United Sports Publications (USP), publisher of New York Tennis Magazine, Long Island Tennis Magazine and various multimedia tennis properties serving the New York metropolitan area, has announced that the Second Annual New York Tennis Expo will take place Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in…
Bethpage Park Tennis Center will host its annual High School Coaches Workshop on Sunday, March 23 from 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Open to high school and junior high coaches in Nassau and Suffolk, the Workshop features open court time hitting, along with Seminars on Stroke Mechanics, Footwork, Productive Drilling, and Court Strategy. Food and drinks will be provided and attendees will have a chance to Hit for…
One-On-One Doubles Tournaments, piloted by USTA/FLORIDA, will return to the Sunshine State in its music filled format. The Grand Prix Circuit of Events will be played at The Kiwi Tennis Club, in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. on Friday, March 7; at Hawks Landing Tennis Club in Plantation, Fla. on Saturday, April 5; at Buckhorn Springs Tennis and…
The 1970s tennis boom has diminished Thirty-eight years ago, Jim Donnelly opened Grand Slam Tennis. During that time, the amount of people playing tennis was fierce. The tennis clubs on Long Island were competing with one another to keep their players and help grow the game. Today, however, tennis needs a jump-start to re-invigorate the…
Tennis to the Max is set to lead a six-week mental tennis course at Carefree Racquet Club. If you are a player with competitive experience along with a sophisticated knowledge of stroking and strategy, but just don’t consistently win matches against players you feel you should beat, and you don’t understand why? Tennis to the Max may have…
USTA Eastern will honor more than 35 juniors, adults and organizations on Jan. 25 as the Section hosts its Annual Awards Celebration at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains, N.Y. The adults and organizations at the Annual Dinner will be recognized for a number of ways that they helped grow tennis in the Section: From developing and coaching teams…
On Wednesday, Jan. 8 from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., Tennis to the Max will be hosting a complimentary mental tennis workshop at Carefree Racquet and Health Club, located at 1414 Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick, N.Y. This session is for you would like to: â–ºHave razor-sharp focus on the court â–ºPerform without beating yourself up â–ºBe relaxed and loose in competition â–ºEliminate the…
LI Region Teaches at Local Street Fairs; Offers T-Shirts to Long Island Tennis Magazine Readers Members of the USTA Eastern Long Island Region offered tennis lessons to hundreds of youngsters at the Merrick Street Fair and Bellmore Family Festival, as part of the Region’s initiative to grow the game, especially among children. USTA volunteers, including…
Tennis to the Max has announced the opening of their new Six-Month Membership Program. Since its inception in July of 2012, Tina Greenbaum (sport psychology consultant) and Fred Sperber (USPTA-certified coach) have trained dozens of tennis players who were motivated to improve their mental game. As in all aspects of sport, practice and repetition propels players forward. That's…
Team Eastern wins Church Cup Team Eastern, coached by Jason Pasion, was bursting with pride this summer after winning the Church Cup, an achievement it has accomplished only twice before in the last 25 years of play. This year’s Church Cup matches were played on the grass courts at the Huntington Crescent Club. In the…