It’s Hot Outside

Yes ladies, it is hot out there when playing in summer tennis tournaments. The courts get really hot and especially if every set goes to a tie breaker. After a tennis tournament in Houston, where the temperature hit a nice balmy 98 degrees, players were having issues. One player, after a two and half hour […]

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CAPTAINS GIFTS- SPECs

OK, I know that captains and all tennis players like to “drink”— it can be wine or something stronger, but I just want to let the world know to not get SPECs gift cards. I went to redeem a $25 gift card that wasn’t even off the original packaging yet and they did not honor […]

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Oh Captain, My Captain

Have you ever been captain of a women’s tennis team? If so, how long did you last? It’s really hard being a captain of 10-12 women, isn’t it? I mean, here are a group of women, who probably have their own children, but are acting like kindergartners most of the time. Some don’t want to […]

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SPORTSMANSHIP

Sportsmanship: noun; sportsmanlike conduct; as fairness, courtesy, being a cheerful loser. Words related to sportsmanship: fairness, honesty, honor, principle. We are playing in these tennis leagues for fun, so there should always be good sportsmanship on the court. Am I right or am I wrong? At the beginning of the match, you introduce yourself to […]

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Welcome to Its Just TENNIS

There are more than 33 million tennis players in the world today. I don’t know the breakdown of adults, children, women or men, but that’s a lot of people playing tennis. So, I didn’t get to really start playing formal league tennis until after the kids were older and in school and I had some […]

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