How about making a video of you doing household tasks and working out? I have a better idea. Get off your phone and do them! Do you really need a virtual pat on the back to do what you should be doing anyway?
How do you handle a disagreement about the score? Of course, there is a protocol in the rules, but most importantly it usually involves learning how to negotiate. The ability to negotiate in order to defuse difficult situations is a tennis skill that will become an invaluable life skill. For many, it’s a skill that comes in…
John Wooden, the great UCLA men’s basketball coach, once said, “Sports don’t build character, they reveal it.” What is your character on the court? Do you “cheat back?” Do you give up? Do you whine and complain about how the world is unfair, or do you rise above and fight with calm resolve, deliberate purpose and grace under…
Brooklyn fifth-grader Kayla Moore is a dedicated young tennis player who trains at Gotham Tennis Academy and Stadium Tennis Center in the Bronx. And despite her age, Moore has already set lofty goals for herself as she pursues a tennis career. “My goal is to become a professional tennis player,” said Moore. “And I’m…
While some say, “I don’t take responsibility at all,” others recognize that saying, “we are united”, or, “we are all in this together”, rings hollow and empty when your actions don’t back up your words. We know that wearing a simple mask in public will do very little to protect you, but it will protect others….
Since most points end after the serve (ace, service winner, missed return or double fault), it is extremely important to get your return of serve in play and force the server to hit another shot. Focusing on the basics will make this more likely and will also give you a chance to get the…
CBS will air the World TeamTennis Celebrity All-Star Match Presented by Barefoot Hard Seltzers this Saturday, April 4 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The network will air a one-hour special highlighting the top moments from the event that was played on March 1. The match featured Maria Sharapova, the Bryan Brothers, Sam Querrey, Monica Puig,…
Last year, Hannah Berner was added to the cast of Summer House, the reality television series on Bravo TV, which follows the lives of eight young adults as they work their jobs in New York City and spend weekends in the Hamptons. But this was not the first foray out into the Hamptons for…
This article is the second part of Dr. Ferraro’s series, The Tennis Guru. Click Here to read the first part. Yin awoke early the next day and was excited to get going. This was the big day, the day he would get to meet The Tennis Guru. He quickly brushed his teeth, put on his…
I know the COVID-19 crisis is going to be resolved. It may take longer than we had hoped. This is a great time to practice tennis on your own. I had not hit a ball in the last three weeks until the other day. I took ten balls and a racquet to the court. After…