touchtennis is a sport that started in a back garden in England. It has rapidly grown in the last few years to 30 countries and many thousands of competitors. Along with this, people play socially around the world and interact regularly with the sport's home page www.touchtennis.com. Devised as an alternative to the mainstream game of tennis, touchtennis favours touch, flair and finesse over power. The game is akin to open source software and the growth has been attributed to it's friendly nature of events.