by Don Metznik | Jun 20, 2025 | Tennis Blog
If the pros understand the importance of playing high percentage shots and critically analyze their own and their opponents’ tendencies, why don’t club players, like myself—who have mediocre skills at best—do the same? Answer: deficient DNA or, possibly, we...
by Don Metznik | Jun 16, 2025 | Tennis Blog
Is your opponent your real adversary? After all, he or she is simply doing what they are trained to do; they want to score, they want to win, and they stand between you and winning. Might your real adversary be yourself? Much is written about the mind game and how...
by Don Metznik | Apr 29, 2025 | Tennis Blog
I have been using Lee at Tennis Frenzy in Stuart, FL to string my rackets since I first took up the game 6 years ago. He’s a true professional, has great advice for both stringing and racket selection, and is a pleasure to chat with. I have also been fortunate to have...
by Don Metznik | May 1, 2024 | Tennis Blog
Have you ever thought of the serve as the beginning of a conversation with you, the tennis ball, and the racket? My wife tells me she regularly converses with racket and ball, encouraging both to help support her game. If you were to start such a conversation, what...
by Don Metznik | Apr 23, 2024 | Tennis Blog
In early May, 2024, Casper Ruud was soundly beaten by Tsitsipas at the Monte Carlo Masters. One week later he came back to defeat Tsitsipas at the Barcelona Open. How did he do it? He changed his game plan strategy. Ruud understood his weakness at MonteCarlo....
by Don Metznik | Apr 3, 2024 | Tennis Blog
My game has died many times and it will continue to die on me. Sometimes it is a slow death; at other times it is mercifully fast. And yet, despite all the last rites I give it, somehow it is resurrected. This is through a combination of vision, hope, persistence, and...