6 Gadgets Which Improve Your Tennis (Maybe??)

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If you want to get better at tennis and improve your fitness, these gadgets maybe a starting point?

Tennis is a very physical sport. For example, the tennis serve represents a complex movement that requires muscles throughout the entire body to rotate in unison to deliver accuracy and power.

Whether you’re new to the game or a seasoned veteran looking to get just a little bit better, there are a handful of tech gadgets you should check out.

These gadgets can track and analyze your swing, keep track of the score, and measure the speed of your serves, among other things.

1. Sony Smart Tennis Sensor

2. Zepp Tennis Swing Analyzer

3. Babolat Pop Tennis Wristband

4. Ball Coach Pocket Radar

5. Hit Zone Air Suspension Tee

6. Scoreband Play Wristband

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Don’t overthink each point | AskThePro

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I know this sounds pretty crazy, but you should not be trying to think while you are playing a point.

This idea goes against what our mind is telling us as well as what it is trying to do. We will usually have the tendency to try to work things out in our head during the exchange of shots in a point. Unfortunately, this will have a negative impact on all of the practice and training we have done, and it may cause us to make errors due to indecision.

It is much better to just play the point once it starts. [Just focus on bounce hit: Whisperer]

Before the point, choose one technique idea and one strategy idea to remind yourself how you would like to hit the ball and play the point.

After the point is over, assess what has just happened and repeat the one technique, one strategy idea. You may have to make some adjustments based on what the last point was like, but try to keep things simple.
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On the changeovers you can have a little more detail in your own self-coaching, but overall, try not to over analyze.

Letting your body react automatically and instinctively gives you the best chance to execute your shot and play the point the way you want to. To do this, we need to have less going on in our head.

Don’t think during the point!

Steve Annacone, USPTA Pro

Badge 2023 Entries Now Open. Web sign up.

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Entries are now open on our website for 2023 Badge.

We have a selection panel of 5 for Men’s Teams and 4 for Ladies Teams.

Selection will be based on last year’s Badge results, UTR ratings and Club Championship results.

If needed, we may have trials also for members and particularly new members.

Please note that certain rules have been clarified from the previous year and new rules have been added. If you could familiarise yourself with the revised rules prior to the competition starting that would be greatly appreciated.

Updated 2023-Badge-League-Rules

Factsheets for Thursday & Saturday are linked below.

2023-BADGE-FACTSHEET-SATURDAY.pdf

2023-BADGE-FACTSHEET-THURSDAY-LADIES.pdf

Nominations for Badge will close in early February 2023.

NOTE: You must be a Financial Club Member to submit an entry to play Badge.

Click here to sign up on our web site.

Virginia Longfellow
MLTC Secretary

MLTC Seaside Results

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Congrats to a number of our club members who did very well.  Bede, Matthew & Milton were amongst the event winners.

A Grade Mens Singles
1

Tony Vo [1]
2

Lochie Mortensen [6]
3/4

Bruce Hinchcliffe [3]
3/4

Sylvain Sommacal [8]
OMS-Tier 2
1

Adam Walters [3]
1

Joel Hieswanto [5]
2

Nicholas Tozer
2

Luka Drazic
3

Petar Vuceta
3/4

Daniel Curran
3/4

Jesse Gothelf [2]
4

Minhoon Lee
OMS-Tier 3
1

Matthew Curtis [6]
1

Eitan Smith [4]
2

Lachlan Ming
2

Matthew Baker
3

James Nicols
3/4

Scott Browne
3/4

Adam Tomka
4

Ethan Elliott
OMS-Tier 4
1

Patrick Jonathan Anderson
2

Michael Ian Ridley Taylor [3]
3/4

Zedrick Chan
3/4

Mahim Khan [2]
Open Mens Singles
1

Cameron Edward Smith [3]
1

Eric Tripathi [8]
2

Jordan Smith [1]
2

Sam Wensley
3

Matthew Holl
3/4

Jay Andrijic [2]
3/4

Nathan Boniel
4

Ashton Mcleod
Senior Men 40+ Singles
1

Damien Connelly [1]
2

Elton Richard Stoney
3/4

Wayne Pascoe [4]
3/4

Tim Sedgwick [5]
A Grade Singles Women
1

Kirsty White [1]
2

Payal Chandra [2]
3/4

Ashleigh eve Robson
3/4

Shelley Parsons
Open Womens Singles
1

Amy Gray
1

Ashlee Narker [3]
2

Zarifa Ahmed
2

Linda Huang [2]
3/4

Natalie Gaft [5]
3/4

Ruby Quigley
3/4

Renee Mcbryde [1]
3/4

Kalina Aleksandrov
A Grade Mens Doubles
1

James Delohery [2]
Andrew Stevens
2

Ryan Ataii
Lochie Mortensen
3/4

Brett Harris [1]
Tony Vo
3/4

Aaron Tian [3]
Adam Tomka
OM Doubles – Tier 3
1

Matthew Curtis [1]
Bede Kirwan
2

Arden Asilo
Geoff Asilo
3/4

Byron Waller [2]
Gavin Waller
3/4

Eitan Smith
Minh Vu
OM Doubles- Tier 2
1

Joel Hieswanto [2]
Sam Wensley
2

Nicholas Connellan
Reagan Cooke
3/4

Matthew Holl
Chen Liang
3/4

Leroy Sze
Nicholas Tozer
Open Mens Doubles
1

Blake Smith [4]
Cameron Edward Smith
2

Paul Howe [3]
Eric Tripathi
3/4

Jay Andrijic [1]
Jordan Smith
3/4

Nicholas Turnham
Dimitri Vidin
Senior men 45+ Doubles
1

Milton Da Rocha
Wayne Pascoe
2

Andy William Phelan
Clive Wilkinson
3/4

Manuel Radic [1]
Greg Westwood
3/4

Tim Sedgwick [2]
Matt Taylor
Open Womens Doubles
1

Michaela Haet [1]
Renee Mcbryde
2

Tyra Calderwood [2]
Ashlee Narker
3/4

Lia Koulias [4]
Sofia Thorne
3/4

Melissa Anderson [3]
Lucia Gonzalez
A Grade Mixed Doubles
1

Kirsty White [2]
William Alan Yang
2

Ruby Quigley
Bede Kirwan
3/4

Lisa A Hartley [1]
Adrian Sturrock
3/4

Shelley Parsons
Tim Sedgwick
Open Mixed Doubles
1

Linda Huang [2]
Adrian Correa
2

Tyra Calderwood [1]
Jay Andrijic
3/4

Susannah Su [4]
Luke Mcmillan
3/4

Hannah Taleb
Daniel Jankoski

MLTC Seaside Draws

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Draw

 Size Type Stage Consolation  
A Grade Mens Singles 32 Elimination Main Draw    
OMS-Tier 2 – OMS-Tier 2 Matchplay 16 Match Play Extra    
OMS-Tier 2 32 Elimination Main Draw    
OMS-Tier 3 – OMS-Tier 3 Matchplay 16 Match Play Extra    
OMS-Tier 3 32 Elimination Main Draw    
OMS-Tier 4 16 Elimination Main Draw    
Open Mens Singles – Open Mens Singles Matchplay 16 Match Play Extra    
Open Mens Singles 32 Elimination Main Draw    
A Grade Singles Women 8 Elimination Main Draw    
Open Womens Singles 8 Elimination Extra Custom  
Open Womens Singles 32 Elimination Main Draw    
A Grade Mens Doubles 16 Elimination Main Draw    
OM Doubles – Tier 3 8 Elimination Main Draw    
OM Doubles- Tier 2 16 Elimination Main Draw    
Open Mens Doubles 16 Elimination Main Draw    
A Grade Womens Doubles 16 Elimination Main Draw    
Open Womens Doubles 16 Elimination Main Draw    
A Grade Mixed Doubles 8 Elimination Main Draw    
Open Mixed Doubles 16 Elimination Main Draw    
Senior Men 40+ Singles 32 Elimination Main Draw    
Senior men 45+ Doubles 8 Elimination Main Draw  

MLTC Newsletter – 27th Dec 2022

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Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 27th Dec 2022

Vale Basil South – I am very sad to inform our members of Basil South’s passing. Born in the UK, Basil joined the club in 2000, after retirement from a long and productive career in senior management at the Shell Oil Company. He played social  tennis for many years on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and was a regular attendee at AGMs. Basil’s funeral is scheduled for this Friday at 2.15pm at Macquarie Park Crematorium.

Public Holiday Tennis Times

Sunday 1st Jan (3 courts 10am to 6pm)

Monday 2 Jan (3 courts 7am to 6pm)

Social courts 12-3pm other times please book online.

Best wishes,

Virginia

MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

 

MLTC Newsletter – 20 December 2022

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 Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 20 Dec 2022

Merry Christmas everyone, thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed our Christmas party. It was great to see so many tennis members and guests filling the Clubhouse. 

This newsletter includes information about the upcoming Seaside Tournament, New Members’ Court Times, Members’ court information, First Aid Officer.

MANLY SEASIDE

After a three year absence the Seaside Tournament is back! From 26th December till finals on 31st December please come down and enjoy the tennis and have a drink. If anyone has their RSA and wants to help out behind the bar, let myself or Milton know. If anyone can spare an hour or two to supervise signing in of non members also let me know. [email protected]

Members Courts – a few reminders & updates – please read!

  • Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 4pm is Club Social
  •  A court captain puts people into groups, You play 8 games and then mix around.  
  • All members are encouraged to join in Club Social for at least one set.
  • Outside club social hours on Sat ie. 11.30am to 1pm and 4pm to 6pm, members are welcome to put on their own sets
  • Tuesday afternoons online court bookings – 2 courts available for max 1 hour per booking between 4pm and 7pm.
  • This is run on an honesty system to allow all members to have a chance to use the 6 available 1hr time slots.
  • The 6-7pm time slot is very popular. In the interests of sharing these courts between more members, we are trialling a new rule that you can only book this time slot every 2 weeks. If, after 48 hours of bookings opening (ie by Thu for the following Tuesday), the court has not been booked, anyone may book it.
  • We will look for feedback both during and after the trial.
  • Thursday evenings – 3 courts 4pm to 6pm, 4 courts 6pm to 8pm, 2 courts 8pm to 10pm. 
  •  There is no court captain after the earlier Thursday afternoon social finishes so we ask players attending on Thursday evenings to ensure everyone mixes around.
  • We would love to see more players using these courts on Thursdays. 
  • Coaching – there should be no paid coaching of members during members times. If you wish to coach (or be coached) please hire a court from Scott.

 

We do appreciate there are a wide range of levels at the club. Our aim is to offer a range of times for players to book courts to play with their own group and opportunities to mix in with others. Doing this helps club members feel welcome, encourages players to improve and creates a good club atmosphere. We thank everyone for their cooperation and understanding.

First Aid Officer – If anyone would like to volunteer for this position please let me know. The job entails keeping the first aid kit updated and organising a first aid course for members every other year.

Court Times

Monday Nil

Tuesday

3 courts from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm

2 courts from 3.30 pm to 7.00 pm

Wednesday

2 courts from 7 am to 9 am

Thursday

2 courts from 10 am to 1 pm during badge season

4 courts from 1 pm to 4 pm

3 courts from 4 pm to 6 pm

4 courts from 6 pm to 8 pm

2 courts from 8 pm to 10 pm

Friday

4 courts 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Saturday

6 courts from 11.30 am to 6 pm

(Social 1 pm to 4 pm)

Sunday

3 courts 8 am to 2 pm

2 courts 2 pm to 7 pm

 

Public Holidays 3 courts 7 am to 6 pm

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary
www.manlylawn.com.au

 

Latest Manly News & Events

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POST OFFICE

Manly’s new Post Office has finally opened its doors this week, nine months after our Post Office and Shop were wrecked by flood water. 

The new PO is around the corner at  Raglan Street.

MANLY EVENTS

Manly Art Gallery & Museum – until 26 Feb

Fair Play bridges the gap between sport and art, domains that have long been considered natural enemies. 

Ruth Downes: Barely Wearable displays thirty ‘wearable’ artworks constructed from an extraordinary range of materials, including aircraft headsets and coffee capsules. 

Northern Beaches Writers’ Competition 2023 – until 31 March

This year’s theme is something that has affected every one of us this year – ‘Rain’.

Writers are invited to enter stories of 2,500 words, plus an image, to tell stories that are ‘not being told’. Details here

New Year’s Eve – 31 Dec

Fireworks will light up the sky in Manly Cove again this New Year’s Eve at 9pm.

There will be road closures around Manly to keep everyone safe, with large crowds expected on the night. 

Aboriginal Heritage Walk – 16th January

Manly Dam from 9am – 10.30am. Details here

Sun Run – Saturday 4th February

Dee Why to Manly.  7km and 10km distances

More details and registration here

Cole Classic Ocean Swim – Sunday 5th February

1, 2, and 5km courses.  More details and registration here

2023 Badge League Rules (WIP)

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Please see attached the Rules for the 2023 Badge League.

Please note there have been changes made to the rules. TNSW is  working on a video presentation to help understand some of the changes made.

The rules will also be updated online shortly for you all to reference.

PLS CONTINUE TO CHECK FOR ANY REVISIONS.

SYDNEY BADGE LEAGUE
Metro Sydney
Tennis NSW

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Plantar Fasciitis Is a Real Pain: symptoms, treatment and prevention | Tennis4Life

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The pain starts when you wake up — a stab in your heel when you get out of bed, an ache when you put weight on your foot. The condition is persistent and common; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 10 percent of people get it.
Plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the tight band of tissue on the bottom of your foot, can happen to anyone, said Dr. Eveline Tan, a podiatrist at Northwestern Medicine, but it occurs more frequently in people who are on their feet for long periods of time. “It’s probably more common than most people think,” she said, noting that she’s seen a resurgence of patients with the condition as more people have been returning to post-lockdown life. On Monday, Tiger Woods posted on Twitter that he withdrew from a golf tournament because he has developed plantar fasciitis in his right foot, making it difficult to walk.  The condition can be agonizing, but it’s generally temporary, and there are treatments and preventive steps people can take to ward it off.
Is there any way to prevent plantar fasciitis?
“No one is safe from plantar fasciitis,” said Dr. Amiethab Aiyer, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. And if you’ve had plantar fasciitis before, you’re more likely to develop the condition again in the future, he said. But there are ways to reduce your risk.  If you’re increasing your level of exercise, build up gradually, and incorporate rest and stretching into your routine, especially stretching your hamstrings, calves and feet, Dr. Walton said. Even stretching your calf over a stair at work or home can help add flexibility, Dr. Pandya said.
Here’s what you need to know.  Read more —>

Talking Shop with Coach Paul Annacone | ATP

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Annacone started his tennis journey as a high-level player, where he had a very respectable pro career that saw him peak at No. 12 in the singles rankings. But he saw the game at an expert level, and was drawn to the coaching ranks where he excelled at a nearly unprecedented rate.
 
He started coaching Pete Sampras in 1995, and was with him for nine major titles. He coached Roger Federer from 2010-13, and the Swiss Maestro won a Wimbledon title and returned to the No. 1 ranking during that span.
 
Annacone was able to use transfer wisdom through teaching methods, and his core coaching philosophy is based on three pillars.  The individual is made up of three things:
  • Their head, which is how they process stuff, how they figure out and problem solve.
  • Their heart, how well they can unconditionally compete.
  • Their physical attributes.
After digesting every bit of those components in his mind, then it was time to transfer the knowledge: “My philosophy is, how simply after that can I say what I need to say, the way they need to hear it.”
 
Sampras and Federer are of the greatest players to ever pick up a racquet, but as Annacone explains, they couldn’t have been more different to coach.
 
Sampras fit into Annacone’s “magician” category, in the sense that he could process information very quickly and didn’t necessarily need a lot of repetition to master certain elements of his game.
 
Federer, on the other hand, wanted to be coached and instructed thoroughly, with the caveat that he would challenge the methods and force Annacone to defend the reasons for his tactics. “I’ve never seen a guy happier on a tennis court,” Annacone said in regards working with Federer during countless practice sessions.
 
“The most important thing [with each player] is they knew themselves really well. Pete knew exactly how he wanted to be to achieve his goals, and Roger knew exactly how he needed to be to achieve his goals. Very different, but it worked for them.”
 

AUSTRALIAN Summer Tournament Schedule | TA

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3-17 December 2022: December Showdown

Venue: Melbourne Park (Western Courts 5-17)
Category: Australian Junior National Championships

Week one
29 December 2022 – 8 January 2023: United Cup

Group Stages (29 December to 4 January): Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Qld; RAC Arena, Perth, WA; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, NSW
United Cup Final Four (6-8 January): Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, NSW
Category: ATP / WTA mixed team competition
Draw size: Six groups of three countries, 18 countries in total, up to eight players per country

1-8 January 2023: Adelaide International 1

Venue: The Drive, Adelaide, SA
Category: WTA 500 / ATP 250
Draw size: ATP and WTA – 32 singles, 24 doubles

31 December 2022 – 7 January 2023: Canberra International

Venue: Canberra Tennis Centre, Canberra, ACT
Category: ATP Challenger Tour / ITF W60
Draw size: ATP – 32 singles, 16 doubles; ITF – 32 singles, 16 doubles

Week two
9-14 January 2023: Adelaide International 2

Venue: The Drive, Adelaide, SA
Category: WTA 500 / ATP 250
Draw size: WTA – 32 singles, 16 doubles; ATP – 28 singles, 24 doubles

9-14 January 2023: Hobart International

Venue: Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart, TAS
Category: WTA 250
Draw size: 32 singles, 16 doubles

9-12 January 2023: Australian Open qualifying

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Vic
Category: Grand Slam
Draw size: 128 men and women

10-14 January 2023: Victorian Wheelchair Open

Venue: Hume Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Vic
Category: ITF 1 Series
Draw size: 32 men’s singles, 24 women’s singles, 16 quad singles, 16 boys’ singles

13-18 January 2023: Traralgon Junior International

Venue: Traralgon Tennis Centre, Traralgon, Vic
Category: J1
Draw size: 64 singles, 32 doubles

Week three and four
16-29 January 2023: Australian Open

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Vic
Category: Grand Slam
Draw size: 128 singles, 64 doubles

16-20 January 2023: Melbourne Wheelchair Open

Venue: Hume Tennis Centre, Melbourne
Category: ITF Super Series
Draw size: 32 men’s singles, 24 women’s singles, 24 quad singles, 16 boys’ singles

21-28 January 2023: AO Junior Championships

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Category: Junior Grand Slam
Draw size: 64 singles, 32 doubles

24-28 January 2023: AO Wheelchair Championships

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Category: Grand Slam
Draw size: 16 men’s singles, 16 women’s singles, 8 quad singles

Week five
30 January–13 February 2023: Burnie International 1 & 2

Venue: Burnie Tennis Club, Burnie, Tasmania
Category: Week 1 – ATP Challenger / ITF W60, week 2 – ITF 25
Draw size: ATP – 32 singles, 16 doubles; ITF – 32 singles, 16 doubles