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A Window Into Your Heart

It is three weeks till Tennis Camp. But before any senior starts to “try to get back in shape,” they should have themselves checked out professionally, by a physician or at least by a physical trainer. One great measure of conditioning is your pulse, the measure of your heart rate during exercise and resting.

The Tennis Two Step

This is a follow-up tennis tip on HOW to make yourself more aggressive at the net and put away more volleys.

A Key To Winning Doubles

I cannot relate to men’s professional doubles play… it is just not the same game that I play (too fast, too powerful, too quick); but I did learn something watching the women’s semi’s and mixed finals at the Open.

Massage

Someone asked me about the types and benefits of getting a massage. I know all the pros use massage (normally after a match), but I didn’t have a lot of first-hand information. What do you know?

Remembering What You Know

Most of us have heard all the great tips how to generally improve our game or specifically improve a weakness. So my saying for the day is: At our age, if you can’t “learn something new every day,” you can at least “remember something old.”

Seeing the Doctor

I just returned from seeing an orthopedic sports medicine doctor up at Dartmouth about my ailing shoulder. What she said has me feeling better about my pain/problem and gave some insights that might be useful.