Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
Many years ago, there was an event in Hartford, Connecticut, called The Aetna World Cup. The world’s two top tennis powerhouses, the U.S. and Australia fielded teams to play this annual challenge match. What happened to those days for those countries?
Dick Valentine and I have teamed up for several tournaments and done very well together. He and another of his partners Matt Davie just returned from a great run at the Florida 4.0 state tournament in Daytona, where they played #1 and won ALL FIVE of their matches; but the team lost in the [...]
While playing a practice match for our USTA 4.5, 50 and over team, two interesting tennis calls came up.
The first is like the old Ken Flach call: did the ball hit you? My partner was receiving serve, when the server blasted one way off target in my direction. I jumped to the side; [...]
I am very happy with using the Luxilon Big Banger Timo strings in my racquets; but am not sure how often to have them restrung. With two racquets being alternated and playing 5-6 days a week, I have been playing with them for nearly eight weeks now. As advertised, they show no sign [...]
The following, great Op-ed piece from Tuesday’s NY Times was sent to me by tennis friend Jack Lease (who actually reads the NY Times). It is about controlling the mind in baseball; but obviously transcends that sport into ours. So, maybe it’s true, “It’s not whether you win or lose, it is how [...]