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 [...]
About GonzoTennis
Gonzo Tennis was founded in 2004 by Gonzalo "Gonzo" Garcia with the idea of bringing quality tennis programs to the Boulder community. Since then, Gonzo Tennis has shared the courts with players from ages 3 to 75 through programs for kids and adults.
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 [...]
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. [...]
The Right Racquet! Many Right Answers
You’ve seen the professionals playing with specific racquet lines from Head, Prince, Völkl, Wilson, Donnay, blah blah blah. Maria Sharapova, for example, plays with a Head IG Instinct. David Ferrer plays with a Prince Tour 100. Each player is sponsored by a brand, and each player chooses which racquet from that brand with which to [...]
Waiting for a Court? Play Dink!
Dink is a game you can play while waiting for a court to become available. It is a replacement for boringly, uselessly staring, longingly from the wrong side of the fence, wishing that you were the lucky bastard actually playing tennis instead of waiting for tennis. Waiting stinks. You should play dink instead. There are [...]
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