Ball Keeper
June 17, 2008
Tennis is a game of smart footwork, big ground strokes — and, for women, skimpy clothing.
You may be confident about your forehand, but dread hiking up that little skirt even further to grab the extra ball under your shorts (tennis buffs understand this — all others, it’s not what you think!)
For two Tinton Falls women who recently became stay-at-home-moms and beginner tennis players, it was a problem that needed solving.
Meredith Kasun, a former fashion buyer, was uncomfortable with the hip-high thigh lift. “I wear pants when I play tennis,” she says, but they made her feel frumpy, and without a pocket there was no place to nest spare balls.
So Kasun and her tennis partner Ernabel Demillo, a former television news reporter and anchor, devised the TennisRAQ, a neoprene belt that goes over your clothes and holds up to three tennis balls in place while you play. You can get it on the website they launched, BodyStyle Athletics. Check out their Facebook, too.
The two ladies have been marketing the belts to shore area tennis clubs and sports retailers. You’ll find them at tournaments all summer, pitching their product to legions of tennis players, and cold calling retailers.
They are living the frenetic lives of “mompreneurs”.
The belt, says Meredith, “adds a little flavor, a little fashion to your play.” Next up, they’re working on their own line of tennis clothes. We’re guessing the design will look fabulous with their belt, and not at all frumpy!
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