{"id":85850551,"date":"2013-09-14T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/why-beach-tennis-is-aruba-s-most-popular-sport-right-now\/"},"modified":"2014-09-22T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T11:37:35","slug":"why-beach-tennis-is-aruba-s-most-popular-sport-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/why-beach-tennis-is-aruba-s-most-popular-sport-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Beach Tennis is Aruba\u2019s Most Popular Sport Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2013\/9\/Screenshot2013-09-14at11.17.03AM.png\" alt=\"Why Beach Tennis is Aruba's Most Popular Sport Right Now. Photo credit: Charu Suri\" title=\"Why Beach Tennis is Aruba's Most Popular Sport Right Now. Photo credit: Charu Suri\" \/><br \/>\nNot terribly long ago, windsurfing was (and still is) one of Aruba&rsquo;s most popular sports. Aruba hosts world-class windsurfing competition High Winds each July, attracting some of the world&rsquo;s most serious athletes in the world who dart across the ocean like swift seagulls.<\/p>\n<p>But now there&rsquo;s a new sport on the block which proves that Aruba is as much a fit island as it is a beach-lovers&rsquo; island. Indeed, Beach tennis has spread like wildfire to almost every well-known and off the beaten path beach.\n<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips to deepen your understanding (and love) of this sport:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scoring for beach tennis is pretty much like tennis: the 15-30-40 and deuce rules apply\n<\/li>\n<li>The &ldquo;bat&rdquo; used in the sport is technically a paddle racket, and is much smaller than a tennis bat, and much lighter(although not as light as a ping pong bat). The same aspects of tennis like forehand and backhand etc. apply to Beach Tennis\n<\/li>\n<li>Beach tennis, as the name implies, is played on beach sand in a professional volleyball court\n<\/li>\n<li>If you&rsquo;re unsure about what to do, or how fast to run, enroll in lessons at Aruba&rsquo;s Beach Tennis Association Member (check out the membership schedule here <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beachtennisaruba.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.beachtennisaruba.com\/register\/<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Moomba Beach is the place to flex your beach tennis muscles, if you&rsquo;re a rookie at any rate. While the beach and bar come alive at night, people play beach tennis and drink cocktails all night long!\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe rules of Beach Tennis are a mix of volleyball and beach tennis rules, but the thrill of running on the sand and getting that perfect backhand or volley is high: everything moves at lightning speed! The court is a standard beach volleyball court 30 feet wide and 60 feet long.<\/p>\n<p>Aruba&rsquo;s love of beach tennis is so strong that several bars offer the ability for customers to volley right after a shot of tequila or Aruba Arriba. Now isn&rsquo;t that something worth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-aruba-aua-aruba\">flying to Aruba<\/a> for?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDon&#39;t forget to check out more great travel stories on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/\">CheapOair<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cheapoair\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;page!\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPhoto credit: Charu Suri&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not terribly long ago, windsurfing was (and still is) one of Aruba&rsquo;s most popular sports. Aruba hosts world-class windsurfing competition High Winds each July, attracting some of the world&rsquo;s most serious athletes in the world who dart across the ocean like swift seagulls. But now there&rsquo;s a new sport on the block which proves that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85850551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beaches","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85850551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85850551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85850551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169896,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85850551\/revisions\/97169896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85850551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85850551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85850551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}