hey guys in a recent Community post I asked you what type of videos you would like to see more
from intuitive tennis the options were Vlog Style Match play Nick Solo or lessons with students and
only four percent of you wanted to see more Vlog Style videos so guess what today's video is going
to be Vlog style I'm going to give you exactly what you don't want to see and look I always give
you what you want and there's tons more students coming to intuitive tennis there's going to be
some new students that you've never seen before so don't worry I'm gonna do what you guys like
I'm gonna feature a lot of students I'm gonna do a lot of match play coming very soon there's
a lot of videos that have come out in those two categories that you guys are going to enjoy but in
any case the video that I'm doing today requires Vlog style because I'm gonna prove a point and the
point is that tennis does not have to be expensive and guys I'm looking through the numbers of my
recent video that I made about pickleball and this video did really well I received over 200 comments
on Instagram well over 200 comments on YouTube and the video was basically describing the fact
that tennis is doing quite well pickleball is not killing tennis by any means tennis is doing okay
but the thing that everybody is so upset about is the fact that tennis courts are being converted
to pickleball I got so many messages I posted some of these DMS that I got on Instagram in my
stories but I received so many private messages where people are mad that their local tennis
courts are being converted to pickleball so if you haven't seen my latest pickleball video I
highly encourage you to do so and read through the comments you're gonna see that what I'm saying in
the video is absolutely true but I'm gonna read you one comment that inspired me to do today's
video and listen to this tennis is an aristocrat spectator sport that requires ridiculous amount
of resources out of ordinary athleticism and skills we wasted decades on tennis and it hasn't
improved nor it will ever improve the health and fitness of the general public it's time we ditch
this spectator sport and get the people off their butts and play something fun that can be enjoyed
by the whole family within 10 years half of the tennis courts will be converted to pickleball
courts and thank God the only true statement from that comment is the fact that half of the tennis
courts might be converted to pickleball and this is why I keep making pickleball videos because
that is my biggest worry and that is something that's a real thing guys tennis courts are being
taken away and this trend is going to continue and we're going to have less and less public courts to
play on now the other points that this person has made couldn't be further from the truth first of
all you don't have to be an unbelievable athlete to become a high-level tennis player I am proof
for that I am not naturally A Gifted athlete but through hard work and discipline I was able
to play tennis at a high level make money by winning tennis matches and get a full ride at
a division one school so guys I am proof that you don't need extraordinary athleticism to become a
high-level tennis player that is an absolute myth but even if you look on tour there's going to be
some incredible athletes that play the game but there's going to be some other ones who are not
the greatest athletes but because of their hard work and determination they end up being some of
the best players in the world but the reason why I'm making today's video in Vlog format is the
statement that tennis is an aristocrat spectator sport that requires ridiculous amount of resources
and guys this statement could not be further from the truth and I've made several videos explaining
that tennis does not have to be an expensive sport remember my RF 97 versus the 14 Walmart racket
where I was able to play really well with the Walmart racket proving that if you were a beginner
or an intermediate tennis player you don't need expensive equipment you can pick up a cheap racket
from Walmart grab a can of balls go to a public court and pretty much play tennis for free but
this was not enough proof so in today's video I'm gonna prove that tennis is not an aristocrat Sport
and what city in the United States has the most Aristocrats well it's Palm Beach so Palm Beach
is the land of the rich it is one of the most expensive ZIP codes in the United States and when
you drive through Palm Beach you'll see Mansions like you've never seen before so you would think
that playing tennis in a place like Palm Beach one of the richest areas in the world would be
super expensive astronomical prices but I'm here to tell you that that is absolutely not the case
playing tennis in Palm Beach is inexpensive so here we have Phipps ocean Tennis Center so Palm
Beach has two public tennis clubs one is Phipps Ocean Park the other one is Sea View and you can
see here it's a beautiful tennis facility it's right next to the beach so you would think that
lessons in a place like this would be unbelievably expensive but it's not true you can get a lesson
here from the head pro for as low as 90 dollars you get a lesson from an assistant Pro for as low
as eighty dollars so guys I'm gonna read you how much it costs to become a member at the two public
tennis clubs in Palm Beach and no I'm not being paid by the city of Palm Beach who owns these
tennis courts I'm doing this to prove a point that in an expensive place like Palm Beach tennis can
be inexpensive so listen to this if you want to become a member as a resident Junior it's 264
dollars a year if you're a resident adult that's 612 dollars a year it is more expensive if you
don't live in Palm Beach for junior you're going to pay 438 dollars and as an adult you're going
to pay 1 441 so the most expensive membership for a non-resident comes out to four dollars per day
and this is in Palm Beach guys so tennis even in Palm Beach does not have to be expensive and again
take a look where we are guys this is Mansion land these are some of the most expensive homes
in the world in fact we're driving right now this is called Billionaire's row where everybody that
has a house on this road is a billionaire and you would think that the prices would be astronomical
for tennis in a place like this but it's simply not the case can tennis be astronomically
expensive yes of course it can I'm not saying that tennis is cheap for example if you're a high-level
Junior and you want to get a D1 scholarship tennis is going to get expensive of course if you try to
play tennis professionally it's going to get unbelievably expensive most likely somewhere
between 75 000 to a hundred thousand dollars per year just to be able to play on tour so tennis is
unbelievably expensive and you can also make it expensive by joining private country clubs and so
on no doubt about it but tennis does not have to be expensive you can play it for cheap and that's
true even in a rich place like Palm Beach but guys let's get out of Palm Beach and I want to show you
that you can play tennis absolutely for free in the United States this might not be true in Europe
and other parts of the world but in the United States the beautiful thing is that we have all
these public parks and these public parks will sometimes have tennis courts on them and it'll
cost you absolutely nothing to play on these courts but it's not only that there's a lot of
neighborhoods communities that have their own tennis courts as well so in the United States
you can play tennis for absolutely nothing zero dollars it's completely for free I'm gonna show
you some of these spots here in Palm Beach County so guys here we have a public park in West Palm
Beach four courts and you can come here and play tennis completely for free and guess what these
courts even get resurfaced they get repainted and again you come here and you pay zero dollars and
here's another park with public tennis courts this one's directly on the intercoastal with
three courts now not all courts are in the greatest condition so these courts here they could use a
paint job there's a couple of moldy spots there's some cracks here there's a couple bumps but hey
it's free courts you're playing tennis right next to the intercostal with a beautiful view
absolutely for free a lot of you guys will often ask Nick how come when you record your videos
there's never anybody playing tennis well it's because I record between the times of 12 and 3
when it's super hot and people just don't play tennis during that time here in Florida but I
can tell you that this location right here is one of my favorite facilities this is called okeheelee
Park yes this used to have eight tennis courts two of them were converted into pickleball but it's
a beautifully maintained facility and how much does it cost to play here absolutely nothing
another thing that's so great about these public facilities here in Florida is that you even get
lights for free all you have to do is turn on a button and you can even play at night
for the cost of absolutely nothing and guys now we're in West Boca which is the mecca of
junior tennis you got all the academies over here Macci Evert Pro World and this is another facility
called Veterans Park Four Courts where you can absolutely play it for free and there's actually
a lot of Junior training going on here and it's a great facility again 100 free of charge so guys
this is going to be the last public facility I'm gonna show you and this is the perfect
example of how pickleball and Tennis can coexist we have four tennis courts right here and we have
tons of pickleball over there and they were built separately the pickleball players are not imposing
themselves onto tennis there's no pickleball lines on a tennis court these pickleball courts
are built separately and my wish is that tennis courts across the United States adapt the same
principle where they leave the tennis courts alone and they build the pickleball courts separately
and again this place right here is absolutely perfect for training tennis you got four tennis
courts you got a wall over there that I'm gonna hit on in a second and what does it cost to use
this facility absolutely nothing this is one of my favorite ways to practice tennis is to hit
against the wall and here we have a huge wall where people not only hit tennis balls against
the wall they actually practice pickleball racquetball even handball and again I can get
a good workout here doesn't cost me anything and I highly recommend that you find the wall
no matter where you are in the world this is going to cost you nothing and you're gonna get a great
tennis workout so there you have it guys tennis does not have to be expensive now I understand
that some other parts of the United States might not have as many public tennis courts like the
area I'm at which is Palm Beach County I also understand I have a lot of international viewers
and public courts might not be that common in your country but fact is that tennis does not
have to be expensive even if we're talking about equipment you can get a very cheap racket as I've
shown in my RF 97 versus the 15 Walmart racket video but you don't have to play with an aluminum
Walmart racket you can go on eBay grab yourself a very inexpensive racket you can buy tennis
balls very cheap off of Amazon or even Walmart you can get the balls very inexpensively when
it comes to equipment you can get tennis shoes off of eBay when it comes to tennis string you
can buy inexpensive strings that are going to last you forever I recommend the Kirschbaum Super
Smash string a very inexpensive string and guess what you can get 10 off if you use the link in
my description now of course you can make tennis super expensive you can hire a famous coach and
pay over a thousand dollars per hour you can play with natural gut and get it restrung every other
day you can change your over grip multiple times in your practice session or your match you can buy
super expensive rackets you can buy the best gear that's out there the most current clothing that
the professional players are wearing you can send your kids to an expensive Academy you can travel
the world and play tournaments you can of course make tennis super expensive but I'm telling you
guys it doesn't matter where you are in the world tennis does not need to be expensive this myth
that spread online in forums and comment sections where people make it out to be that
tennis is this unbelievably expensive sport only played by the high high class and The Aristocrats
this is a complete myth and this might actually be holding some people back from entering the sport
so again tennis does not need to be expensive and I encourage everybody to go out there and play