With Doug Brunner after brutally hot 2016 match
If a tournament match is stopped for rain or darkness, what priority should that match completion be given the next day? That question comes from Doug Brunner, who played in a rain-plagued Florida tournament. Continue reading
You go on the doubles court and flip a racquet to make the serving/receiving choice BEFORE you start your warm-up; then you and your partner go to the proper side and warm-up against your opponents. But SHOULD you? Continue reading
What happens when you retrieve a ball from the bushes, put it into play, only to find out it was not the game ball, but an older one? Continue reading
Joel Drucker
You are running towards the wide angled shot and the ball lands “near” the line. According to the late Vic Braden, your eye balls are bouncing in your head and there is no way you can really see the ball accurately; so what do you do? Continue reading
What happens if the shot is called OUT — by a fan? Continue reading
When can you change your mind on who is serving for your team or after tossing the racquet at the start of a match? We had a prime example on the doubles court this past Wednesday at The Strand. Continue reading
I confess… I am a grunter. I do release air from my lungs as I hit the ball on serves and groundstrokes. But what about those players who REALLY grunt loudly – or even add something after that? Continue reading
Wendall Walker
Veteran Florida pro, Wendall Walker raises the question as to when an OUT call is really an OUT call based on the movement of a player’s arm. Continue reading
Should you “advise” your doubles partner that a ball coming their way may be in or out? And should they always listen to your “advice”? That question comes to us from an Australian reader… Continue reading
Great Tennis Form?
You ever play a match on soft courts where they had not swept the lines? Some people think it is easier to make calls and others don’t like it. At the fourth tournament this year, Sterling Oaks tried out a modified version. Continue reading
“That’s all I can stands…”
We have discussed earlier how to play vs. cheaters. Since the problem will (sadly) never go away, here is a plea from a new senior tournament player… Continue reading
The wind blew mightily Monday at Naples Bath and turned tennis into another sport. “The Great Equalizer,” near hurricane force winds blew balls ten feet sideways, paper cups across courts and hats off heads. So what is the rule? Continue reading
If you hit your first serve into the net and it rolls a few feet back from the net, do you have to pick it up if your opponent requests (and disrupt your service rhythm) … or can you say, “it doesn’t bother me”? Continue reading
Chuck, Evert, Hank, me
Me, John L., Gary W., Chuck