May 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Wednesday, May 9, the USTA Eastern Long Island Region Annual Awards Dinner was held at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y. There were more than 300 in attendance to honor all of the award recipients for all of their hard work on behalf of the tennis community over the past year.
March 23, 2012
By Kevin J. Healion, CTCB
I have heard this question repeatedly over the past 35 years. I asked that same question when I first started repairing tennis courts in 1976. At an early age, I learned to patch tennis courts and apply rubber and color coatings.
February 8, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Your 2012 Guide to Long Island Tennis Clubs features: Bethpage Park Tennis Center, Carefree Racquet Club, Eastern Athletic Clubs, Glen Head Racquet Club, Great Neck Estates Tennis Club, Long Beach Tennis Center, Point Set Indoor Racquet Club, Robbie Wagner Tournament Training, Rockville Racquet Club, Ross School Tennis Center, SPORTIME and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ...
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.
September 26, 2011
By Daniel Kresh
Though tennis may have more private lessons then most other sports, in the heat of a match players are often left to their own devices.
September 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2011 U.S. Open concluded Monday evening with the Men's Singles match between number-one seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia and the second-seeded Rafael Nadal from Spain. Djokovic took the match in four sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, and in the process, won his first-ever U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam event of the year.
August 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced a series of enhanced fan experiences and expanded programming for the 2011 U.S. Open that will include new musical entertainment, upgrades to the facility, new mobile technology offerings and a full slate of activities for the sports youngest fans.
June 9, 2011
By Jonathan Klee
As the snow melts and the weather gets warmer, outdoor tennis makes its way back to Long Island. From the schools, to the parks, to the clubs, nothing can make you feel more like a beginner than hitting that first ball outside in a swirling wind after playing indoors all winter. Whereas the USTA Adult Leagues will mainly continue their indoor play, a well-established “niche” of outdoor leagues will begin.
June 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Thirty-one years after the stirring Wimbledon Gentlemen's Final that earned Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg a place among history's great sports battles, HBO Sports looks back at their unforgettable rivalry of the 1970's and 1980's in the new documentary McEnroe/Borg: Fire and Ice.
March 25, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Sponsored by Denny's Childrenswear and featuring: The 23rd Annual College Tennis Exposure Camp, adidas Tennis Camps at Stony Brook University, Advanced High Performance Tennis Academy by Maurice Trail, Bethpage Park Tennis Center Summer Tennis Camp, Carefree Racquet Club, The Early Hit Training Center, Future Stars Summer Tennis Camps, Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis Center Junior Summer Camp, Hofstra Summer Camps, Joel Ross Tennis & Sports Camp, Long Beach Tennis Camp, Nike Tennis Camps, Point Set Indoor Racquet Club, Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center Summer Tennis Camp, Rockville Racquet Club, Ross School Tennis Center, SPORTIME Excel Tennis Camps, Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) and USTA-BJK National Tennis Center Summer Camps.
March 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The historic and highly honored Grassmere Inn is located at 7 Beach Lane in Westhampton Beach N.Y. It is literally less than one mile to a spectacular ocean beach.
February 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Your 2011 Guide to Long Island Tennis Clubs features: Bethpage Park Tennis Center, Carefree Racquet Club, Glen Head Racquet Club, Point Set Indoor Racquet Club Inc., Rockville Racquet Club, Robbie Wagner Tournament Training, Ross School Tennis Center and SPORTIME ...
October 1, 2010
By Ricky Becker
The life of a college tennis player is different in many respects and similar in many respects. Here is the second part of miscellaneous information about college tennis life.
September 28, 2010
By Darrin Cohen
Practice and training can be monotonous, and at times, more of a chore than a diversion. Think of practice as a business. Approach it with planning, forethought and focus. Two weeks before any event, practice with the event in mind.
September 2, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
With social media gaining its momentum on society, athletes have come to use this form of communication to establish a bond with their fanbase and shed some light on their own private life. Tennis is no exception. As the stars of the tennis world descend upon New York for the 2010 U.S. Open, here is a sampling of their thoughts and what they are Tweeting to their fans.
August 5, 2010
By Ricky Becker
The life of a college tennis player is different in many respects and similar in many respects. Here are some nuggets of information about college tennis life. More nuggets will be available in the next issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine.
June 6, 2010
By Emilie Katz
March 17, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Polo Club of Boca Raton has been named the "2010 Private Tennis Facility of the Year" by the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR). PTR is a global organization of tennis teaching professionals with 14,000-plus members in 122 countries.
March 8, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Cable industry veteran, Ken Solomon, was sworn in as a member of President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 1, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Guide to Long Island's top indoor tennis club.
July 1, 2009
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
When Oceanside, N.Y. resident Nadia Johnston played beach tennis for the first time, she realized she had an opportunity that most professional athletes rarely get—a second chance. The Australian-born Johnston was a rising tennis star in the late 90s, attaining WTA rankings of 314 for singles and 245 for doubles, and competing in the 2001 Australian Open. Throughout her seven-year run as a touring pro, Johnston’s future looked bright, until a wrist injury in the summer of 2001 changed everything.
July 1, 2009
By Carl Barnett
Through my years as a tennis professional, I have found a bounty of benefits in pairing a student's private lessons and group work with tennis specific physical training. After what we've seen over the last decade in professional tennis, its effectiveness should come as no surprise.
March 1, 2009
By Clark D. Ruiz II
The dilemma that faces many tennis families today, after spending nine to 10 years on the junior tennis circuit running from tournament to tournament is, “How do we find the right college for our child?” Ask most young junior tennis players where they want to go to college, and the majority will answer: Stanford, Duke, U Penn or some other top flight university. While those schools usually do have spots to fill on their tennis teams, varying in number from year to year, realistically, they need a player who fits a certain set of criteria. It is that criteria that keeps most junior tennis players from consideration.
January 1, 2009
By Barry Kubit
Should I play on my high school varsity tennis team? Should I play USTA Regional, Sectional and National tournaments? Should I try to do both?
