Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
During a doubles match this week, we got into a conversation on WHEN and WHAT you are allowed to say during a tennis point. We talked; but didn’t agree…
During my singles match against Big David Nash at Naples Bath, I called a baseline shot OUT and then looked at the mark and reversed my call to IN. Without really thinking much about it, I then gave the point to my opponent (who really didn’t need it, the way he was beating me). [...]
Take a look at this baseline mark and tell me what you think… is it In or Out?
Naples tennis friend Keith Butterfield writes: Hi George, Did you happen to see the situation today (vs. Paes/Dlouhy) when Oliver Marach, when asked by the chair, denied being hit by a ball on the fly as it went long?
As a follow-up to our discussion on “time outs,” TennisLife Magazine reports on a rule change that will take place next year on the ATP tour. Any player who cramps on court CANNOT call for help during a game… they will have to wait until the end of the game for treatment. If [...]
The momentum swings in your direction during a singles match and, in the middle of a game, your opponent says, “time out!” Can they do that?
Is it ‘underhanded’ to serve underhanded? I just had that done to me in a doubles match; and also saw it at the Paris Masters on Tennis Channel. And am not sure what I think of the tactic.
Sorry Serena, you have been foot faulting regularly; and it doesnt make a difference that it was the end of the match, if you did it again (and i cannot really tell), the call is correct — and your behavior was not.
In either singles or doubles, you serve and can feel the ball is going long; and, according to what you see, it does go long. But your opponent plays the ball.
With Monica Seles just being inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame, it reminds us that she was one of the first women to create a stir not only with her great play, but with her great grunts.
The rule is pretty clear that you can play a let when your opponent loses their hat or a ball from their pocket during a point; but what if they lose their racquet during a point?
Tennis is a game if rules. Some are written and approved; but others are just “the code of how you play the game.†For example, we all know you don’t walk on someone else’s court when a point is going on. But here is a more subtle question that I have debated [...]
We all know people who toss the ball on their service motion and then catch it (sometimes waaaay too many times). But at what point in the toss and motion does a serve become an actual attempt that counts?
One of the benefits of playing on clay is the ability to check the ball mark to confirm an In or Out call; but what happens if the court lines are UNaligned?
Take a look at the picture of the corner of the baseline on one court. The baseline extends beyond the sideline. (Sure, [...]
What happens when you call the ball out and it is not? The April 2009 issue of Tennis Magazine has a really interesting rule explanation with a very fine line between what is right and wrong.
The question was basically: My opponent called my shot out; but when I questioned the call, he looked at [...]