Jake

@jake_pemby

Joined July 2010

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The Tennis Letter

@TheTennisLetter

about 2 years ago

Novak Djokovic says tennis is endangered at the club level, ‘If we don’t do something about it globally, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle or pickleball’ “In terms of innovation in our sport… other than Slams, we have to figure out how to attract a young audience. Tennis on one hand is in a good place, but at the same time, when we look at Formula 1 for example and what they’ve done in terms of marketing, in terms of growth of the sport, in terms of the races around the world and how popular they are.. I think we need to do a better job on our respective tours. The grand slams are always gonna do well. But I think our tours need to do better. We are lucky to be very historic and a very global sport. But I think one of the studies that was done by PTPA 3 or 4 years ago showed that tennis is the 3rd or 4th most watched sport in the world along with cricket. Number 1 is football or soccer as you call it in the states. Second is basketball. Then it’s tennis and cricket. But tennis is number 9 or 10 on the list of all sports in terms of using its popularity, commercializing or capitalizing on that. I think there’s a huge space for growth. We’re quite fractioned as a sport. There are quite a bit of things for us to collectively look at and try to improve it. We need to grow the number of players that live from this sport. Very rarely do I see in the media that you guys are writing about the fact that you have only 350 to 400 players both men, women, singles, doubles across the board that live from this sport on this planet. That’s deeply concerning for me. Yes, we talk about the grand slam winner wins this or that. The focus is always on the grand prize but what about the base level? We’re still doing a very poor job there… very poor job. Tennis is a very global sport and it’s loved by millions of children that pick up a racquet that wanna play, but we don’t make it accessible. We don’t make it so affordable. Especially in countries like mine that doesn’t have a strong federation, that has Grand Slam or history or big budgets.. so I think collectively we all have to come together or create a new foundation, a corner stone of really what tennis is about.. which is the base level. The club level. Now we have paddle that is growing and emerging. People kind of have fun with it and say ‘Yeah but tennis is tennis. Tennis is the king or queen of all racquet sports.’ That’s true. But on a club level, tennis is endangered. If we don’t do something about it, globally or collectively, paddle, pickleball in the states, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle and pickleball. Because it’s more economical. You have one tennis court… you can build 3 paddle courts on one tennis court. Do the simple math. It’s just much more financially viable for the owner of the club to have those courts. These are some of the things I wanted to share. In the grand scheme of things, we need to address all these challenges and issues. Because they’ve been out there for a while. I don’t think we’ve been addressing it in the proper way.” (via Wimbledon Press)

$TheTennisLetter's tweet photo. Novak Djokovic says tennis is endangered at the club level, ‘If we don’t do something about it globally, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle or pickleball’ “In terms of innovation in our sport… other than Slams, we have to figure out how to attract a young audience. Tennis on one hand is in a good place, but at the same time, when we look at Formula 1 for example and what they’ve done in terms of marketing, in terms of growth of the sport, in terms of the races around the world and how popular they are.. I think we need to do a better job on our respective tours. The grand slams are always gonna do well. But I think our tours need to do better. We are lucky to be very historic and a very global sport. But I think one of the studies that was done by PTPA 3 or 4 years ago showed that tennis is the 3rd or 4th most watched sport in the world along with cricket. Number 1 is football or soccer as you call it in the states. Second is basketball. Then it’s tennis and cricket. But tennis is number 9 or 10 on the list of all sports in terms of using its popularity, commercializing or capitalizing on that. I think there’s a huge space for growth. We’re quite fractioned as a sport. There are quite a bit of things for us to collectively look at and try to improve it. We need to grow the number of players that live from this sport. Very rarely do I see in the media that you guys are writing about the fact that you have only 350 to 400 players both men, women, singles, doubles across the board that live from this sport on this planet. That’s deeply concerning for me. Yes, we talk about the grand slam winner wins this or that. The focus is always on the grand prize but what about the base level? We’re still doing a very poor job there… very poor job. Tennis is a very global sport and it’s loved by millions of children that pick up a racquet that wanna play, but we don’t make it accessible. We don’t make it so affordable. Especially in countries like mine that doesn’t have a strong federation, that has Grand Slam or history or big budgets.. so I think collectively we all have to come together or create a new foundation, a corner stone of really what tennis is about.. which is the base level. The club level. Now we have paddle that is growing and emerging. People kind of have fun with it and say ‘Yeah but tennis is tennis. Tennis is the king or queen of all racquet sports.’ That’s true. But on a club level, tennis is endangered. If we don’t do something about it, globally or collectively, paddle, pickleball in the states, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle and pickleball. Because it’s more economical. You have one tennis court… you can build 3 paddle courts on one tennis court. Do the simple math. It’s just much more financially viable for the owner of the club to have those courts. These are some of the things I wanted to share. In the grand scheme of things, we need to address all these challenges and issues. Because they’ve been out there for a while. I don’t think we’ve been addressing it in the proper way.” (via Wimbledon Press)$

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Bastien Fachan

@BastienFachan

about 2 years ago

Oh ESPN snapped with their Wimbledon promo 🔥

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B.W. Carlin

@BaileyCarlin

over 2 years ago

You mean it wasn’t undocumented immigrants?! No way!

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ESPN PR

@ESPNPR

over 2 years ago

ESPN & @NCAA reach a new, 8-year media rights agreement • Exclusive champ coverage of all rounds for WBB, WVB, WGYM, WCWS, MCWS, FCS & more • Adds champs for men's gymnastics, men's/women's tennis • International rights to 40 champs & DI MBB Details: https://t.co/AgJMKUbVfx

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about 3 years ago

@haley_dell10 Same cuz those boxes are actually for school shootings

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E60

@E60

over 3 years ago

Are psychedelics the future of mental health treatment in sports? E60 follows a group of former athletes with a range of mental and physical conditions at a medical retreat involving psilocybin, aka Magic Mushrooms. 📺 "Peace of Mind" | April 22 11:30 AM/ET | ESPN

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CSPAN

@cspan

over 3 years ago

Exchange between @jonstewart and @DepSecDef Kathleen Hicks on the defense budget: "I can't figure out how $850 billion to a department means that the rank and file still have to be on food stamps. To me, that's fucking corruption."

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Jake @jake_pemby

over 3 years ago

@daveydababy @RJHINDM Okok not wrong

Jake @jake_pemby

over 3 years ago

@daveydababy @RJHINDM Nah the energy got a lil weird

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i24NEWS English

@i24NEWS_EN

over 3 years ago

West Bank Israelis say Palestinian waste fires are ‘killing us slowly’ 'We report and the feeling is that there is no response. The suffering is daily – you cannot play outside, do sports, or go on a walk' @jake_pemby https://t.co/xankzsf7p1

i24NEWS_EN's tweet photo. West Bank Israelis say Palestinian waste fires are ‘killing us slowly’

'We report and the feeling is that there is no response. The suffering is daily – you cannot play outside, do sports, or go on a walk'

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https://t.co/xankzsf7p1 https://t.co/WQUkKfu7XX

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i24NEWS English

@i24NEWS_EN

over 3 years ago

Ukraine, Temple of Satan: Russia’s most ridiculous propaganda myths By dehumanizing Ukraininans Russian propaganda tries to avoid sparking sympathy from their audience while showing the destruction of Ukrainian towns ✍️ @AnMikailova https://t.co/MA1Fa458Gb

i24NEWS_EN's tweet photo. Ukraine, Temple of Satan: Russia’s most ridiculous propaganda myths

By dehumanizing Ukraininans Russian propaganda tries to avoid sparking sympathy from their audience while showing the destruction of Ukrainian towns

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https://t.co/MA1Fa458Gb https://t.co/e7tKk0TJbD

Jake @jake_pemby

over 3 years ago

@daveydababy 12,000+ gnarly

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Coll McCail @MccailColl

over 3 years ago

“I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” Today marks the death of Winston Churchill. Here’s a thread of things you won’t see in the glowing tributes to the ‘greatest Britton ever’. 🧵

MccailColl's tweet photo. “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.”

Today marks the death of Winston Churchill. Here’s a thread of things you won’t see in the glowing tributes to the ‘greatest Britton ever’. 🧵 https://t.co/2MoNfYe0uJ

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Jason Brodsky

@JasonMBrodsky

over 3 years ago

Spoke with @jake_pemby for @i24NEWS_EN today on EU's reluctance to add IRGC to the terrorism list. Borrell's stance is a symptom of a larger problem: the galactic failure of EU's #Iran policy. The time for a reckoning & a reset has come. #IRGCTerrorists https://t.co/NjipzENGuk

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i24NEWS English

@i24NEWS_EN

over 3 years ago

The #EU imposed sanctions on dozens of #Iranian officials suspected in the “brutal” crackdown on the anti-regime unrest, but did not add the #IRGC to its terror group blacklist ✍️@jake_pemby https://t.co/vJ3VCGNQiX