The coast could soon be awash with a new generation of Sam Stosurs and Lleyton Hewitts thanks to the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow.
Back for its fourth installment in 2020, the Racquet Roadshow will see more than 30,000 Kindergarten students from more than 800 schools across the state receive a brand new tennis racquet for free.
The initiative is designed to promote tennis as a sport and to encourage healthy and active lifestyles in school children.
Copacabana and Woodport Public Schools each received a visit from the Racquet Roadshow team who then led students through some fun tennis activities as they tested out their new racquets.
The program is fully supported by Aussie tennis greats with the likes of Todd Woodbridge and John Fitzgerald signing on for virtual drop in sessions with selected schools to inspire students to pick up their new racquet and swing into action.
“There are so many skills that kids can develop at a young age by playing tennis, regardless of whether that’s on the court, in their backyard or even in their lounge room,” said Woodbridge.
Come December, the Racquet Roadshow will have delivered 170,000 free racquets to NSW school kids.
Dilon Luke