LAKE NONA, FL, Aug. 3, 2023 — The USPTA will lengthen its settlement with Playmate Tennis Machines for 3 years. As of the settlement, Playmate will proceed to function the Official Ball Machine of the USPTA and can now additionally function the Official Pickleball Ball Machine of the USPTA.
“Playmate Ball Machines is happy to increase this settlement with the USPTA,” stated Anna Norris, CFO of Metaltek. “With this continued partnership, we help the USPTA’s imaginative and prescient by manufacturing the very best merchandise with options that educating professionals want. The addition of the Playmate Pickleball Machine permits us to fulfill the expansion into different racquet sports activities.”
Playmate has been the Official Ball Machine of the USPTA since 2017 and has dedicated to serving its tennis-teaching professionals into 2026.
“Playmate has been the trade chief in ball machines for a few years. And, they’ve been an ardent supporter of the USPTA for even longer,” stated USPTA CEO John Embree. “If you happen to want a ball machine, they’re the very best. We’re ecstatic to have Playmate proceed to help our tennis-teaching professionals and broaden into our pickleball endeavors. We’re trying ahead to persevering with our storied relationship.”
