When I was playing on the Pro Tour, it was all about getting results in weekly tournaments. There was an offseason at the end of November during which you would get in shape for the new season with a few weeks of training camp. This camp included lots of drills and some practice sets, but…
Performance improvement is all about hard work, and you need to work as hard as you can, right? Wrong! Hard work is important, but the ultimate goal is to be as productive as you can and this comes from finding just the optimal balance of effort and temperance. Remember … smart work is your best…
In my 32 years of teaching and coaching all levels of players, I have realized that there is a huge difference between teaching a student and just providing tennis information. The most important thing I have learned is to first be a student and then a teacher. I have seen many coaches who are so…
The vast majority of tennis games are played with great sportsmanship by players who demonstrate that tennis is a game of scrupulous honesty and courteous competitive spirit. A handful of players—and I do mean a handful—whip out a new rule interpretation that rattles the brain. I saw a player stop a match in a third…
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) and the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning celebrated the unveiling of its two new stadium courts on Sunday on a beautiful afternoon at Crotona Park in the Bronx, N.Y. “April 9, 2017 was a joyous celebration for New York Junior Tennis & Learning and the Cary Leeds…
GF Sports, a live events and sports media entertainment company, has partnered with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) to move the Memphis Open men’s tennis tournament to NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which is located on Long Island in New York. As part of the long-term agreement, the Coliseum, which reopened…
The annual USTA Eastern Conference in White Plains is always an important and productive weekend, as members of the regions that comprise the Eastern Section gather to discuss the year that was, as well as look ahead to the future. At this year’s conference, it was a time to welcome in many new members of…
The United States and Australia are facing off in a Davis Cup World Group Quarterfinal, and the Aussies jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first two rubber matches on Friday. In the first match, Jack Sock of the United States took on the 79th ranked Jordan Thompson, and the Nebraska native struggled to…
In a battle of two of New York City’s top teams on Wednesday, it was Beacon, the nine-time defending PSAL champions, who came out on top as the Blue Demons defeated Stuyvesant 5-0 to improve to 3-0 on the season. With Ethan Leon out, Marcos Lee stepped into the first singles role for Beacon and…
For 26 weeks in 2009, Russia’s Dinara Safina was the number one ranked player in the world, holding that distinction from April 20-Oct. 11, and again from Oct. 26-Nov. 1, reaching the finals of three Grand Slam tournaments. But towards the end of that 2009 season, a back injury became a lingering problem for Safina….