The Longboat Key CAT II had a record number of 333 senior tennis playing entrants, several of whom played singles + doubles or two doubles age groups, which all created scheduling nightmares for the tournament runners. Continue reading
Drilling and Kileff Again!
Sorry, didn’t have a pic of the 4 of us!
For the third time this year, Matt and I faced the veteran team of Fred Drilling and Clive Kileff in the semifinals of the 75 doubles at Longboat Key. Continue reading
Longboat Thursday
Wendall, George and us
The issue of darkness, multiple divisions being played in and real match play all continued on the Thursday of the Longboat Key tournament. Continue reading
“It’s too dark to play!”
You are playing a tournament or league match late in the day and your opponents claim (after losing the first set) that it is too dark to continue to play. What do you do? Continue reading
Hindrance or Legit?
There are many actions taken during a tennis match that are borderline between an actual Hindrance and legitimate play. Here are a few with MY opinions on the legality (confirmed by a USTA official) … Continue reading
Singles v Doubles
Grieco Photo
After nine months of limping pain, hip replacement, and rehab … I finally returned to the singles court for my first match. It was enlightening! Continue reading
Preventing Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common cancer. It is increasing in incidence because of our outdoor life style and failure to protect from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. So, what can you do to prevent getting skin cancer? Continue reading
Fifth Set Tie-breakers?
Wimbledon’s governing body, the AELTC, said “the time had come” to introduce a tie-break method at “a reasonable point” in a deciding set. But, did they get it right? And what about the other majors? Continue reading
Tennis Is Fun Again!
If you are a senior tennis player, you have had a significant injury, played with that injury, and come back from that injury. So how do you feel now? Continue reading
Obvious Sitter Rule?
You are playing a point in either singles or doubles and you have an obvious sitter/put-away at the net; but as you are swinging, your opponent(s) yells “Let… play two!” because a ball rolled onto the court. Is that legal?? Continue reading
What To Do With The Other Hand?
This last day of competition, with teams playing for the Championship, started cloudy and 59; and were treated to a clinic on “What to do with your other hand” by Mikael Pernfors and Mark Philippoussis. Continue reading
Roy Emerson Tips
Four rookie pros
Day #4 of Newk’s camp again started out chilly (55 degrees) and the forecast was for rain all day; so it was modified play inside on the four covered courts for another day! Continue reading
Tuesday Rain
RAIN!
This morning we woke to rain and wet courts; so we had to play a modified schedule all day … Continue reading
How To Return Serve
Wayne and Yohan
Monday morning started off at a cool 55 degrees for our morning of training, team positioning, and drills. A stated goal for the morning is “don’t work too hard” (save yourself for the afternoon start of the team matches and two-a-day matches that start on Tuesday). Continue reading
John Newcombe Fantasy Camp Sunday, Day 1
It is th
at time: the start of “the best week of my tennis year!” The travel to my 15th year at the Fantasy Tennis Camp was once again in the luxury of “AirBerry” (Pelican Bay friend John Berry); so John, Willy Hoffmann, Rich Tarantino, Tom Mackessy and I took off from Naples Airport at 1 p.m. for the 2.5 hour flight to a small airfield in New Braunfels, Texas. Continue reading