Tennis Beyond the Headlines: June 30, 2025
Wimbledon snuck up on me this year. As the grass-court season unfolds, there’s a flurry of tennis news that you might have missed last week.Read More
Healthspan, Choice, and the Case for Competitive Senior Tennis
When I sat down to write Friday’s “The Paradox of Senior Tennis,” I thought I was veering off into esoteric territory that most people would findRead More
5 responsesThe Delusion of ROI: What Junior Tennis Gets Wrong—and Senior Tennis Gets Right
A follow-up idea stemming from yesterday’s post about the economic inequities between junior and senior tennis is a related micro-topic. It centers around the illusion of returnRead More
7 responsesThe Paradox of Senior Tennis: Why Competitive Play Fades with Age
I have been thinking a lot about how senior adult tournament participation isn’t where it should be. The fact that senior tournament tennis is brokenRead More
8 responsesThe Tennis Channel Needs to Get Its Act Together
Last November, the Tennis Channel launched a new streaming service. It was touted as an all-in-one product that combines the live 24/7 broadcast channel withRead More
2 responsesWhen A Player’s Self-Rating Criteria Changes After the Fact
In my recent post “When Does a Player Turn 18 for USTA League,” I mentioned in passing that my daughter’s self-rating story would have toRead More
Frankenstein Walk
This week’s featured training technique is once again drawn from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. In this segment, Alcaraz performs a brief dynamic warm-upRead More
Tennis Beyond the Headlines: June 23, 2025
Leadership changes at the USTA, retirement news, a new tennis royal title, legal drama, and a duet with Bocelli. A little bit of everything. USTARead More
“Smells Like Victory”: A New Design and a Deeper Purpose
Longtime readers may recall my previous post, which extolled the virtues of laundry bags as an essential piece of tennis equipment. Having one on handRead More
1 responseTennis, Typography, and a Touch of Snark
In what can only be described as the most on-brand way possible to follow up 2000 consecutive days of tennis writing, today’s post shares myRead More