John McEnroe was on WFAN on Tuesday to promote the upcoming PowerShares Series event at the Barclays Center. One of the all-time greats and native New Yorker John McEnroe hopped onto WFAN on Tuesday afternoon to talk about the upcoming PowerShares Series event at the Barclays Center as well as the current state of men’s…
The method of scoring a tennis match may have baffled you when you started playing the sport, but when the little yellow ball raced toward you, a deep organic passion compelled you to swing the racket and hit that yellow sucker with raw unbridled power … over and over again. Passion for the game won…
Har-Tru has announced that the company has acquired Treadblaster from Medora Corporation. It is the only shoe cleaner of its type on the market. Treadblaster features a patented design that shoots pressurized jets of water into the soles of shoes to clean out lodged clay, dirt, and debris, all without allowing any over-splash. “There is…
The next captain of the United States Fed Cup team will be former top 10 player Kathy Rinaldi, the USTA announced on Thursday. Rinaldi takes over for Mary Joe Fernandez, who stepped down from the role in October following eight years as the captain. “This is an unbelievable opportunity, and I am incredibly excited and…
World number two Novak Djokovic announced on Tuesday that he is ending his partnership with coach Boris Becker after three years together. “After three very successful years, Boris Becker and I have jointly decided to end our cooperation. The goals we set when we started working together have been completely fulfilled, and I want to…
Two “Legendary Leaders”—106th New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins and Hall of Fame tennis coach Nick Bollettieri – spoke from their hearts about their love for children at New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) 31st Annual Leadership Awards Luncheon, which raised nearly $500,000…
Photo courtesy of BUBearcats.com The New York tennis community joins Binghamton University in mourning the loss of Stefani Lineva, a 20-year old tennis standout for the Bearcats who was found dead on Saturday morning. A native of Forest Hills, Queens, Lineva played her high school tennis at Forest Hills High School where she played in…
As the junior program continues to grow at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn, the club held its annual Boys QuickStart tournament on Saturday afternoon to show off the development of its players. After competitive round-robin play between all the participants, the finals came down to Sasha Smelyansky and Chris Keon. Both players were able to get…
Many young players are baffled when their practice play doesn’t translate well to competitive play or to their performance during tennis team tryouts. What’s happening? A player may tense up on the big stage, with anxiety and nervousness that increase in direct proportion to the stakes of the game. There is also the possibility that…
Sports psychology has become a wide and diverse field. Not only do we work with an ever-growing variety of sports, we use a variety of approaches. Standard sports psychology uses what we called “suppressive techniques,” which help the athlete to control any unwanted emotion, such as anxiety, anger or despair. But the field is no…