If frequent tournament play is causing problems for your young player, then perhaps it’s time you reevaluate how this participation is managed. It’s true that children are often frustrated and bewildered by the tournament experience. Formal competition can produce tremendous anxiety, anger and frustration. Losing is seen as a failure to live up to other’s…
Tennis News reports that top ATP touring professionals are giving serious consideration to a player’s strike. Top ATP players, including Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray had expected to meet with tour officials during the recent Shanghai Masters, but talks have broken down. Andy Murray has been particularly vocal in calling for the ATP to…
I frequently read LongIslandTennisMagazine.com, and the article entitled "Todd Martin Named to USTA Board" caught my eye. Todd Martin is a great choice for USTA leadership. By all accounts, Mr. Martin is a very classy guy and a true tennis gentleman. He replaces Jeff Tarango who started his "two-year term as director-at-large in January 2011."…
You don’t have to be Jewish to think of September as the start of the new year. It is also, in many ways, the start of the new tennis year. Internationally, the Grand Slam season has ended. More locally, the summer outdoor season is giving way to the indoor season on Long Island and kids…
This year’s U.S. Open brings into clear focus that this is a golden age for men’s tennis. Novak Djokovic is having what John McEnroe calls, "The greatest year in men’s professional tennis history." This is strong praise coming from McEnroe since his 1984 season (where he was 82-3) is considered by many, the greatest season…
Five-time U.S. Open champion, Roger Federer was serving, up 5-3, 40-15 in the fifth, and lost to Novak Djokovic, 7-5, in the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Open. If perhaps the greatest player of all-time could blow a lead, then so could you. Federer is renowned for his supreme confidence as evidenced by his statement after…
Serena Williams is back at the U.S. Open, and while two years have passed, some things have remained the same. In 2009, after threatening to shove a ball down a linepersons throat in a profane tirade, Serena was placed on a two-year probation at Grand Slam events. Serena could have said that she got carried away…
When James D. Watson of the Cold Spring Harbor Lab (who is an avid tennis player) and Francis Crick presented their molecular modeling analysis of DNA, they suggested that its structure was a double-helix. This was a ground-breaking discovery. Slightly less significant to the world, but equally compelling to junior tennis players, is the discovery…
Back in January, I criticized the USTA Tournament system because it was in direct conflict with their stated mission which is "To promote and develop the game of tennis." I believed that national junior tournament participation would be reduced by the new USTA tournament cut off system. Thanks to Ricky Becker’s tournament tracking we have proof….
If you love tennis, I mean really love tennis, then a trip to the All England Lawn and Tennis Center to see The Championships should be at the top of your Bucket List. Wimbledon is the greatest tournament in the world. As you walk the grounds, the traditions of the sport are clearly and gracefully…