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2009 Girls High School Nassau & Suffolk Season Recap

2009 Long Island Championship Long Island Champion—Syosset High School Long Island Championship Match Syosset 5–Half Hollow Hills West 2 2009 Nassau County Girls High School Standings Conference I Conference I Champion: Syosset Playoffs Semifinals Syosset 7-Port Washington 0 Jericho 4-Roslyn 3 Finals Syosset 6-Jericho 1 Conference I Final Standings Syosset……………………………………13-1 Roslyn……………………………………..12-2 Jericho……………………………………..10-4 Port Washington………………………..8-6 Hewlett……………………………………….7-7…

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USTA Completes Tri-League Season

The USTA League just completed its first local season of the Tri-Level League. The Tri-Level League is three courts of doubles with one court at the 3.5 level, one at the 4.0 level and the one at the 4.5 level. It gives friends of differing levels the opportunity to play on the same team and…

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2010 Australian Open Preview

The 2010 Australian Open has all the ingredients to make the year’s first Grand Slam event a memorable one. On the men’s side, the resurgent Roger Federer, a steadily improving Andy Murray, a one again fit Rafael Nadal, and a newly-crowned Grand Slam champion in Juan Martin del Potro will be mixed together…

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Shoulder Pain in Tennis Players: Do You Have a Good Foundation?

Shoulder pain is one of the more common injuries in tennis players, affecting both young and old alike. The general reason is fairly simple: By design, the shoulder is not meant to perform such forceful, and often overhead, movements. Include the tremendous amounts of repetition inherent in the game, and you have all the key…

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High Fashion Down Under

The 98th Australian Open Tennis Championship, the first of the world’s four grand slam tennis tournaments during the year, is scheduled to start at Melbourne Park on Jan. 18, 2010. For two weeks in January, Melbourne Park has it all. The eyes of the world will zone in as the best tennis players in the…

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U.S. Tennis Participation Tops 30 Million for First Time in More Than Two Decades

The USTA and Tennis Industry Association (TIA) have announced that tennis participation in the United States topped 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades. The annual survey of 6,000 Americans showed that tennis participation grew in all age groups under the age of 50 and within all ethnicities. With 30.1…

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Your Guide to Long Island Tennis Clubs

Bethpage Park Tennis Center 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Building #4 Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone #: (516) 777-1385 Bethpage Park Tennis Center is located just a few hundred feet from the Black Course at beautiful Bethpage State Park, home to the U.S. Golf Open. Four indoor hard and four indoor red clay courts are…

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Blake’s “Serving for a Cure” a Smash Hit in New York

When James Blake decided to have a charity tennis exhibition back in 2005 to raise money for cancer research, he assumed he was asking his friends to participate in a one-time event. Cancer research has been a cause near and dear to Blake’s heart since his father, Thomas Blake Sr., was diagnosed with and then…

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2009 Long Island Tennis Expo Brings Together 1,200-Plus Local Tennis Enthusiasts

On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Long Island tennis community came out and reinforced just how large and strong a community it really is. The 1st Long Island Tennis Expo was a huge success (planned and organized by the staff of Long Island Tennis Magazine), as the event drew 1,200-plus tennis enthusiasts from all across the…

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Coaching Philosophy: Learning

While tennis coaches work from a similar body of knowledge, they tend to differ in how they prioritize and apply teaching methods, and philosophy. If a coach’s values compliment and reinforce a player’s values and the outlook of the player’s parents, then the relationship is probably a good fit. This month, I will address a…

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2009 Girls High School Nassau & Suffolk Season Recap

USTA Completes Tri-League Season

2010 Australian Open Preview

Shoulder Pain in Tennis Players: Do You Have a Good Foundation?

High Fashion Down Under

U.S. Tennis Participation Tops 30 Million for First Time in More Than Two Decades

Your Guide to Long Island Tennis Clubs

Blake’s “Serving for a Cure” a Smash Hit in New York

2009 Long Island Tennis Expo Brings Together 1,200-Plus Local Tennis Enthusiasts

Coaching Philosophy: Learning

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