POP Tennis™ is the sport that everyone of all ages, skills & athletic abilities can play & enjoy. It thoroughly engages and exhilarates you! Ken Lindner
POP can be played year round, indoor or outdoor on all surfaces. 💥🎾 POP Tennis aka Paddle Tennis is the ORIGINAL Paddle Tennis created in the US in 1898! POP Tennis™ is the sport that players of all ages & talent/ability/athletic levels can immediately play and enjoy. Unlike sports that require prior lessons or a measure of athletic ability, children, young and middle-aged adults, and the older se
t, can just grab a paddle, a lower pressure tennis ball, and a court, and have a fantastic time. This makes POP Tennis a great family activity. Additionally, one of the fun things about POP Tennis, is that everyone has their own, unique playing style – so have a blast, as you find or create yours! The POP Tennis court is smaller than a Tennis court, the racquet or paddle is shorter than a Tennis racquet, and the ball is less lively. Additionally, the net is lower, and the players serve underhand—not overhand, as in Tennis. All of these things make POP Tennis easy to play. The huge benefits for POP Tennis players are that the rallies are generally longer than those of Tennis; there is more fun and exciting net play and (net) poaching; there is less court to cover; there are no overhead serves to learn; and as a result, there is far less running and wear and tear on the back, legs, feet, and shoulders. POP Tennis is also an excellent means for youngsters to learn how to play Tennis. It teaches them how to hit consistent and penetrating groundstrokes, to volley, to move to the ball, to effectively strategize, and to compete. With a less lively ball, smaller court, lower net, and shorter racquet, it is easy for children to quickly attain mastery of their strokes, and thereby, gain empowering feelings of success, accomplishment, and confidence. In addition, POP Tennis is a wonderful sport for teenagers and adults to play. As Kent Seton, a premier collegiate tennis player and a top open POP Tennis player, astutely observed, “[Compared with Tennis,] You can play [POP Tennis] far better, far longer!” What Kent is essentially saying, is that once Tennis players leave college, begin to age, join the workforce, and play less frequently, their game and skills naturally begin to decline. However, in POP Tennis, you have less court to cover and have no overhand serving to deal with, so it is far easier to maintain your skill level for decades. All of these factors make POP Tennis a fun and an exciting sport for individuals of ALL ages to play and to enjoy for a lifetime! POP Tennis certainly worked for me. I began playing POP Tennis at seven years old; then I transitioned to Tennis at thirteen, and played both POP Tennis and Tennis until I attended college. Due to my training in POP Tennis, I immediately became a top-ranked junior tennis champion. I then became the Captain and the #1 singles and doubles player on the Harvard University Varsity Tennis Team and the Eastern Junior Davis Cup Team. During this time, I won a plethora of singles and doubles tournaments. At age 35, I went back to playing POP Tennis exclusively, because I found it to be so fun, exhilarating, and satisfying; and as Kent Seton observed, I could continue to play POP Tennis at a very high level, whereas I was nowhere as good in Tennis, as I had been in college. Because of its unique attributes, POP Tennis can be played at a high level for a lifetime, with less practice, and despite previous player injuries and/or diminished skills. To this day, at age 62, I am still a top POP Tennis open doubles player. Additionally, POP Tennis, due to the shorter distance between you and the player(s) on the other side of the net, leads to increased hand speed/quickness, and the development of faster hand/eye coordination. One benefit of this increased speed and quickness is that when you do play Tennis, your reflexes and reaction time will be quicker, so that you will feel as if you have far more time to react to, move toward, and hit the ball. So playing POP Tennis should significantly improve your Tennis game. For a myriad of great reasons, POP Tennis is a fantastically fun and satisfying sport that you can play from ages 5 to 95. And “fantastic,” “fun,” and “satisfying” are pretty cool qualities, right? POP Tennis: Try it and love it, for a lifetime!
06/12/2026
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Looking for your new summer crew? 🌴👀 The Venice Beach Pop Tennis Society is officially here!
Think fast-paced racquet sports, ocean breezes, and the absolute best community on the Westside. We’re warming up with our Summer League (June 22 – Aug 16) before our massive September launch! 🚀
Come for the sport, stay for the lifelong friends. All levels welcome! ✨ 👉 Link in bio to join the society! 🔗 venicebeachpoptennissociety.com/league-tour/
05/21/2026
🏓 Memorial Day weekend tournament
Ron Parker Park (607 Old Beach Road, St Augustine Beach) will be one of the venues for the 53rd St. Augustine Beach National POP Tennis Tournament from Friday, May 22, through Monday, May 25. During this event, the six pickleball and paddle courts will not be available for public use.
📸: POP Tennis
More tournament details in the comments.
05/21/2026
🏓POP Tennis tournament
One of the venues for this weekend's 53rd St. Augustine Beach National POP Tennis Tournament is the Butler Beach Mary Street beach driving access (5705 Gloria Ave., St. Augustine). This may affect traffic around Mary Street between May 22 and 25.
📸: Garry Smits
05/09/2026
05/08/2026
Tennis Australia PaddlePro Mitch Kutner
Control the point before it even starts.
The new DropShot Ripper Pro 5.0 is built for players who want more stability, more spin, and confidence in every shot. With an upgraded sweet spot and premium feel, this paddle is designed to elevate your Pop Tennis game.
• Enhanced Stability
• Larger Sweet Spot
• Maximum Spin and Control
• Competitive Level Performance
Ready to take your game to the next level?
Shop now at PaddlePro, link in bio.
05/03/2026
OPEN DAY
Our Open Days are held throughout the year and are an ideal opportunity to try your hand at Tennis, Pickleball and POP Tennis, view our facilities, get some quick tips and meet our friendly club members.
Come along and see what it is all about.
There will be members and Committee Members onsite throughout the day to answer any questions you may have.
The events cater for juniors, seniors and anywhere in-between!
All equipment will be provided and everyone is welcome!
If you are a bit nervous just turning up at one of the scheduled playing groups, then this is a great place to start.
Best of all....it's FREE!
So come on down, we can't wait to meet you!
Children to be accompanied by an adult. https://play.tennis.com.au/myallparktenn.../WhatsOn/OpenDays
04/30/2026
POP Tennis has been around for over a century. But now it's starting to really take off.
Ian Rapport, Founder of Racket Sports Weekly sat down with International POP Tennis Association President Mitch Kutner to understand why the sport is gaining momentum and where it fits in today's racket sports boom. As Ian wrote:
A few things that stood out:
- POP Tennis dates back to 1898, originally created as a simpler version of tennis
- The rebrand from "Paddle Tennis" to "POP Tennis" was critical for discoverability in the social media era
- Growth is happening globally through partnerships with organizations like Tennis Australia
- The biggest advantage? You don't need new infrastructure to play
- Like pickleball, it can be set up almost anywhere using existing courts
And an interesting point is that growth isn't starting with the pro game. It's starting on the recreational side with families, kids, and aging tennis players who still want to stay on court.
It’s a different path than most sports take and it might be the right one.
POP tennis might not be the loudest sport in the space right now, but it's quietly building something. 🎧 Listen to the full episode below.
Be there for the second annual European POP Tennis Championships! After an incredible inaugural event in Italy last year, join us this year in Sweden, June 25-28.
Why play POP? Welcome to POP Tennis 💥 🎾, the original short court paddle sport. ❤️ Mitch Kutner
10/27/2025
Not into pickleball ?
Try POP Tennis 🎾
In POP Tennis, the court’s a little smaller, the ball’s a little slower, and the racquet’s a little shorter — but the fun? A LOT bigger! 😄
It’s the perfect game for everyone, easy for beginners to pick up, exciting for social players wanting to mix things up, and a fresh challenge for competitors looking for new ways to win.
You can have a dedicated POP tennis court or incorporate POP tennis lines onto a basketball , Tennis or Multi sport court.
We can even modify the lines / court size to fit your, unique size area.
Anything is possible with Slam Man courts by Sports Courts Victoria .
Check out POP Tennis and Tennis Australia for more information .
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