The Israeli winter is of course not one of the rainiest winters, certainly not compared to European countries, but there are still at least 50 rainy days a year here. And who is directly affected by this? The tennis is blue and white. Cumulative time it is about a month and a half a year that it is impossible to play tennis here, and almost nowhere in the country.
Unlike European countries or the United States, for example in Israel, it is very difficult to find an indoor plot that is suitable for rainy days. The tennis and education centers in Israel, which are spread almost all over the country, have a total of five courts with a roof, and what happens to the rest? Cancels training, games, tournaments and leaves thousands of boys, girls, boys and girls almost unanswered.
So how is it surprising here that for many years, since Dudi Sela for example (at his peak he was 29 in the world), no tennis player has grown here, not even a star, but a player who will scratch the top 100 and bring respect to Israeli tennis? This is not to mention the thousands who play tennis for a hobby, but fulfilled. The central area has almost no solutions for the winter days, with the indoor courts located in the tennis centers in Haifa and Kiryat Shmona (another indoor area in Jerusalem). What do tennis players do? Very simple, stay at home or maybe already give up and move to another industry, where you do play in the winter.
Apart from the rainy days, what about the days when the Israeli sun hits your head and does not allow you to play? Here too there is a problem, and again the roofs are absent in the landscape of the white branch. Of course there are other reasons why Israeli tennis has a hard time moving forward, but also the facilities, which are very dependent on the season and the weather, have important and significant weight here with serious implications for the future generation of the industry, which attracts more and more children.
So why is this not happening in the meantime? An indoor plot costs more money on the side of the property tax and makes it difficult for the various centers to meet the maximum conditions. In any case, meanwhile Wingate is building several plots, while in Jerusalem the planning is the same. Hoping of course for many more centers and places that will allow you to play in almost any wintry or sunny weather as it may be.