Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
I have not used a ball machine for many years; but when my practice partner cancelled at the last minute, I scheduled one for an hour. It was one of the best one-hour practice sessions I’ve had in a long time!
Take a look at this baseline mark and tell me what you think… is it In or Out?
Sorry Andre, but I enjoyed reading your book; but not for the “big disclosures” about taking drugs or hating tennis … but because it is a fascinating TENNIS book. For me, it was really interesting to hear about “growing up” with and in the modern game of tennis and how matches can be won or [...]
Which way is harder to move… from playing hard court tennis to soft court, or the other way around?
While Tom McCune and I were practicing earlier this week (he is now ‘enjoying’ the cold in MN), Pelican Bay pro Mike Lewis was watching and commented: “You and Tom place too much of a premium on missing a shot. I was taught it was OK to miss… as long as you were going for [...]
Let’s start with the END of the story of my Longboat Key consolation singles match today… I lost. But I’m trying to learn from the loss and make this a “teachable moment.”
Rain. That was the forecast for Friday, starting about noon in Longboat Key. So Tom McCune got in his second round singles match in the morning; but the rest of us were rained out in the afternoon.
This week, Tom McCune and I entered 65 singles and doubles in this newly-crowned Category II USTA tournament on Longboat Key, about two hours north of Naples. There was a big 39-man draw in the singles and a full 16-team draw in the doubles (with big-time players in both).