easily enjoy. Fifty years ago there were hardly any black, South American or Asian players.
>>25 You can make money, but if you participate in a satellite tour, you can’t come back for a year Most tournaments are now held in North America and Europe.
Looking at the world as a whole, tennis is a popular sport that is already competing for first and second place among individual sports. When Nadal retired recently, it was top news in most countries. Unfortunately, in Japan, the mass media was preoccupied with the harassment of Otani.
>>27 Black women can push through physically, but with men, physical push alone is not enough Black people’s biggest weakness, their fragile mentality, works against them in the men’s scene.
It says that the number of tennis club members is down 20% from 10 years ago. Kendo, judo, rugby and baseball club members have also seen a significant decline in members, but I wonder what the reason is.
>>33 Kendo, judo, and rugby are dangerous Baseball is known to the younger generation as a boring ball game, so people have moved to other ball games, and the number of players is decreasing at a rate faster than the declining birthrate.
In the sports industry, only a small proportion of sports such as baseball, soccer, and martial arts can make money by showing games to spectators. Tennis, for example, is a business that makes money by increasing the number of players and selling equipment and clothing to players, or by setting up schools and providing coaching. There are professional players, but they only serve as poster boys. The business model is the same as golf.
Even more extreme is skiing and snowboarding, where the business is based on collecting money from people who experience the sport, and professional athletes are just a bonus. For sports like tennis, golf, and skiing, the popularity of the top athletes doesn’t have much to do with the number of athletes. Many university students in Japan took up tennis and skiing during the bubble period, but it wasn’t because the top athletes were popular.
No one has come after Nishikori In the public eye, Nishikori and Shuzo are the only two in men’s tennis In fact, Kunieda Oda’s wheelchair tennis is getting more news.
>>45 It would be nice if someone of Nishikori’s caliber came along, but that’s difficult. I think the only countries in the world where players of Nishikori’s caliber or above frequently appear are Spain and the US.
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