I've been here probably 20 times. I grew up in Indianapolis, so I played tons of junior tournaments here. So, it's not like I'm super excited to see Columbus, although it was nice to go out. This is my birthday this week. So, when I went out for my birthday, even in a city...
I’m in Charlottesville, Virginia for a ninth straight ATP Challenger at the Boar’s Head Resort. When theATP announced “wholesale changes” for Challenger tournaments back in July, I hardly gave it a thought. I was more interested in tournaments on my immediate radar, like Washington, Cincin...
If I block like this in tournaments, I’ll never lose. I also had some good counterlooping duels with some of the more advanced players – my training of the last few months has made this a bit easier. Ryan Li (age 9, rated 1568, moving up fast) did a drill with me where I ...
I didn’t coach as many matches as I normally would in big tournaments or trials. Fortunately, the tournament director, Vlad Farcas, let me use one of the tables behind the control desk as a mini-office, and I spent my free time there, writing both table tennis tips and working on a...
Many people I talk to from my club say I should get a heavier racquet. They say the greater mass will bring me more power. Whereas others in the club say lighter is better. However when I look at rackets and their specs online it always seem to be the lightest ones that have the hi...
Nevertheless, when Venus was about 10 or 11, their father, conscious of the exploitive nature of athletics, and wanting to protect his children’s future careers, stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments (Baird & Major, 2012). At that time, Venus Williams held a re...
I have playedtennissince I was 5 years old. I competed at a high level from ages 8-18, playing in tournaments in the highly competitive mid-atlantic region. I have also endured in many high intensity training sessions and have had... ...
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Would it not better for Fed to play Challengers but so many matches possible, than to try in high level ATP tournaments and lose in first or second round? In all those comparable cases the way back was quite long. Even if all these players are a lot younger. Con you imagine Federer ...