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So USTA Colorado is creating more time. story by TOMFASANO rowing pains are never fun, but G they are decidedly less enjoyable— and far less expected—when you get them in your thirties. That’s the consensus, anyway, of USTA Colorado and its Adult League Program time is for so Department and committee, which have n tha been charged with the unenviable task of so t growing league tennis at a time when the a e infrastructure is struggling to handle any re t once.” v a e more players. y n r l e y League tennis was born more than 30 t n p albert einstein h p o i years ago, in 1980, and has exploded in n a g h t ’ popularity all across the United States. Here d e n o s e in Colorado, league tennis has experienced h T steady growth for decades. Last year, nearly “ 31,000 players competed in the Colorado Adult League Tennis Series, an 8% jump over 2009. While the upward participation trend bodes well for the future of the sport and for leagues in particular, it also comes with some uncomfortable growing pains, both for the regular season and for the district championship events held at the end of each league season. introducing the 4pm league match Conventional wisdom dictates that growth is good. But what happens when you “Over the last 30-plus years, we’ve had half-a-million league participants, and we grow beyond your physical limits? The last thing you want as the governing body of are adding to that number every year. Knowing that our league programs are continu- tennis in Colorado is to have your flagship recreational program reach its limits and ing to grow and to not help foster a structure the provides for growth would be irre- not have a plan in place to allow for future growth. sponsible. The 4 o'clock time slot is the most impactful change we can implement with- “The crux of the situation,” says Jason Rogers, USTA Colorado Adult Leagues out leaving it up to our facility partners to bear the cost of building additional courts.” Program Director, “is that we simply don’t have enough courts to meet the demand These changes are a result of facility input and suggestions along with the review of all the new competitors who are looking to participate in adult leagues. Two of our leagues are at or near capacity in the Denver metro area because many facilities and assessment of our staff, committee and board members. It has been a concerted simply can’t field any new teams. There just aren’t enough courts.” effort to find a solution to a problem – albeit a good problem to have (i.e. such growth The answer, says USTA Colorado Executive Director Fritz Garger, would be more that many facilities are at capacity). courts, but in the interim, the solution is the addition of a new time slot for the Series' It’s important to remember, notes Garger, that every facility will have the choice two most popular leagues. as to whether or not to offer the additional time slot, even if it isn’t running at or near "Facilities can't accommodate more teams because of court limitations, so we are capacity for leagues.