Archive | February, 2012

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 [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

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 [...]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →