Imagine dedicating your heart and soul to a competitive sport throughout your childhood and adolescence just to give it up at the age of 20 or 30. After you “retire” from your passion, in order for you to play the sport you love, you need to gather a large group of people together in…
The youth of New York City will once again this summer have the chance to learn and showcase their tennis skills. CityParks Tennis is bringing back the Lacoste Junior Tennis Academy, the free training program for advanced junior tennis players ages eight through 17. The academy provides free coaching practice time and tournament sponsorships…
City Parks Foundation is kicking off its 2019 spring sports programs for young people and seniors this April. From April through June, City Parks Foundation will host over 800 youth and 600 seniors in over 20 neighborhood parks and recreation centers for participation in FREE sports programs. Youth programs include golf, track & field,…
For the first time, the USTA Eastern hosted an interregional Junior Team Tennis event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament featured teams and players from Long Island, New Jersey and New York City, competing against one another for a chance to advance to the USTA Eastern Sectionals, which is…
Each year, the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning hosts the NYJTL Hartman Cup, which celebrates the end of the facility’s Early Morning Winter Community Tennis Program. The tournament is held in honor Louis H. Hartman, grandfather of NYJTL founder and friend of Arthur Ashe, Skip Hartman. As a child, Louis contracted polio…
For top junior athletes, the constant training and relentless practice schedules can often times be overwhelming, which makes striking a balance between other sports and activities incredibly important. Ian Smith, a high school junior who trains out of The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y., has been able to strike that balance….
What is athleticism? You cannot define the term on one individual characteristic. One athlete may have more power, more speed or more conditioning, etc. but each individual junior player’s game should be molded around their talents. Whether they can do six push-ups vs. 10 push-ups, run one mile in six minutes vs. seven minutes…
Advantage Junior Tennis Camp at Roosevelt Island Racquet Club (RIRC) 281 Main Street Roosevelt Island, N.Y. Contact: Steve O’Keefe (212) 935-0250 AdvantageCamps.net Advantage Junior Tennis Camp is “tennis heaven for kids”–giving players ages seven to 17 more drills, more skills and more time on the courts! Directed by Xavier Luna, it’s the City’s oldest…
Tie Break Tens launched its Challenger USA series earlier this winter, with the first tournament of the series taking place at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis Learning in the Bronx, N.Y. Click Here to see photos from the Challenger series event at The Cary Leeds Center. Played with no games and no sets,…
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation (MCB) announced on Thursday that the “Road to the Little Mo Nationals” will return for its 22nd year this summer. The circuit begins each spring with 20 different sectionals held across the country, which advance to four regionals held in the summer, and culminates with the prestigious “Little Mo”…