Thank you, Roberta Vinci. Finally, someone has opened our eyes and made a clear statement: Tennis is not all about hitting the cover off the ball. Somehow, we all bought into the idea that the only way to play is to stay on the baseline and slug it out. Vinci showed us that simply changing…
The USTA has announced that its Player Development Division will host a series of coaching education symposiums geared to engage under-represented coaching communities. The overall goal of these symposiums is to continue USTA Player Development’s ongoing efforts to create a collaborative partnership with a full spectrum of its American tennis stakeholders. At the symposiums, USTA Player Development…
Instructional group clinics and private tennis lessons these days seem to be primarily populated by and marketed toward juniors. That’s fine in the respect that once children begin playing tennis and training at a young age, they will no doubt become competitive players. But where is the adult population these days, and why aren’t they…
The New York tennis landscape is always growing and evolving. There are a myriad of options both indoors and outdoors for a local tennis player to choose from. So how does a successful tennis entity separate themselves? How does a successful club increase their player base and continue to grow? New York Tennis Magazine sat…
The New York metro tennis community has some of the sport’s best facilities, both indoor and outdoor, and best coaches in the world. With this wealth of talent available, New York Tennis Magazine recently took the opportunity to pick the brains of some of these top coaches. What you will find below are some of…
Swearing and temper outbursts dominated tennis headlines this year. In the weeks leading up to Wimbledon, it seemed that the big controversy was going to be about coaching during matches. After all, according to the Daily Mail online, Boris Becker divulged that he and Novak Djokovic have ways of communicating when the Serb is on…
Both the Columbia and St. John’s women’s tennis teams traveled to the University of Pennsylvania this past weekend to compete in the Cissie Leary Invitational. Along with Pennsylvania, the two schools also competed with Delaware, Drexel, Georgetown, Maryland, Princeton, Temple and Yale. In the Singles Flight A competition, Columbia sent three players to the quarterfinals….
There are four main types of serves in tennis: Flat, Slice, Topspin and Kick. A Slice, Topspin and Kick Serve each have a specific direction of spin. The central focus of every serve is pronating. Pronating simply means that, at contact, the hand naturally moves from an inside to outside position by means of the…
The New York tennis landscape is always growing and evolving. There are a myriad of options both indoors and outdoors for a local tennis player to choose from. So how does a successful tennis entity separate themselves? How does a successful club increase their player base and continue to grow? New York Tennis Magazine sat…
Can you remember a time you played effortless tennis? The ball looked as big as a grapefruit, your mind was free of distracting thoughts, your body relaxed, and you seemingly floated from shot to shot. Roger Federer, in his book, Quest for Perfection, described it this way: “At the time … I was in the…