Why Are There So Few Activists in Tennis?
June 29, 2021
BY BASELINE MEDIA It’s never been easier to stay informed about social issues. Where traditional media shines a light, social media brings them to the
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BY BASELINE MEDIA It’s never been easier to stay informed about social issues. Where traditional media shines a light, social media brings them to the
BY CRAIG O’SHANNESSY A week ago today, Roger Federer walked into an interview room at Wimbledon to talk about his historic eighth title. These Monday
FOREWORD BY BRANDON BURKE 1981. Eleven years before I was born. Those eleven years following changed the complexion of the sport of tennis forever. Articles
BY DR. RICHARD YOUNG High performers are not just high performers in the finals of the Olympics. They apply high performing behaviours, thoughts, learning and
BY MIKE MEANEY Melissa Pine had to start learning the game of tennis in a basement against the wall when she was a little girl.
BY PIERRE LAMARCHE “The key is the communication . Issam always tries to understand me and listen to me as a player to help me
BY DR. MICHELLE CLEERE Last year (2020) No school or virtual school? A break from sports? The potential of less homework. The relief of handling
The Bailey Method identifies and provides solutions to more than 50 of the most common problems associated with movement, footwork and balance when playing tennis.
BY PETER FIGURA In the evening hours of September 7, 2019 the Toronto Star emailed breaking news informing its readers that Canadian tennis star Bianca
BY PATRICIA HY What comes to mind when you think of competition? Winning? Losing? Exciting? Pumped? Nerves? Pressures? Stressed? Some people are super pumped, rising
BY WAYNE ELDERTON PLAYER MOTIVATION: NEW ‘TWO-PRONGED’ SERIES We are currently running two series at the same time. The first is through this eNewsletter and
BY SCOTT LANGDON via THE OTA It was a coach who re-lit the competitive fire in Toronto’s Sharon Fichman, prompting her return to the WTA
With the first Grand Slam of the year winding down, I wanted to do a little introduction to the main draw players, who competed on the collegiate level before turning pro. This will be a short series of four parts: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, and women’s doubles.
BY RICH NEHER When I connected with Paula Umaña on LinkedIn I had no idea about her history until I read “Former WTA tour player
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Jennifer Bishop picked up a tennis racquet when Debby Boone’s song titled “You Light Up My Life” was the number one song in Canada. Since
Are we back to normal? Is tennis picking up where it left off? With the return of Roland Garros almost as originally scheduled (the tournament
G’day from Roma! It’s been an amazing week in Rome working with the coaching teams of Jan-Lennard Struff, Matteo Berrettini, and Lorenzo Sonego as well
When a coach of Toni Nadal’s stature joins Felix Auger-Aliassime’s team, expectations come part and parcel with the sizeable opportunities. The 20-year-old, ranked 21 in the
As part of a united effort to “Grow the Game” in Canada, All Canadian Sports Management partnered with ACE Tennis, the Ontario Tennis Association
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It does not matter that you get your rating playing locally or that you had spent an insidious amount of money playing the ITF junior tour tournaments. Your rating is your level of play (you get no bonus for playing more or playing far away). This allows us to break free of the ITF competitive structure potentially saving us time, money, and headache. We see this as a great opportunity to improve the logistic of our sport.
The Next Gen Tennis League again saw some great tennis last weekend at The Credit Valley Tennis Club and Burlington Tennis Club. This promises that Saturday the 24th will feature some exciting matches and very competitive tennis. All three matches will be played on Saturday October 24th, with Team Byte Network Security facing Team Hydrogen at noon (Burlington Tennis Club).
Toronto, October 13, 2020 – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Tuesday that, as of 2021, the Men’s 85 World Team Championships will be renamed the Lorne Main Cup after the late Canadian. Lorne Main was selected for the honour following a unanimous vote by the ITF Seniors Committee, and approval from the ITF Board of Directors, after his name was put forward by Tennis Canada as part of the nomination process.
The first is through this eZine and will be exploring the role of player motivation in coaching. What does this have to do with the
