A message from the Teddy Tennis Founders
Since we formally launched the business in 2007, children everywhere have had fantastic fun playing Teddy Tennis. This simple but unique combination of using music and pictures works brilliantly and inspires children to come back for more and more…. which is of course great for business.
Thousands of parents in multiple locations globally sign their children up to Teddy Sports World lessons every day. They know the programme will engage their children and encourage them to not only get active but to grow their confidence and whereby equipping them with key skills needed to meet the growing challenges of life in the 21st century.
We are delighted that you are considering joining the growing international community of ‘Teddy’ business partners and we look forward to potentially working with you on the development of your business locally to where you are based.
What is the History of Teddy Tennis?
Teddy Tennis Ltd the company is registered in England and Wales number 04426383 and was incorporated on 29 April 2002. It was founded by the brothers, Richard Bean & Stephen Bean who came up with the idea of using music to inspire children to learn to play tennis.
The creation of the original portfolio of games, activities, pictures, lesson plans, plus the writing and recording of music and carrying out the necessary market research and market testing took nearly five years.
In 2007 Teddy Tennis featured on the well know BBC entrepreneurial start up programme ‘Dragons Den’…… but Teddy Tennis did not get the investment!
In 2008 Teddy Tennis Ltd starting trading as a Franchisor and commenced selling its ‘packaged’ teaching system in the UK and overseas.
In 2013 Teddy Tennis initiated the development of the company’s back office and online teaching and booking system ‘Teddy Connect’. The system is continually been enhanced to meet the needs of Teddy Tennis and its business partners and plays a key roll in the success of Teddy Tennis today.
In 2015 we introduced Teddy Soccer and the following year along came Teddy Cricket, both programmes direct copies of Teddy Tennis but feature new activities, games and music that is specific for these two sports.
2020 brought us all COVID so the less said about that the better.
In 2024 we introduced Teddy Padel, a Padel Tennis version of Teddy Tennis. Also in 2024 we launched Teddy Sports World, the umbrella brand the embraces all the Teddy Sports activity programmes.