by Kylie Klotzbach | May 9, 2018 | Tennis Talk
Sports teach young athletes so much more than just the fundamentals of the game. They teach monumental life skills such as strength, character, grit, and commitment. However, young girls are dropping out of sports at an increasingly high rate. This dropout rate is...
by WTCA coach | Apr 27, 2018 | Blog, Tennis Talk
Female tennis coaches are scarce: besides Elise Tamaëla (34) there are only five others in the top hundred of the women’s circuit. Recently she helped Kiki Bertens as interim coach in Charleston at her biggest tournament victory. With Elise Tamaëla as interim...
by tom downs | Apr 22, 2018 | Tennis Talk
I often take my students to various academies for match play, and I always observe whats been taught on some of the other practice courts. I see the usual groundstroke drills and techniques been rehearsed and fine-tuned, I see some good live ball drills and intense...
by tom downs | Apr 22, 2018 | Tennis Talk
One of the many issues I see with junior players, and professionals also for that matter, is that they focus too much on only their own side of the court. I think it’s very important to focus on the other side of the net, not only to see how the opponent is...
by tom downs | Apr 22, 2018 | Tennis Talk
In between lessons at my club I will often walk around the outside courts and observe matches between club level players and high performance junior level players. While all players seem to hit the ball well for their respective levels, the one thing that stands out...
by Sarah stone | Mar 17, 2018 | Tennis Talk
Former Ohio State Buckeye Francesca Di Lorenzo flew out to Indian Wells California yesterday alongside WTCA President Ann Grossman Wunderlich. The pair has spent many years working together and it paid off in a very big way yesterday. Oracle Corp. CEO Mark Hurd, along...
