Tip of the Week: Keys for the Serve

By Steve Annacone
The serve is the most important shot in tennis. Serving in a match can become extremely complicated, making it important to focus on more simple keys to hitting your serve well. Start by walking up to the baseline, bouncing the ball once and then touching the ball to your racquet. Keep the racquet...Read more

Under Promise and Over Deliver

By Steven Kaplan
The desire to “Grow The Game” is a lofty goal because if you love tennis, you want to share your devotion to the sport with others. Coaches choose to spread enthusiasm, passion, understanding and experience because they recognize that knowledge is true power and education is empowering. If you love...Read more

Tip of the Week: Stand In On the Opponent’s Second Serve

By Steve Annacone
Returning the second serve in a tennis match can be the key to success or failure. Most players’ second serve is the weakest part of their game, and many players do whatever they can just to get the shot in. The speed of the second serve usually drops off severely because of this. Try standing in...Read more

Tip of the Week: Overcome Adversity On and Off the Court

By Steve Annacone
Tennis players are faced with a lot of different obstacles before, during, and after a tennis match. Sometimes the environment is difficult: the hotel is not great, the food isn’t what you would normally eat, or the people at the tournament are not as friendly as they could be. There are almost...Read more

Tip of the Week: Shot Recognition

By Steve Annacone
Realizing what type of shot the opponent just hit to you is a very underrated skill. The best players in the world are able to identify the shot and react to it in a split second, usually resulting in a good reply. Since there is so little time between hits, it is extremely important to rely on...Read more

Tip of the Week: Automatic Response on the Tennis Court

By Steve Annacone
Tennis is a game of repetition. The goal is to repeat the same swings and techniques over and over again. The problem is, your opponent does not cooperate with this idea. Each shot that is hit tends to be a little different than the previous one. Each point you play and each match you play is a...Read more

Tip of the Week: Use Depth as Your Weapon

By Steve Annacone
Coaches often communicate to their players to “keep the ball deep” when advising them how to get their opponent on the defensive. It might not seem that keeping your shots deep can be the key to winning a tennis match. However, if you hit your shots consistently deep, your opponent will likely be...Read more

Sebastian Korda, The Next Great American Male Tennis

Sebastian Korda (right) with his father and 1998 Australian Open champion Petr (left) during a practice session at the 2021 U.S. Open. (Photo Credit: Pete Staples/USTA)
By Robbie Werdiger
Tennis fans in the United States have waited two decades and counting for the next male American player to hoist a Slam trophy. Young stars representing the red, white, and blue like Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, and Tommy Paul have struggled to consistently string together good results. Reilly...Read more

Djokovic's Comeback Caps Off Remarkable French Open Run

By Robbie Werdiger
Novak Djokovic battled back from two sets down against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday in what was a dramatic finish to a French Open that will not be forgotten. The world number one dug himself into a hole early on in the match which was partly due to discomfort from a tumble on the red clay in the...Read more

The New York Open: What Went Wrong

An outside shot at Nassau Coliseum which housed the New York Open for three years.
By Steven Kaplan
The thoughts expressed in this blog are that of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Long Island Tennis Magazine A storied, well-established ATP tournament came to Long Island and it seemed to have it all: a major venue (the newly renovated Nassau Coliseum), world-class players,...Read more

Tennis Tryouts During a Pandemic

Amanda Lerner (pictured right) with Roslyn teammate Emily Wivietsky (pictured left) at a high school charity event last year.
By Amanda Lerner
Amanda Lerner (pictured right) with Roslyn teammate Emily Wivietsky (pictured left) at a high school tennis charity event I think I speak on behalf of all high school tennis players when I say that going into this school year, tennis season seemed like the light at the end of the pandemic-created...Read more

Tennis and Wellness

Photo courtesy of iStock
By Darrel Bielawski
On May 2, 2020, with hard work and preparation, confidence but uncertainty, the tennis courts were opened at North Hills Country Club. The tennis area resembled a barren wasteland more than that of a private club on Long Island, NY. There were no tables and chairs on the patio, no benches and water...Read more
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