Featured Blog Posts – May 2011 Archive (5)

This is something we've wanted to do for a long time. Help us grow Tennisopolis and share the site with your friends, new and old. It is the Tennisopolis Invite Challenge sponsored by The-Tennis-Store.com.

The Top 3 Members will win prizes! First place gets $65.00 in tennis gear, second place wins $35.00 in tennis gear and third place wins a Midnight Machete tennis visor.



How to win.…

After having severe tennis elbow last year, I decided to upgrade to a more arm-friendly racquet. I traded in my old Wilson [K] Factor Six.One Tour for a new Prince EXO3 Tour frame.  I do not regret buying the new frame but I did regret trading in the old racquet.  I've been playing tennis for over 24 years.  During that time, I have owned several Prince and Wilson racquets.  But the old Wilson Pro Staff Midsize 85 and [K] Factor were my favorite frames.  Although they were very heavy and…

I picked up the tennis racquet just last year, around this time last year to be exact.  I came back after a 20 year layoff.  I was poisoning myself with drugs, food, alcohol, and nicotine during those 20 years. Not to mention that I was hanging around the wrong crowd.  Oakland California doesn't have a whole lot of positive activities for youngsters to do.  One day, I thought to myself...I'm killing myself slowly.  I wanted to do something more positive with my spare time and Tennis was the…

The best way is almost always word of mouth. If you do not have that opportunity and tennis is a new adventure to you, take trial lessons from 3 different coaches within your vicinity and see what works for you. Most clubs and coaches have promo rates, ask. Some let you sit in on a group lesson and get a hang of it. Does it sounds a little like the dating scene, absolutely and the concept is quite similar, if you are going to invest time, money, and sweat, you deserve a good result out of…

How's it going?

I've been looking for a hitting partner as I'm slowly getting back to playing tennis. 

I've just been hitting balls against a wall last week, and it's starting to get really boring.  I would surely love to find somebody to hit rallies with.   

I live in Concord aread.  I am free weekdays/weekends (after 10am). 

 
Let me know if you're interested.

Thanks!