10 and Under Tennis Competition
I started playing tennis long before my 10th birthday. At the time, special rules for “10 and Under” tennis tournaments wasn’t a thing. We usedRead More
3 responsesBall Focus Drill in Break Point
At the end of February, I launched into a series of “Tennis Training and Technology” posts each featuring a training technique or exercise that madeRead More
Tennis News: April 24, 2023
Jon Wertheim declares the WTA’s return to China as a complete capitulation. A community theater in Colorado takes on the war between pickleball and tennisRead More
Escalating the Tiebreak Issue
Last weekend, I played my first real doubles short-set tiebreak game at the NTRP 18+ Doubles National Championships. After the first two points, my partnerRead More
3 responsesBreaking the Breaker
Ever since I played in the inaugural NTRP 50+ Championships in 2018, I have been lobbying hard for an update to the shortened tie-breaker usedRead More
4 responsesManifest Destiny
Manifestation is a pseudoscientific self-help strategy based on the idea that merely thinking about something causes it to come to fruition. It also frequently hasRead More
1 responseBoom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker
Earlier this month, Apple TV+ released a new documentary on Boris Becker. It is structured into two episodes. “Triumph” runs one hour and 37 minutes,Read More
3 responsesYou Can’t Always Let What You Want
Last weekend, I witnessed an interesting rules situation at the 18+ NTRP National Doubles Championships. It is always interesting to come across real scenarios whereRead More
1 responseT-Spine Rotations in Break Point
One of the episodes in the Netflix docuseries “Break Point” centered around the romance between Ajla Tomljanović and Matteo Berrettini. At the time, they wereRead More
1 responseTennis News: April 17, 2023
China 1, WTA 0. The WTA will return to operations in China later this year. Iga Swiatek makes the TIME Magazine list of the topRead More
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