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Do you think tennis is a ' posh ' sport?

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sinklineandhook · 21/06/2024 12:43

When you hear someone saying they play tennis, do you assume they're a bit well off / posh ? Whatever you want to call it.

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ATribeCalledQuestion · 21/06/2024 12:55

Yes. I couldn't afford tennis lessons at our local club.

BrigadierEtienneGerard · 21/06/2024 12:55

No. This is not the 1930s.

PuttingDownRoots · 21/06/2024 12:54

Tennis lessons, or a club etc? Yes.

Knock around the balll at the park... no.

Like many sports, there's posh versions and more accessible options. Like rugby. Its both one of the cheapest and most expensive kids hobbies around here, depending on club (and the cheaper clubs do just as well as the pish ones!)

Limth · 21/06/2024 12:54

Yes, definitely posh.

Firtreeandpinecones · 21/06/2024 12:51

Maybe the availability of tennis courts in parks has made it more accessible than it used to be?

Singleandproud · 21/06/2024 12:50

Well any sport other than football was posh back a few generations surely. Tennis is the staple of country clubs and Wimbledon and having to wear sparkly whites is posh in itself.

On the other hand, you can hire the tennis courts on our cliff top for £2.50 an hour, there are free ones in the park, the tennis club is £150 for a family membership for the year near us so no I don't particularly think it's posh now.

Teamarugula · 21/06/2024 12:50

Not especially. I mean posh people probably have more free time to play but our local park has tennis courts you can book for about £10, which is very popular among all sorts of people.

Firtreeandpinecones · 21/06/2024 12:49

I think so, yes. When I was growing up there was a big waiting list to join the tennis club and I had the impression that it was expensive, too.

No idea if that's the case now, though.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 21/06/2024 12:49

It's an expensive sport to pursue so I would assume the person was comfortable

InTheRainOnATrain · 21/06/2024 12:49

It’s a cheap thing to do isn’t it? Local courts in the park and all you need is a cheap racket and a few balls. It’s certainly the cheapest one of my DC’s activities and the cheapest summer camp. So I’d say no unless they’re specifically on about a pricy private club, but then it’s the club element and not the sport itself.

lemonmeringueno3 · 21/06/2024 12:46

The people at our town's tennis club - and cricket club - are quite posh yes. I think of them as middle class sports.

Weepingwillows12 · 21/06/2024 12:45

Yes probably. Not the game so much as being part of a tennis club. No idea why though - maybe TV always portraying the bored rich housewife and the tennis instructor style story.

FourEyesGood · 21/06/2024 12:45

Generally, yes.