As we enter the season of the U.S. Open, a question that hangs over American tennis is why have we not produced male champions in tennis over the past 10 years? It’s a problem that I have spent months seriously considering. Like most issues, the answer is complicated, but I feel confident that I have…
I am asked all the time from competitive tennis players … is the game more mental or physical? In my life-long adventure through the world of competitive tennis, I have found that the mentally tough players win more than the physically gifted. When I was a young player in the juniors, most of my problems…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Marin Cilic has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (presence of a Prohibited Substance in a Player’s Sample). Cilic from Croatia provided a urine sample in association with his participation in the BMW Open event in Munich,…
Grips matter because they are the most intimate connection between you and the racket. A poor grip, not within an acceptable parameter, will limit performance. Grip improvement is often a difficult, disruptive and time intensive task, and I’ve seen plenty of attempted grip adjustments in my 40,000-plus hours instructing players that are too often…
In 2012, for the fourth consecutive year, Nassau County Champion Syosset High School Girls Tennis team defeated Suffolk County Champion Half Hollow Hills East to win the Long Island Championship. This was the fifth straight Long Island title for Syosset and they are one of the favorites again this year. Syosset will return with a…
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Andy Murray will look to maintain his unbeaten record on home soil this year with victory at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as he became the third player to qualify for the season finale, to be held at The O2 in London from Nov. 4-11. Murray, who reached the quarter-finals at the U.S. Open,…
It’s summertime and the living is easy (at least I hope so). Summer is the time to relax and get away from the grind of work, work and work. There is no better way to back off from life then to find some great books to get into. Tennis has always been a game that…
Lamar Remy is a top-ranked junior tennis player who grew up in Roslyn, N.Y., and at the age of 13, made his way down to Bradenton, Fla. to attend the IMG Academy. Soon after taking up tennis at the age of six, along with basketball, baseball, golf and swimming, he knew he would have to…
Good luck to all of our Long Island winning teams at the Sectional Championship in Albany! At the time this article was due, the 55 & Over Division was playing the last week of their season. Final results will appear in the next edition. Final standings 18 & Over League (Women) ►2.5 Division Blue Point (captained…