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Your Players COURT EQUIPMENT On The Ball Slinger Bag combines the best of a ball launcher and a multi-functional tennis bag. ew on the market, the pro- lithium-ion battery and can hold up comes with a remote to control the unit prietary Slinger Bag tennis to 144 tennis balls. Although the main from across the court. ball launcher is disrupting Slinger Bag doesn’t oscillate, a unique To use Slinger Bag, players simply and bringing innovation oscillator plate is available (and is place it on the court, set their launch Nto the traditional global tennis market included in all Grand Slam Packs). preferences and hit away. It’s available because it can provide a tennis part- Additionally, the Slinger Bag serves in four models with retail prices from ner anytime, anywhere. It is the fi rst as a multi-functional tennis bag with $550 to $850. product of its kind that is truly portable, storage for racquets and other items “It’s extremely encouraging to see simple to use, a ordable, works on all such as a wallet, keys, towel and water demand and momentum of the Slinger court surfaces and is designed for play- bottle, and it can charge a phone. Bag build in markets across the world, ers of all ability levels. Slinger Bag can be carried or rolled, especially in North America,” says Mike Slinger Bag (www.slingerbag.com) will fi t in the trunk of a car, and can be Ballardie, Slinger Bag’s CEO. weighs 33 pounds when empty, has a set up to start launching balls within a Bob and Mike Bryan, the most suc- minimum launch speed of 10 m.p.h. and minute. Players can control the ball’s cessful men’s doubles team in history, a maximum of 45 m.p.h., provides fi ve launch speed, frequency and angle by have signed on as global brand ambas- hours of battery life via a rechargeable using the built-in control panel. It also sadors because they believe in the positive impact Slinger Bag can have on the sport and on increasing participa- tion. Esteemed coach Nick Bollettieri is onboard as Slinger Bag’s Head Coach. “The versatility of Slinger Bag’s innovative launcher allows players of every level to practice whenever and wherever they are,” says Bollettieri. “In my role at Slinger, we’ll be taking the fundamental concepts I’ve used to train some of the top players in the world over the past 30-plus years and bring them to Slinger Bag users worldwide.” Most recently, marking its arrival in the pro game, Slinger Bag was a spon- sor of the Schroders Battle of the Brits men’s tournament featuring top U.K. players including Jamie Murray, Andy Murray, Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund and broadcast around the world. “For our product to be able to help bring back live professional tennis to an international audience is very excit- PHOTOS COURTESY SLINGER BAG PHOTOS COURTESY ing,” says Ballardie. www.tennisindustrymag.com www.tennisindustrymag.com August 2020 RACQUET SPORTS INDUSTRY 13.

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