I’ve played and coached is many countries around the world and I can tell you that the junior tennis culture in US is very different from the rest of them. It seems like technology is taking a firm hold of this upcoming generation and it seems like their attention span is ever decreasing and their respect for the elders and hard work slowly deteriorates. There is a quite widespread “fast-food” and entitlement mindset that I’m noticing around. A lot of kids expect…

I was thinking about this exact title yesterday.

How can players start mastering how, to play the mental game.

Because that is the only game, that is being played in competition.

It is also a topic that....many coaches mention to their players about,but then don't spend enough time teaching it to them.

I can't give you the whole concept here in this post.

But,I will give you an outline of it and then you can get the rest,on the right hand…

We may not be in Melbourne, Australia playing tennis and perhaps we have not been able to play at Wimbledon or Roland Garros but we have seen our share of interesting tennis courts. 

Some we love and some we hate, some are fast, some are slow, some are lucky and some are cursed. Each tennis court is unique and has its own special beauty.

What…

My Racket Is the Physics of Tennis: 

http://t.co/O9Z4a7MqwJ

If Two Heads are better than one, then how about Two Tennis Rackets?

https://goo.gl/zPQ9fc

Easter Sunday Morning, some special tennis @Bally's for 3.5-4.5 level.  rockwelltennislv.com

"ALTHEA"...A new documentary about tennis legend Althea Gibson has been created. No player, not even the great Arthur Ashe (who came a decade after Althea), overcame more obstacles to become a champion than Althea Gibson; the first African-American to play at (and win) Wimbledon and the US Open was a woman. She was celebrated by ticker-tape parades in…

Boo! Don’t Miss Out! FREE Tennis Web Sites for Teaching Pros and Team Captains until October 31!

We Build It. You Own It.

http://3rdtoad.com/FreeWebSites.html…

The sports blogger aficionados over at RebateZone have put together a list of their top 100 sports blogs from all sports imaginable and, low and behold, we came it at number 22! Not bad, guys!

An infographic by the team at Rebates…

I have been working with tennis legend Rosie Casals and invite you to become friends on her facebook page. 

https://www.facebook.com/?q=#/rosemarycasals…

We have been quite busy here at 3rdToad Tennis making some changes to our Web Sites for Teaching Tennis Pros and Tennis Team Captains.

As well, we took a closer look at our support service, Pete's Pals, and made some improvements - always on our mind. This was key to us as we have designed and managed several various web sites on a larger scale and we know how important this is. With subscription-based network (you don't own) web services and the You'll have your web site up and…

Free, Family-friendly Event Offers Something for Everyone

United Sports Publications (USP), publisher of New York Tennis Magazine, Long Island Tennis Magazine and various multimedia tennis properties serving the New York metropolitan area, today announced that the Second Annual New York Tennis Expo will return Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 10:30…

Join me 8-10am EVERY morning @ Bally's.  3.5-4.5 men & women.  rockwelltennislv.com

Join me, 8-11am, Sunday, April 27 for doubles round robin.  3.5-4.5 men & women.  Great tennis, Babolat prizes, Pizza, and the best tennis ppl.

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Here are some of the pics I shot from Indianwells 2014 and am sharing many of them on https://twitter.com/TennisopolisTV

Would love to hear your comments and experiences from #bnppo14 below!  Do you have pics too? …

We've reached 4000 twitter followers!

A big milestone for @tennisopolis this week as we've been tweeting live from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Follow us for interesting on location, behind the TV screen info from the BNP.  Tweet to us @tennisopolis and let us know you're a member.  We follow back all Tennisopolis members.

Who's actually tweeting? …

Tennis Tip: Ever have trouble with the high ball? Today I uncover the top 3 mistakes you are making and how to fix them.

If you do this exercise with me you will be taking the ball on the rise like Roger Federer in no time....

Enjoy this video and make sure to follow along with me.…