The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has posted the names of the players who will be participating in their Junior Fed Cup and Junior Davis Cup 16-and-Under competitions, Sept. 25-30 in Barcelona, Spain. This is the first year the tournament has been held in Spain, after four years in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This year, the United States…
USTA Eastern will honor 27 junior players on Aug. 27 at the at the Indoor Training Center of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for their outstanding performance in Sectional Tournaments and provide them with free grounds passes to see the best players in the world compete on Opening Day of the 2012 U.S. Open….
The USTA has announced the names of six boys and eight girls who have been offered wild card entries into the 2012 U.S. Open Boys and Girls singles championships. Two additional boys main draw wild cards are pending. The U.S. Open Junior Championships will be played Sept. 2-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National…
On Saturday, Aug. 18, Sportime Syosset will be hosting a QuickStart and Multi-Sport Carnival Event from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The Carnival will feature many activities for the kids: QuickStart tennis games along with various other sports including hockey, soccer and baseball. QuickStart tennis makes it fun and easy for children ages 10 and under to learn and…
Eight boys and girls, ranging in age from seven to 16, were introduced this week as winners of full or partial scholarships to the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA). Each were among approximately 170 participants ages six through 17 in an open tryout on July 21, and the eight were honored on-court during the World…
Junior tennis players from across USTA Eastern are getting a chance to improve their games and learn about careers in tennis this week, as they receive coaching from top tennis executives and two former professional tennis players, Rodney Harmon and Leslie Allen, at the Section’s 14th Annual Camp A.C.E. Camp A.C.E. (Achieving through Coaching and Education),…
In September of 2010, John McEnroe opened the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) in New York City at the Sportime Randall's Island Tennis Center in Manhattan. Sportime Randall's Island is the flagship location for the Academy and for Sportime's 13 clubs. The John McEnroe Tennis Academy was established to develop world-class players by exciting the local tennis scene in…
A great source of untapped recruiting wisdom is from former Long Island players who have finished college. These young adults have all the experience of college and are still young enough to relate to today’s junior players. I asked two Long Island-bred college graduates some recruiting questions and tapped on their wisdom. Our panel for…
There will be a tryout for a full year scholarship to the John McEnroe Tennis Academy on Saturday, July 21 at Sportime Randall’s Island. All interested players will need to pre-register in order to attend the tryout day on July 21. Registration closes Tuesday, July 17 at 5:00 p.m. The following is the schedule of events for…
The USTA has announced the nine boys and eight girls who have been accepted into the main draw and the qualifying draw at the 2012 Junior Championships at Wimbledon. Among those selected is Rockville Centre, N.Y.’s Noah Rubin, a quarterfinalist at the recent 2012 Boys French Open Junior Singles Championships at Roland Garros. The main draw…