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Test - Federer denied 4th Basel title in row

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BASEL, Switzerland -- Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final. Djokovic earned his fourth title of the season with a victory that ended Federer's run of...

Test - Safin: Agassi should relinquish titles

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PARIS -- Former No. 1-ranked Marat Safin believes that Andre Agassi should give his tennis titles back after confessing he tested positive for a banned substance during his career and lied about it to the ATP. Agassi admitted in his autobiography...

Test - Tennis Strategy and Tactics

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Tennis strategy is one of the four main areas of the game – besides technique, physical preparation and mental game. The broadest definition of tennis strategy is using your advantages – natural and learned ones against your opponent's weaknesses...

Summer Wrap-Up

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The RTC at Sand Point enjoyed a great summer camp season which came to a close on August 13th. There were a lot of new faces at the camps and there were a lot of new tennis fans when it was all said and done. With many of the new faces between the...

Autumn Tennis in Seattle

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is projecting the upcoming winter as a La Nina weather pattern. La Nina typically supports above normal snowfall for the Cascades and is the best long term seasonal forecast indicator...

YMCA Healthy Kids Day

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On Saturday, April 17th, the YMCA celebrated the nation's largest health day for children and families with YMCA Healthy Kids® Day. The fun and relaxing day was a chance for families to come and play together and learn more about ways to live...

How to become mentally tough

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All sports have 4 main areas - technical, tactical, physical and mental. Tennis is no exception and the mental part of tennis is usually the deciding factor that tips the scales in the match. Why is the mental part of tennis so challenging? How...

Serves

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There are three kinds of serves: Flat serve, Slice serve and Topspin serve The serve lays the foundation of a point. No matter how skilled a player is, it’s hard to beat an opponent without a quality first touch. Just as in a gambling game like...

Grips

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Eastern Grip 1- Hold the racquet at the throat, and then shake hands with the grip. The base index knuckle should be on the flat side bevel. 2- Extend the index finger as in pulling a trigger on a water gun. This is the eastern forehand grip...

Volley

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The volley is considered the easiest to learn of all the strokes in tennis because of its simplicity. The player takes a relaxed stance facing the net with feet about shoulder width apart and knees slightly flexed. The volley is executed by having...

Jack Katzman

January's Player Profile of the Month is 10 year old Jack Katzman of Laurelhurst Elementary School. One can sometimes find this 5th grader playing Parks & Recreation basketball, NESLL baseball, or a round of golf on the course with his Dad. But more...

Hank Blum

6-year old Hank Blum is no stranger to sports. Besides being an avid T-Ball player, he enjoys playing golf, ping pong, soccer and hockey. Tennis is also becoming one of Hank's favorite sports because, according to Hank, he loves to hit hard and run...