To see a Cardio Tennis session in full swing click the above linkWatch now!PARTICIPATIONCardio TennisThis year the LTA has continued to support Cardio Tennis as a fun and accessible tennis programme that players of all abilities can get involved in. There are drills for absolute beginners through to advanced players, all of which provide players with a great cardio workout and way to keep fit while improving their tennis skills.Over the year 197 new venues have started to offer Cardio Tennis with 521 coaches getting the official qualification to deliver the programme.Disability tennis2011 has seen the LTA and Tennis Foundation continue to work together to provide tennis opportunities for people with disabilities. One great example of this is the work the Tennis Foundation is doing in partnership with Fulham Football Foundation and Down's Syndrome Association to run weekly tennis sessions for people with Down's Syndrome. A first of its kind nationally, the Community Down's Syndrome Tennis project has been delivering these sessions from the National Tennis Centre and Tiffin School.This year has also seen the AEGON Schools Tennis Programme extend its work into special schools, supporting children in these schools to develop their motor skills and have fun through tennis. To support this work a special schools resource and equipment pack has been developed with 500 special schools already taking advantage of the new resource. "All children should have the opportunity to play sport and that also applies to those children who attend special schools."304 UP FROM 107 AT THE END OF LAST YEARNUMBER OF TENNIS VENUES DELIVERING CARDIO TENNISDavid Stewart Head Teacher at Oakfield School Nottingham11

PARTICIPATIONPROMOTIONThe allplay challengeTo help get the allplay campaign up and running, four well-known personalities were recruited to showcase the benefits of tennis. Lorraine Kelly, Tim Lovejoy, Denise Lewis and Jamie Theakston, all tennis novices, have been in training since June to prepare for a match against their fellow allplay challengers at the AEGON Masters at the end of the year. You can catch up with their progress and watch interviews with the challengers at allplaytennis.com.Bringing together the places, people and programmes to show how tennis is a fun, affordable, family sport which is a great way to get fit. A key element of our promotion work is allplay, our national campaign to help more people play tennisInvestment in this area goes into creating awareness of tennis opportunities among the general public, making it easy for people to find local facilities and understand what activities are available when they get there.This investment is channelled through the tennis network to promote participation including membership, technical support and communications including publications and digital media. This year also saw the launch of allplay, a national campaign to help more people play tennis.Here we take a look at what's been happening with the allplay campaign so far and some of the other activity that has been going on to promote tennis opportunities across the country.allplayThe national allplay campaign, launched in June this year, has been helping thousands of people across the country pick up their rackets and play tennis. People can go to the website, allplaytennis.com, register and start looking for local places to play and people to play with. So far 7,000 people have registered for free and over 1,000 games have been played at local parks, clubs and tennis centres up and down the country.The campaign has also been supporting the people who are involved in delivering tennis in clubs and in the community such as coaches, club managers and volunteers. These people can access support through the resource section of the website.NUMBER OF TENNIS VENUE SEARCHES MADE USING ALLPLAYTENNIS.COM30,00012