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Why tennis players are cheating?

April 30, 2012

Source  http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-1/casper.pdf Because junior tennis players have to enforce the rules of the game against each other, cheating to give a player an unfair advantage is common. While this deviant behavior is found to be commonplace in the sport, there is little research to investigate its cause or influences. Results indicated that junior players felt […]

What is the income of a professional tennis player?

October 29, 2011

How much money does a professional tennis player need to make compared to a MBA student. Mass media have brought large audiences to the sport, but how good must a professional really be to make a good living out of it? Players that don’t make it past 100 or so really don’t make any money, […]

USTA Junior Tournament Changes

June 3, 2011

The USTA changed the amount, draw size and endorsement rules for junior national tournaments in 2010. The changes were to have less national tournaments, by reducing the National Level 2 and 3 tournament to four each and reducing the draw size for National 2 and 3 from 64 to 32. To be clear The National […]

Never give up, Never surrender

July 11, 2010

If you visit international tennis tournaments you see players from many different countries, players that can not afford a good hotel, players with full scholarships and those of very wealthy parents. Let us look at all these players and try to identifying future champions. This seams to fit to be true: As more hungry a […]

I have a dream: A Tennis Performance Center that supports talented players for free.

December 24, 2009

I am happy to join with you today in what is called the “tennis dream”. A dream that at one day we will use our youth to demonstrate our strength as a tennis nation. A dream that at one day we will be able to nurture these tennis talents. A dream that at one day we will focus […]

Why American Academies Dislike Tennis Parents!

July 8, 2009

Don’t just focus on the kids, integrate the parents. Parents are involved in the education of their kids and parents are an important part of our education system. We have learned this lesson a long time ago, however we are making big mistakes when it comes to tennis. The biggest mistake been made by American […]

The Quarterbacks of Junior Tennis

June 23, 2009

Everybody knows what a quarterback is. Le us explain what we call The Quarterbacks of Junior Tennis:  In Football the quarterback role is one of the most visible and important roles on the team. The quarterback touches the ball on nearly every offensive play and has a great deal of responsibility both in calling plays and making […]