There has been a lot of discussion about the difficulty of successfully moving towards the net and winning points with volleys in the modern tennis game. The game has changed and the balls are going faster. However, the biggest obstacle moving forward these days is that most players do not have the training and…
Tennis is a game of repetition. Players get very used to hitting the ball a certain way, playing a point with a certain strategy, and doing things that feel comfortable. Your opponent is trying to get all of these ideas to be difficult and make you feel uncomfortable. It is very important in both…
There are a lot of discussions going on about pickleball these days. The sport is definitely growing and if you have been a tennis player in the past, you can likely be very successful on the Pickleball court. I stumbled across a game a couple of years ago that could give tennis some momentum…
The USTA and United States Davis Cup Captain Mardy Fish today announced that No. 10 Taylor Fritz, No. 17 Frances Tiafoe, No. 30 Tommy Paul and three-time Grand Slam doubles champion Jack Sock will represent the U.S. for the 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals November 22-27 in Malaga, Spain. Davis Cup is the World Cup of Men’s Tennis and is the…
David Slater, the current tennis director for the Tamarack Country Club, was named head men’s tennis coach at Fordham it was announced today by Fordham director of tennis Michael Sowter. This is Slater’s second collegiate head coaching position as he served as head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Manhattanville College from 2010-2012 where he…
Staying calm and keeping things simple on the tennis court is very difficult. It is so easy for your mind to go wild when you are playing a tennis match. Your adrenaline level increases, you have a ten second point that seems like it lasts an hour, and you have a huge opportunity, but…
What does it take to build a great tennis player? Teaching footwork, stroke technique and match strategy are all integral components of developing a top player. But at the core of any great tennis player is a foundation of strength and fitness, which allows a player to perform all the actions he or she…
John Carpenter called me up from Atlanta around the time of the U.S. Open back in 2019 B.C. (Before Covid), seemingly out of the blue. He explained that he had read many of the articles I had written for local, well-regarded publications: Long Island and New York Tennis Magazines. He had written a book…
Returning serve is an extremely important aspect of the game. The trend these days is to stand way behind the baseline and take big swings at the ball. Since tennis is a game of position, as well as hitting the ball, standing close to the back fence or the wall puts you at a…
The USTA and Billie Jean King Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi today announced that Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins, Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend will represent the USA in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals November 8-13 in Glasgow, Scotland. Billie Jean King Cup is the World Cup of Tennis, and the six-day Finals will crown this year’s…