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Nadia Truong.

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Head ·5 min · June 2026

Head Pro Damp Review: How One of Tennis's Famous Vibration Dampeners Holds Up

Novak Djokovic plays with a small black-and-white button wedged between the bottom two main strings of his frame, and that single fact has sold more Head Pro Damp units than any spec sheet ever could.…

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Community ·6 min · June 2026

Finding Hitting Partners at Public Courts: Where the Standard Advice Holds and Where It Breaks

The advice is everywhere, and it is not wrong: if you want to play more tennis, go to the public courts and you will find people.

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Coaching ·6 min · June 2026

Tennis Industry Careers: Honest Career Guidance for the Pivot You Keep Postponing

"Can I actually make a living in tennis?" is the question almost everyone whispers before they ask anything else.

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Technique ·5 min · June 2026

Double Faults and the Myth of the 95% Toss: What Serve Mechanics Actually Predict

A number you have probably heard, in some form, from a coach or a YouTube channel: most double faults start with a bad toss. It sounds right. It feels mechanical and fixable.

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Gear ·6 min · June 2026

Racquet Selection Without the Anxiety: A Framework That Follows How a Swing Actually Works

A salesperson once told one of our editors that the racquet in his hand was "the most powerful frame on the market." The next salesperson, a week later, said the same thing about a different racquet.

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Strings ·5 min · June 2026

Wilson Four Musketeers Tennis String Review: Durability Without the Dead Feel

We came to this tennis string review with one buyer in mind: the player who snaps a set in three or four sessions, wants the bite and precision of a co-poly, and is tired of being told the answer is…

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Gear Review ·6 min · June 2026

The 12-Racquet Bag Review: What "Thermal" Actually Buys You at 33°C

There is one number we kept coming back to during this racquet bag review: 3.1°C. That was the difference between the inside of a so-called thermal-lined racquet bag and the inside of an unlined one…

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Coaching ·6 min · June 2026

College Tennis Coaching: What the Pay and the Calendar Actually Look Like by Division

A friend of ours, a former conference-level singles player with three years as a high-performance junior coach, forwarded us an offer letter last spring.

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Strategy ·9 min · June 2026

Break Point Definition: Why One Point Carries So Much Weight (And How to Play It)

You are down 30-40 on your own serve. You toss the ball, and somewhere between the toss and the contact a small committee convenes in your head and starts arguing.