May 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
February 1, 2012
By Gary Simeone
A fundraising Pro-Am for the USPTA was held at Sportime Kings Park Sunday night featuring some of Long Island's top professional and amateur players. Eight pros and eight amateurs teamed up for high-level doubles play in a round robin format to raise money for the USPTA's Eastern Section.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Russia's Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, two former Wimbledon winners, will go head to head in the 2012 Australian Open semifinals after both won their quarterfinal matches in straight sets.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic had a pretty solid match, and on the other hand, American Serena Williams had her head in the sky. Djokovic, took the match in four sets, only dropping the third to wild card entry and Australia's own Lleyton Hewitt who could not hold his comeback. The top five-ranked men's singles players have now advanced the quarterfinals.
December 6, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Long Island tennis community is blessed to have some of the best indoor facilities and best coaches in the world right here in our backyard. Recently, Long Island Tennis Magazine spoke with some of these top coaches to get insight into their coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a great player, views on important local tennis topics, and a background in how they got into coaching.
November 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the top American collegians selected to represent the United States in the Sixth Annual Master’U BNP Paribas, an international collegiate team competition held Dec. 8-11 in Rouen, France. The event features eight teams composed of college and university players from around the world.
September 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Player Development has announced the hirings of Stanford Boster as a USTA National Coach for Men’s Tennis and Jayadeva Devashetty as a USTA National Coach. Boster and Devashetty have already begun their responsibilities and will facilitate coaching and training for players in the USTA Player Development program.
June 9, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine takes a special look at Tennis Apparel stores, highlighting Grand Slam Tennis in Commack, N.Y.; MD Tennis in Westhampton Beach, N.Y.; Solow Sports in Huntington, N.Y.; and Topspin Tennis & Fitness in Syosset, N.Y.
April 26, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Donald Young took to the popular social networking Web site Twitter last week to vent when he was eliminated from contention by Tim Smyczek as a USTA wild-card entry into the 2011 French Open. His profanity-laced tweet read: “(Expletive) USTA! Their full of (expletive)! They have (expletive) me for the last time!”
March 10, 2011
By Miguel Cervantes III
After playing in the USTA for five years, this writer recently decided that he should captain a USTA team. After playing season after season of competitive adult league play, I felt I was ready to take on the duties and responsibilities of being head of a team.
February 11, 2011
By Salomon Levy Bromet
Many times, we are trying to make a correction in our strokes, but because we’re so focused. On the racquet movement, the body rotation or the footwork ...
December 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The men's tennis tuneup before the U.S. Open is moving from New Haven, Conn. to Winston-Salem, N.C., beginning in August 2011.
December 6, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Long Island tennis community is blessed to have some of the best indoor facilities and best coaches in the world right here in our backyard. Recently, Long Island Tennis Magazine spoke with some of these top coaches to get insight into their coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a great player, views on important local tennis topics, and a background in how they got into coaching.
November 17, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced three new coaching hires–Jorge Todero as a USTA Lead National Coach, Frederico Rodriguez as a USTA National Coach and Marc Lucero as a USTA Coach. All three hires will facilitate coaching and training programs while working with players in the USTA Player Development program.
August 18, 2010
By Miguel Cervantes III
One of the greatest misunderstandings in tennis is the topic of control. All tennis players desire to have more control, more control of their emotions, more control on their shots, more control over their opponents; the truth is though that the things we think gives us more control often do not.
August 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In a major development, Beach Tennis USA (BTUSA) has established a strategic partnership with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to expand the global development of the sport of beach tennis.
May 10, 2010
By Bobby Colton
To Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset, the prospect of facing off against the opposing school was overshadowed by the daunting task of beating the brutal wind that ripped through the tarp-less fences surrounding the courts. It was clear before the match that neither club was as prepared for the battle against Mother Nature as they were for the one against the other school.
March 30, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Featuring: 4 Star Camps at Stony Brook University, 12th Annual Camp A.C.E. (Achieving through Coaching and Education), the 22nd Annual College Tennis Exposure Camp, Bethpage Park Tennis Center Summer Tennis Camp, Carefree Racquet Club, The Early Hit Training Center, Future Stars Tennis Camps, Joel Ross Tennis & Sports Camp, Peter Kaplan's Westhampton Beach Junior/Adult Tennis Academy, Point Set Indoor Racquet Club, Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center Summer Tennis Camp, Rockville Racquet Club, Sportime Excel Tennis Camps, The Suffolk County Junior Tennis League, and USTA-BJK National Tennis Center Summer Camps
February 16, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Long Island tennis community is blessed to have some of the best indoor facilities and best coaches in the world right here in our backyard. Recently, Long Island Tennis Magazine spoke with some of these top coaches to get insight into their coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a great player, views on important local tennis topics, and a background in how they got into coaching. Even the best coach can always learn an extra tip or two, and the following article will provide all players and coaches with a chance to learn from the best.
November 4, 2009
By Edward Wolfarth
Because I’ve put myself in an uncomfortable position utilizing a skill I'm not particularly good at, my expectations are commensurately less. I can easily rationalize my mistakes, but more importantly, I get to practice a weaker stroke
July 1, 2009
By Bruce Forrest
It was 1978, and the U.S. Open was coming to Flushing Meadows. My friend was a ball boy the previous year at Forest Hills and said, “Why don't you try out this year.” I said, “Sign me up!”
