Latest Posts

Doubles Selection Criteria for the NTRP National Championships The CalfPRO Deep Calf Stretcher Tennis Beyond the Headlines: January 20, 2025 Show me the Schedule Automating USTA Tennis Tournament Withdrawals T-Shirt Size Shouldn’t be a Complicated Question Power Tennis: Neale Fraser

Rene Lacoste’s Ball Machine

Rene Lacoste is best known for the premium brand of sporting apparel that bears his name. He won seven Grand Slam Championships and was one of the “Four Musketeers” of the formidable French Davis Cup team that dominated tennis in the late 20s and early 30s. He also invented the ball machine, a fact that I was reminded of during my recent reading of “Ted Tinling: Sixty Years in Tennis.”