You are invited to our 2012 Boulder Smash Summer Kick Off on Saturday May 26th from 1 to 3 pm at Centennial! Come and participate in the first practice of the Boulder Smash Summer Competition! This is my opportunity to evaluate the kids that I haven’t met yet and to figure out the USTA teams [...]
Archive | 2012
Free Tennis Lessons in Boulder on National Kids to Parks Day!
Come join us, The Gonzo Tennis Academy, on May 19, 12-4pm at the East Boulder Recreation Tennis facilities, for a day of free tennis activities in celebration of National Kids to Parks Day! What is National Kids to Parks Day? It is a national initiative intended to encourage children and families to get out and [...]
Tennis Strings: So Many Choices!
I would love to make this simple for us all, and I will try my best to do just that. To begin, your racquet was expensive, and you want to get the most out of it. That means, obviously, that you’ll need nothing but the best in strings. However, I dare you to find out [...]
Boulder Tennis Teams – Join Today!
We’re already gearing up for the upcoming tennis season with our Boulder Smash Team Spring Warm-up. However, not to worry if you’ve missed the warm up as there is still plenty of time to register your kids for our Boulder Smash, USTA and CARA, Summer Competition teams. Signups are going on now through the Boulder [...]
Fighting the Yips: Can they be Vanquished?
The Yips are what you get in sports when your muscles seem to lose the ability to perform despite possessing mastery in said sport. The term can be used to describe a simple choke or jitters, but it also describes a more serious condition known mostly to golfers but also to other athletes. The yips [...]
Boulder Smash Team Spring Warm-up
Join our team earlier this year by participating in this new program focusing on practicing and match playing. The Spring Warm-up is a great program to learn how to play a match and to gear up for the Summer Competition season. The Spring Warm-up will also be the first introduction at playing with the new [...]
Tennis Racquet Weight. Does it Matter?
The answer to this question is yes and no. Yes, it matters because some racquets are simply too heavy for some peoples’ muscles to handle. But, it’s more complicated than just the number of ounces printed on the side of the racquet. In fact, picking a racquet based on how much it weighs is a [...]
Stringing a Racquet: DIY or Find a Pro?
If you’re a weekend, recreational player you probably play tennis without thinking much about your strings. But, you should. The experts say, to maintain proper performance, you should restring your racquet as many times per year as you play per week (5 times a week means 5 restringing per year). I’ll talk in the next [...]
Tennis Practice and the 10,000 Hour Rule
I am a believer that as long as you are not injured, and you enjoy what you’re doing, there is no such thing as too much practice. After all, practice makes perfect, right? And, I’m not alone with this reasoning. The virtues of frequent practice has some backing in what is called The 10,000 hour [...]
What Age to Start Kids in Tennis?
A wonderful thing about tennis is that you can start at any age and enjoy yourself just as much as if you’d been playing forever. Kids who start at age 12 are just as likely to love tennis as those who start at age 6. Sports like football and hockey, for instance, aren’t the same. [...]
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