This is Part Eight of Dr. Ferraro’s The Tennis Guru series. Click Here to read the previous installments Yin, Rebecca and Virgil awoke early the next day, packed up camp and made their way up the mountain path to see The Tennis Guru. Yin thought about the dream he had the night before, that…
Windridge was founded in 1968 in Jeffersonville, Vt. By Alden Bryan and Ted Hoehn. Bryan, a professional landscape artist and businessman, played tennis at Harvard and was passionate about the sport. Hoehn was only 26-years-old when the two met and decided to go into business together. But Hoehn had already made quite a name…
Practicing groundstrokes seems to be the main focus of most players. Rather than just standing in the middle of the baseline and starting the rally with a feed straight ahead, use your serve and return of serve to start the point. Hit the serve very slowly at first and hit the return of serve…
Over the many years that I have coached top juniors, it’s clear that some players dwell on failure more than others. Some move on after a small or even large setback, while others make excuses and remain stuck in place. No matter how good a player you may be, the simple fact is that…
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It has been widely circulated that during this life-changing pandemic people have started evaluating what is important to them. While family is certainly number one, the circumstances of COVID has gotten me to appreciate something that I knew all along: Tennis is that friend who is always there for me. Sometimes in the past,…
The regular season has come to an end in Nassau County, as the Individual County Tournament is set for next weekend with the team playoffs scheduled for the following week. Below are the final standings: Conference I – Co-Champions: Hewlett/Port Washington/Syosset Team W L Syosset 6 1 Hewlett 6 1 Port Washington 6 1 Roslyn…
Below are the scores from this past weekend. To submit a team score to be included in the daily high school recap, please share the Coaches Submission Form with your coach. Click Here to access the form. Hills East 4, Commack 3 Hills East won all three doubles flights and Emma Sarner won 6-4,…
Below are the scores from Thursday, March 25. To submit a team score to be included in the daily high school recap, please share the Coaches Submission Form with your coach. Click Here to access the form. Port Washington 6, Jericho 1 Samantha Radinsky & Phoebe Levitsky won 6-2, 6-4 at first doubles as…
Playing tennis is easy, right? Most people can hit the ball over the net a few times. Some people can direct the ball to certain areas of the court in order to make their opponent run. More experienced players can even execute strategic patterns of shots based on a game plan that is designed…