Commandment #1: Thou shalt always be forgiving The most important key to good tennis is to learn how to accept a lost point. If you allow the point to get under your skin, you will begin to make the long downward spiral to defeat. You must learn to totally forgive yourself for a…
The intensity and requirements of sports have significantly progressed over the past decade. Along with the increase in play has also come a requirement for athletes to participate in strength and conditioning for their sport for both improvement of sports performance, as well as reduction of injury susceptibility. Tennis players need to perform strength and…
The benefits of playing against a stronger opponent are more obvious than those of playing against a weaker opponent. A player who “plays up” has the opportunity to experience first-hand the skills of a stronger player and hopefully learn from it. A stronger player might implement tactics against you that are unfamiliar with and produce…
Long Island Tennis Magazinehosted the second Long Island Tennis Challenge of the summer, this time at the Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack. The event brought together local tennis players of all levels, including some of the best players in the area. Not only did the spectators and competitors have the luxury of watching…
Americans Coco Vandeweghe and Christina McHale both made their way into the Aegon Classis second round on Wednesday. Vandeweghe took out top seed Agnieszka Radwanska for the biggest win of her career, ousting the third ranked player in the world 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Resuming a match that began on Tuesday, Vandeweghe notched the lone break…
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Playing in her first match since winning her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open on Tuesday as Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens upended her 6-3, 6-4. The first set was on serve at 3-3 when Muguruza set herself up with a couple of break…
The college tennis season here on Long Island is wrapping up, as a number of local schools have finished the regular season and are gearing up for their respective conference tournaments. Hofstra Men, Women Earn Season Honors Marcus Smith, who played his high school tennis at Cardozo High School in Queens, had a nice…
The new lightning-fast Donnay-Xenecore SuperLite 114 is one of the most maneuverable tennis rackets ever made, thanks to its solid Xenecore construction throughout the frame that is twice as light and three times as strong as conventional hollow rackets. Solid-core construction is the key to the SuperLite 114 that breaks the eight-ounce stationary barrier, and,…
The John McEnroe Tennis Academy’s (JMTA) Long Island annex Sportime Syosset hosted its annual scholarship tryouts, where kids from around Long Island came to compete and play for a scholarship for the Fall 2016 campaign at the JMTA. “We’re looking for talented, homegrown players who are athletic and show great sportsmanship and character,” said Mike…