
Victory is in the Palm of Your Hand
BY CORKY CRAMER Along with teaching a player how to crush forehands, it’s a coach’s job to help players learn how to analyze and react
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BY CORKY CRAMER Along with teaching a player how to crush forehands, it’s a coach’s job to help players learn how to analyze and react
BY PIERRE LAMARCHE Celebrating the Women of Canadian Tennis When my daughter, Laurence, the editor of ONcourt, asked me to celebrate the history of Canadian
BY BASELINE MEDIA Modern tennis is 150 years old. In that time, it has had heroes, trailblazers, serial winners, entertainers, inspirations, activists, young sensations, veteran
BY YASEEN HIJAZI VIA WOMEN’S TENNIS BLOG Billie Jean King has long been an advocate for gender equality, but just how significant was she in
BY DIANE W. DIMMER VIA THE O.T.A The last Canadian woman to win the Canadian Open (now National Bank Open) before Bianca Andreescu was Faye
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 MIKE MEANEY I was just 19 years old when I was asked to coach Team NL at the Atlantic Indoor Championships. I set out
BY PETER FIGURA Rob Steckley has been coaching many players both on the WTA and ATP Tour, working among others with 2015 Roland Garros finalist
BY DR. RICHARD YOUNG Solving is motion. System Building is progress. The high performers know it is a system game they are playing. The problem
BY WAYNE ELDERTON HELPING YOU COACH… PART 5 – PURPOSEFUL FEEDBACK NEW ‘TWO-PRONGED’ SERIES We are continuing with running two series at the same time.
BY CRAIG O’SHANNESSY Cameron Norrie’s blocking backhand versus Nikoloz Basilashvili’s free-wheeling forehand. This was the micro-battle that decided the fate of the BNP Paribas Open final. Norrie defeated
BY DAVID BAILEY The ability to relax is a skill and fundamental to success in tennis. Much of what I believe has been influenced by
October 29, 2021 Dear readers, With the influx of success from Canadian women in tennis, we here at ONcourt find ourselves eager to celebrate the
BY PIERRE LAMARCHE It is an honour to introduce the first inductee into the ONcourt Hall of Fame, Ari Novick. Over the last 45 years,
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 DOUG BURKE, ALL CANADIAN SPORTS MANAGEMENT Doug: Welcome to Burlington Mary-Joe and Nico – thank you both so much for being here. We all
BY BASELINE MEDIA Daniil Medvedev has many great qualities, but his combination of unpredictability and pinpoint execution on serve has placed him ahead of the
Canada’s top players achieve great success at Australian Open but loss hurts. See interview of Dennis and Felix after their heartbraking quarter final losses.
BY YASEEN HIJAZI VIA WOMEN’S TENNIS BLOG Ash Barty’s victory at the 2022 Australian Open was more than just a title. Let’s take a look at
BY LARRY JUROVICH Nothing like being in a different country… There is an old saying “anyone with a briefcase in a different country is an
BY CRAIG O’SHANNESSY The points were going long. Ironically, the match was slipping fast. Rafael Nadal orchestrated a stunning comeback in the Australian Open final to defeat Daniil Medvedev
BY WAYNE ELDERTON NEW ‘TWO-PRONGED’ SERIES We are continuing with running two series at the same time. The first is the small piece below on
BY DR. RICHARD YOUNG High Performers believe in action! An old story of two doors at the Pearly Gates. Both closed, both with a sign pinned to
BY PIERRE LAMARCHE Celebrating the Women of Canadian Tennis When my daughter, Laurence, the editor of ONcourt, asked me to celebrate the history of Canadian
BY BASELINE MEDIA Modern tennis is 150 years old. In that time, it has had heroes, trailblazers, serial winners, entertainers, inspirations, activists, young sensations, veteran
BY YASEEN HIJAZI VIA WOMEN’S TENNIS BLOG Billie Jean King has long been an advocate for gender equality, but just how significant was she in
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 MIKE MEANEY I was just 19 years old when I was asked to coach Team NL at the Atlantic Indoor Championships. I set out