How Important is Tennis Specific Fitness? One more article about tennis fitness is written by Suzanna McGee. Suzanna is a former Ms Natural Olympia bodybuilding champion, currently nationally ranked tennis player and athletic trainer with focus on sport conditioning and … Continue reading →
Victoria Azarenka lost her #1 ranking after this year’s Roland Garros. She returned to her birthplace of Minsk, Belarus and is currently training there preparing for Wimbledon. Today, Vika Azarenka conducted a practice session for junior tennis players on the … Continue reading →
How do you help your kid restore after a hard workout? What do you know about sports massage? Not too much, I guess. When I was a kid and used to do track and field at my school, all my … Continue reading →
Maria Sharapova won a place in the 2012 French Open final and returned to the world number one with a 6-3 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova in Paris. Petra Kvitova lost. Sara Errani reached her the first Grand Slam final. … Continue reading →
Here is another interview with Mitch Bridge, Southern California Tennis Academy. I found his thoughts are interesting. Can you comment on Serena Williams lost in Paris? Serena’s loss first round at the French Open had largely to do with her … Continue reading →
Here is an opinion of Johan Kriek, two-times Australian Open champion and former # 7 tennis player in the world. I like his point because Johan not just express his thoughts about Serena Williams lost in the first round of … Continue reading →
On May 30, 2012, University High School’s tennis team became the CIF division 1 champion for the third time in a row, while also making the 7th straight final appearance. The school has won the championship 6 times out of … Continue reading →
Unfortunately the prediction, which was made by one of the tennis coach in the previous posts, became a reality. First time, Serena Williams lost in the first-round match at Grand Slam tournaments. She lost in three sets match against Virginie … Continue reading →
On Saturday, there was the CIF-SS Boys Tennis Division 1 final. Gage Brymer from University High School (Irvine) defeated Cristobal Rivera from Santa Monica High School 6-4, 6-3. Gage Brymer is nationally ranked #7 in the 18s. I know both … Continue reading →
We were drinking green tea and discussing upcoming Roland Garros 2012 with a tennis coach after a workout today. Actually I asked him three questions and here are his answers. French Open is just around the corner. After Madrid, many … Continue reading →
Choosing a College for a Tennis Player There are many ways to find a right college for a tennis player. For example, you can work directly with college tennis coaches or cooperate with consultants. Today I had a pleasure of … Continue reading →
I received a lot of comments on the post “Choosing a tennis racquet” with Bruce Levine. I published here some comments and hope you find them informative and interesting. Steve Benson: “Choosing a racquet is a very personal choice regardless … Continue reading →
I talked to Mitch Bridge, owner and head tennis coach of Southern California Tennis Academy. Q.: What is your philosophy as a man as well as a tennis coach? A.: My philosophy as a man and a coach is to … Continue reading →
Today I’d like to talk about conditioning for tennis.This is an article about special training for tennis players. It is written by Diana D. Chalikov and Robert A. Walker from The Zen Tennis and Fitness Team. The importance of cross-training … Continue reading →
The French Open (French: Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade … Continue reading →
Choosing a Tennis Racquet We continue to discuss with Bruce Levine, Technical Adviser for Tennis Magazine and tennis.com for racquets and strings, how to choose a right tennis racquet. Q.: There are a lot of brands on the market: Babolat, … Continue reading →
Mili Veljkovic continues to answer my previous question: It was not difficult to understand from those answers that as more experienced tennis players are – the tougher clients are and that they want: to see first obvious results as soon … Continue reading →
Q.: You are tennis coach and the same time you are a Sports professor. What is your major in Science? How it helps you with your coaching work? A.: Firstly, I am not university professor otherwise I would have to … Continue reading →
Here is a first part of an interview with Mili Veljkovic, tennis technique expert coach in Partizan Tennis Club (Belgrade), Split Method’s author, PTR professional. Q.: When did you start to coach tennis and why? Did you attend special courses … Continue reading →
Here is an interview with Oscar Wegner. Oscar is a tennis coach and pre-open-era tour player, author and creator of Modern Tennis Methodology, a tennis-teaching system which he began developing in 1968. First of all, I would like to thank … Continue reading →