LONG ISLAND TENNIS MAGAZINE BLOGS

This week’s analogy is about one of the most important shots in the game but sometimes the one we train the less: The return of serve. We are talking here about a skill that looks like a forehand or a backhand but with some variations to adjust to the situation. We know that our opponent has total...Read more

Sports don't build character, they reveal it. And a lot was revealed about the character of the President of the ATP Tour Player’s Council, Novak Djokovic, as well as local tennis hero Noah Rubin, this week. While over 300 players joined an ATP zoom call to discuss this year's US Open, Djokovic was...Read more

After many weeks of angst and indecision, it looks like the US Open will be played on time. It will be anything but business as usual and many of the biggest names in the sport will be missing. I say who cares? The sport is bigger than the stars. I hope everyone watches. The stars of tennis are...Read more

The USTA is closing its White Plains office, which houses the USTA Eastern staff, amid its desire to achieve $20 million in cost reductions by reducing salaries, canceling annual meetings, reducing promotion and training of "blue chip" players as well as canceling non-essential capital projects...Read more

So many times we find ourselves trying to fix one of our tennis strokes. It seems so complicated to find the solution that is right in front of our eyes, but we can’t see it because we are looking at the wrong direction. Some examples of this is footwork, the knees aren’t bent and so on. The...Read more