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When you first pick up a racquet

Love means the pleasure for partaking in the sport is innocent and genuine

Love means anxious to go for your next lesson

Love means getting up 3 hours early to get to an 8am lesson

Love means sleeping with your first new tennis racquet in bed

Love means dragging the parents 60mins early to a…

7 Ways to Hit Your 2013 Resolutions!

Whoa long hiatus, it feels good to be back! Do not worry, my first posting this year is not a guilt trip but rather us finding solutions together!

A new year brings with it high expectations, inspiration, and rejuvenated spirits to reach one’s goals. The first week of January, “new year’s…

So i have been studying My Marketing materials again getting ready for this up coming tennis season.

I have a New baby Coming in August 2013 and I will need to get my business straight-er.

In my work book it says to simply ask your clients for a referral.

so Here I am Asking Tennisopolis if you dont mind. Please write positive reviews, Make Comments on my…

I'm sure this could run in a few categories:

1) Racquet freak: Gotta try the latest racquets, demo ten racquets when they come out at the start of the year. End up getting six of the same, then an itch happens. You buy a different one, then have to sell the six when that new one plays better. Then it happens every year. Check!

2) League addict:…

I am vacationing in St petersburg from February 13 to February  20 and would like to play some tennis. Staying at the Beachcomber Hotel in St Pete Beach. I am a 3.5 to 4 player. Anyone interested?  Are there any courts near the beachcomber?

Immediately after (and in fact during) the player introductions, it was clear to the world that the Australian fans were backing Li Na for the Australian Open Women’s Final.

In a somewhat theatrical final comprised of 16 service breaks, a nearby fireworks display, two injury timeouts (one of which was a nasty fall by Li, slamming the back of her head into the court),…

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Hello everyone. Starting to hit again. Was a 4.0, now a 3.5 , will be 4.5 by summer. lets hit. at this point I only last and hour.. [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]

1 year Birthday of Alex playing tennis, pictured from Left to Right

Brandon Gita, CoachV, Alex Smirin, Cade Lautenbacher.

One of my Students comes to tennis last night and it turns out its his 1 year anniversary to an exact date.…

For the new kids and rusty ones, a list of  top ten tips to suvive the Australian season painlessly.

1. Choose your matches carefully. I know that Polona Hercog versus Lucie Hradecka might sound like a very exciting matchup. And wow, you’ve always wanted to see Benoit Paire play Robin Haase! They sound awesome!…

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, also known as the All-England Club, London, England, is a private members club. It’s best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass. Initially an amateur event that occupied club members and their friends for a few days each summer, the…

NEW YORK, December 21, 2012 — The results of an independently performed Racket Shock & Vibration Study are in and they dramatically show that multi-solid core frames produce less shock and vibration on initial contact and four (4x) times less shock and vibration time following contact…

When former tennis pro Owen "Game Set" Match gets  fired from his cushy job instructing the blue bloods at the affluent Fountain  Club, he's forced to take a position at the gritty public courts at the Derby  City Recreation Center. Under the leadership of Sherry, a strong-willed single  mother with a teenage goth son (and secret tennis hopeful) named Jake, Owen  sees a chance to get back his self-respect and the respect of his new  co-workers, a ragtag group of tennis pro misfits. It won't…

SAO PAULO — Roger Federer says he won’t play as often in the next few years but wants to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The 31-year-old Swiss star intends to be more mindful about the tournaments he plays to make sure he can keep playing at a high level.

“I have to make sure that I take care of my schedule, of my…

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for more players for our USTA 4.0 League this winter. Home court will be the Combe Tennis Center at N.U. in Evanston (a very nice facility). Our away matches will rotate around the North and NW suburbs.

We play one match per week and the season goes from Janurary to May 19. The matches will be on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. Cost is $15-17 per match. You must also be a USTA member, and pay a league entry fee. There are no other costs or fees, which…

The Guardian, London

In a study by the US-based Reputation Institute last year, Roger Federer was named second on a list of the world’s most respected people. Behind him was Bill Gates (third), ahead of him only Nelson Mandela. It is fair to say the Swiss tennis star has a reputation to maintain.

With that in mind, there is a lot riding on the Roger…

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Say no more. Because there is nothing more to be said after reading this article, which confirms my own experimentations with closed faced swings. 

If you read with a careful eye and truly absorb what is being said in the highly detailed 7 part blog on "A Roadmap to a Hall-of-Fame…