“Making of Champions is an art and a gift!” There is an interesting article by Robert Lansdorp, a living tennis legend, about American tennis coaches, academies and USTA Player Development. Most coaches in this country don’t know much at all … Continue reading →
Marion Bartoli Says about Her Retirement
Continue reading →I published “Men’s Tennis Ranking of Countries” last week. I was asked to make the same ranking for women tennis. Methodology remains the same: Position 1 gives 99 points…position 99 gives 1 point. We see two leaders on women’s tennis … Continue reading →
The previous article “How to Develop New American Tennis Stars” that was written by Chris Lewis attracted a lot of attention. It has been discussed on the blog and many social media sites and forums. I thought that the article … Continue reading →
How to develop new American tennis stars American tennis lost its dominance in the world, and it is in a deep crisis. Here is the excerpt from the article “Developing Top Talent or Hindering Process?” which was published in The … Continue reading →
Men’s Tennis Ranking of Countries I like statistics. Often it explains something better than thousands words. I analyzed ATP top 100 singles (August, 5) and made countries’ ranking for men tennis. Methodology is very simple: position 1 gives 99 points…position … Continue reading →
How to Find a Good Tennis Coach? Ask the Coach about His/Her Tennis Players There are a lot of aggressive advertisement on the Internet from tennis businesses: “…we are not like others; we offer unique training; we produce champions; train … Continue reading →
Two days ago Sharapova said about ending her successful three-year partnership with Thomas Hogstedt. Today she announced that eight-time Grand Slam champion Jimmy Connors will be Hogstedt’s successor: “I am happy to announce that Jimmy Connors will be my new … Continue reading →
The Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray smashed the 77-year jinx for a British player to claim the men’s title by defeating No.1 Novak Djokovic in the final. Here is an interesting article ‘Crowd helped me win brutal contest’ … Continue reading →
Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s Wimbledon final 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, and Britain’s 77-year wait for a home-grown champion is over. I hope, Murray will be able to win more Grand Slams in the future. I discussed the Wimbledon … Continue reading →
We were discussing surprises and results on Wimbledon with a tennis coach who used to train the best tennis players in the world. First, we considered the very unusual situation on the women’s side of the major. Why did Maria … Continue reading →
Here is an interesting article about the first week of Wimbledon. It was written by Greg Baum, Sidney Morning Gerald. Grown-ups of game remain after plague destroys seeds In Wimbledon’s lush paddocks, somehow the wheat has become mixed up with … Continue reading →
The first day in London was very interesting for watching. We saw some very surprising results on the tennis courts at Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal, who recently celebrated a victory at Roland Garros, shocked at Wimbledon by world number 135 Steve … Continue reading →
We discussed the results of the French Open and perspective of American tennis players with a tennis coach. Maria Sharapova lost again to Serena Williams in the final of Roland Garros. It was predictable. A few people believed that Sharapova … Continue reading →
I was asked many times recently about how to find the right tennis camp for kids for the upcoming summer. Last summer I wrote a post about How to find a good tennis camp for a junior tennis player I … Continue reading →
The 2013 French Open: Why American Women Outperform American Men in Tennis There is an interesting article is written by Merlisa Lawrence Corbett. The article was published on bleacherreport.com. Four American women reached the fourth round of the 2013 French … Continue reading →
Discussing Roland Garros – The French Open 2013 Let’s talk about women’s part of the tournament. There are a lot of pleasant surprises from American women tennis players. They have played much better at Roland Garros this year than I … Continue reading →
There were no surprises on men’s side. All of the seed tennis players won their matches. But on women’s side we have two big surprises. In the most interesting and intriguing match of the day, Urszula Radwanska won Venus Williams. … Continue reading →
University High School’s boys tennis team won its fourth consecutive CIF – Southern Section Division 1 title with a 13-5 victory over Corona del Mar on Friday, May 17 at The Claremont Tennis Club. There are all results: University’s #1 … Continue reading →
There is the third part of the interview with Chris Lewis, a tennis coach of some America’s strongest junior tennis players. Today we are talking about an optimal training schedule for powerful juniors. From your point of view, what is … Continue reading →