Slinger Bag, a sports brand focused on innovating game improvement technology and equipment and with the vision to become a connected sports company, is delighted to announce its acquisition of Foundation Tennis (www.foundationtennis.com). Foundation Tennis is a pioneer in tennis software applications covering tennis club and facility administration and encompassing highly functional user and…
The serve is the most important shot in tennis. It is often the least practiced shot and the hardest to learn. This sometimes makes a tennis professional or coach hesitant to teach the shot to a young player. However, I believe it should be one of the first things these young players learn. Try…
In this era of learning from home and virtual programming, the need to have an education that is right for you has never been more important. This is especially true for high-level junior tennis players who often have to balance their learning with a jam-packed training and tournament schedule, which is why many of…
The title of this article may be precarious for a full-time collegiate tennis coach, a guy who teaches college courses and has taught tennis for more than 30 years. I returned to coach a college team after a 12-month hiatus from competition because of the COVID- 19 pandemic. It was great to get back…
The United States Tennis Association today announced that fans will be welcomed back to the US Open for the 2021 tournament, and that tickets to the event will be put on sale to the general public on Thursday, July 15, beginning at 12 pm ET. Additionally, longtime US Open partner American Express will offer…
More than 100 players hit the courts at Sportime Quogue on Saturday to compete in the first installment of the 2021 Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge event series. The players were spread throughout eight divisions of play across the beautiful 20 outdoor courts in the Hamptons, enjoying friendly yet competitive tennis and delicious food…
The crosscourt serve-and-volley Singles game including the alley, known as One-On-One Doubles, will rock the Hamptons in July with some of the top serve-and-volley players from the east coast entering. The $1500 Hamptons One-On-One Doubles Shootout is slated to be held at Doug DeGroot’s Hither Hills Racquet Club, in Amagansett, on Saturday, July 10…
Slinger Bag Inc. an innovative sports brand reinventing the way athletes use equipment to improve game performance, has announced that David Grutman is joining the company as a strategic advisor. Grutman, a Miami-based entrepreneur, is known globally for his expertise in branding within the hospitality, event and lifestyle industries. He has a unique vision…
When I was growing up, we were always taught to keep the ball deep. The idea was to push your opponent back and give them very few opportunities to move forward. These days, there are a lot of players who start the point standing relatively deep in the court. This pretty much negates the…
This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of New York Tennis Magazine. Click Here to read the full digital edition. Despite plenty of new names coming up over the last two decades, we still see familiar faces winning trophies at the last two majors with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The two…