Neuroplasticity is the medical term for how the human brain changes and adapts as a result of experience. You can positively influence your mental development by regularly consuming high quality information. If you feed your brain with tennis specific knowledge, you can actually exercise your mental muscles and improve your competitive level from the comfort of your own couch. Subscribing to regularly published tennis content automates the process.
For anyone that is a regular reader of this blog that hasn’t already subscribed to email notifications when new content is published… what are you waiting for? There is no better time than the present. This site strives to provide a thoughtfully curated source of tennis information and ideas targeted at competitive amateur tennis players. Subscribing is as simple as providing your email address to the link at the end of this post. (I will not spam you with repetitive or unrelated content. You have my promise.)
My absolute favorite print tennis magazine is Racquet Sports Industry. The articles in RSI are heavily slanted toward the technical and business side of tennis. I also receive a print copy of the Tennis Channel’s magazine. I generally enjoy the content, but to be honest, I am not exactly sure how my subscription came about. I also receive a print copy of Inside Tennis, a direct benefit of USTA membership.
While we are on the subject of the USTA, I strongly encourage everyone to regularly review the “Notification” settings within their USTA online profile. We should all be interested in receiving announcements and news of USTA events and initiatives. The notification areas seem to be evolving, so it is a good idea to check back from time to time for new categories. Kudos to anybody who goes ”Full Fiend” and signs up for all USTA notifications.
Both the National Women’s Tennis Organization and the National Senior Men’s Tennis Association publish regular newsletters and notifications to their members. These organizations provide valuable advocacy for Senior tennis. All tennis players benefit from their efforts and initiatives.
I am a huge fan of (my friend) Will Boucek’s “Doubles Only” podcast. He is doing an excellent job delivering high quality content geared specifically for doubles players of all levels. Other podcasts that I subscribe to include Jon Wertheim’s “Beyond the Baseline“, “Compete Like a Champion” from the USTA Player Development Program, and “No Challenge’s Remaining.”
Neuroplasticity is essential to support mental skill development in tennis. Additionally, adults who embrace a learning mindset are significantly less likely to experience age related cognitive decline. Exercising your brain by stimulating it with any new information is good for your mental health. Doubling down on tennis specific content makes it all the better.
Give yourself the gift of great tennis information on a regular basis.
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Thanks, Teresa, for your excellent list of recommended tennis publications. Many of your readers would also enjoy Florida Tennis, a top-notch print magazine, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Jim Martz, the highly respected, former tennis beat writer for The Miami Herald, publishes Florida Tennis. Jim’s email address is FLTENNIS@aol.com. Florida Tennis is authoritative and comprehensive and includes human interest features, opinion pieces, news reports, instruction, tennis history, tournament schedules and results, and revealing interviews.