Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
Guilty. I think of double faulting like a Cardinal Sin in Tennis. But according to well-known coach, Nick Bollettieri, that is the wrong attitude to have.
When and for how long can you leave the court during a tournament match?
Sunday morning saw us starting the day tied with St. Pete at two wins and one loss; but with the slight edge in individual matches won. So they played Jacksonville first – and beat them two courts out of three. Which meant that we would play Jacksonville second and have to beat them by at [...]
We entered our rematch against St. Pete Saturday afternoon trailing in the four-match round robin 2-0 to 1-1 (but tied in courts won over the two days at 4-2); so we had to beat them to tie in team matches at 2-1 … and would therefore by beating them have to be ahead in the [...]
Our age 60+, 4.5 doubles team came to Daytona late Thursday; and four of us went over to the USTA complex for a travel-weary loosening up hit… getting ready for our weekend of high level doubles competition.
I do NOT believe that tennis learning (for me at least) comes in small, incremental steps. Rather, I think it comes all at once.
After losing a close tournament singles match, I was bemoaning the fact that my opponent was a lefty and I had real trouble with that spin, especially going wide in the add court. A tennis friend simply asked, “What did you DO about it?”
Our trip across the state to watch the Big Boys play at the Key Biscayne tournament proved positive for several decisions…