MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2023 — In a worldwide first, RacquetX is internet hosting a convention for all racquet sports activities beneath one roof – encouraging concepts and collaboration between trade professionals in tennis, pickleball, padel and past.
RacquetX itself is a brand new landmark occasion that has been established to rejoice the growth presently skilled within the racquet sports activities trade. It’s anticipated to be one of many highlights of the sports activities trade calendar when the inaugural occasion units up store in Miami from March 24 – 26 2024.
Held in the course of the center weekend of the Miami Open tennis throughout March 24-26 2024, RacquetX is taking on the Miami Seashore Conference Middle in what will probably be an enormous racquet sports activities takeover of the South Florida metropolis.
With alternatives for companies, trade professionals and sports activities lovers, attendees can look ahead to listening to the knowledge of Katrina Adams, Thomas Shields, and Marcos Del Pilar because the occasion’s first three named audio system – with many extra thrilling names on the best way.
Katrina Adams brings her a long time of expertise within the sport, together with her spell as Chairman and President of the US Tennis Affiliation (USTA) the place she tirelessly fought for range and inclusion.
With pickleball successful the hearts of thousands and thousands throughout America, The Dink and their emerging-sport specialist platform Upswing Sports activities grew to become the go-to vacation spot for the game’s legions of followers. Founder Shields will probably be discussing his experiences on the coronary heart of the racquet sports activities growth.
If pickleball has conquered the US, padel is doing the identical all around the globe. Del Pilar, a real pioneer of padel within the U.S., was President of the US Padel Affiliation (USPA) from November 2021 – July 2023 and in addition co-founded America’s latest skilled sports activities league, the Professional Padel League (PPL), which debuted in Florida this yr.
The brainchild of occasions guru Robyn Duda and entrepreneur Marco Giberti, RacquetX is the thrilling end result of giant progress throughout the sector. The convention’s three headline sports activities – tennis, pickleball and padel – have all skilled surges in participation for the reason that pandemic and are driving the crest of a wave as folks flip to racquet sports activities in numbers by no means seen earlier than.
Tennis has skilled a 33% growth in participation since 20201. Pickleball is taking North America by storm with the variety of folks taking part in rising by 59% over three years, reaching a complete of 8.9 million in 20222. Padel is broadly accepted because the world’s fastest-growing sport with over 25 million players3.
In addition to these three headline sports activities, RacquetX is welcoming professionals and lovers of all racquet sports activities – from squash to badminton and desk tennis, and in addition welcoming cult sports activities reminiscent of Platform tennis, which is widespread within the U.S. Northeast. Till now, there was no place for trade professionals throughout all these sports activities to alternate concepts and check out new merchandise and applied sciences.
RacquetX Co-Founder Robyn Duda mentioned: “Racquet sports activities is really one of the crucial thrilling sectors on the market proper now, and that is the place to reap the benefits of that, whether or not you’re a seasoned trade skilled, an investor, a membership proprietor or parks and recreation planner and even only a fan – there will probably be unbelievable experiences for everybody at RacquetX.”
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