HOW IT STARTED

Although time is precious and funds are often limited, tennis families continue to search for ways to spend quality hours on the court sharpening their skills.

Finally, the problem is solved! Simply put it's MiniTennisCourt.com.

Tennis professional Ned Caswell, a former No. 1 ranked ITF Men's 35s player, discovered the convenient, affordable, stay-at-home solution to teaching and playing with his twin daughters.

Mini Tennis Court is a kit for use with a scaled-down tennis game which provides a substantially identical feel to regular tennis, but played on a shorter-length court. It provides similar ball trajectory for the same hit as would be found in a traditional tennis game on a standard court with a standard tennis ball.

"Even though I'm a tennis pro and have access to lots of tennis courts, in raising my kids, I was looking for a way at home to work on their tennis games, " says Caswell. "I looked into building a court at my house."

Who wouldn't want a tennis court in his/her backyard? But you're talking $30,000? Maybe more.

"And it's so nice to go right outside your house and be able to play. Mini Tennis Court provides a fully portable, playable game for $150 and takes 10-15 minutes to assemble on driveways, dead-end roads, parking lots, existing tennis courts or any relatively flat, hard surface."

"When most people hear or read about this court, they're a little skeptical," Caswell says. "However, when they see it actually being played on, or better yet if they actually hit on the court themselves, they're amazed by the similarity of playing real tennis. Everyone I've seen who watches or hits on it has been blown away by how good the product is and how it plays exactly the same as tennis."

"When you read about it you're thinking it's something you tap back and forth with toddlers. It's something they don't look at for high-level players. It's not just a little kids' game. It's for all players of all ages and skill levels."

MiniTennisCourt.com is not about learning touch shots, angle shots, or soft shots, even though you can work on those skills of the game utilizing the "sponge" balls. It's about learning to hit power ground strokes. Every aspect of tennis can be easily worked on: serves, volleys, overheads, topspin lobs, etc.

Seeing is believing. Playing MiniTennisCourt.com becomes testimonial.

Mini suddenly means maxi. Big tennis...small court.

"NED" FACTS

• Former ATP Tour Player, ranked
as high as 200 in the world.

• Former ITF No. 1 ranked player
in the world Men's 35s.

• Captured three ITF World
Senior championships for 35s
and over.

• Winner of 13 USTA National
titles (singles & doubles)