Taking Responsibility for Your Balls
This weekend’s “Unplugged” posts revolve around Principle 42 from “The Code,” which is the unwritten rules of tennis published with the USTA’s Friend at Court.Read More
Ball Help!
I live within walking distance of excellent public park tennis courts. That site attracts a wide variety of people, ranging from some of the area’sRead More
Take Two or Not Take Two: That is the Question
Yesterday, we discussed the principles underpinning situations when a server should be granted a second first serve after they have already delivered a fault. “TheRead More
The Magnanimous “Take Two”
Our final tennis “dad joke” to round out the weekend is magnanimously awarding an opponent two serves before they have even hit a first serve.Read More
Out! (Of Reach)
Our weekend of tennis “dad jokes” continues with the fake “out” call. In this scenario, the other player or team hits a clean winner thatRead More
Tennis Dad Jokes: Intentional Whiff
In honor of the Trophy Husband’s birthday, the theme for this weekend’s post is tennis “Dad Jokes.” This series was also inspired by Hseih Su-Wei,Read More
Continuous NTRP and Sandbaggers
I anticipate that the most pushback I will get against continuously publishing NTRP ratings, as discussed yesterday, is that the information would likely be usedRead More
1 responseRethinking the Season: Continuous NTRP
Fall marks the start of football season in the United States. It is also the time of year when tennis fans seem to collectively forgetRead More
Fantasy Football and Tennis
Every year since 1990, I have played in a Fantasy Football League with a group of guys from the place where I first worked straightRead More
1 responseNew Balls… Please!
This year for the first time since 1980, the US Open will use the same tennis ball for both the men’s and women’s events atRead More
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