Newest first. Browse by topic from the navigation, or by category from the footer. Older pieces stay reachable forever — we don't archive away from URLs.
A thinner string can be the cheaper option over a season. That sentence runs against the instinct every intermediate player develops the first time a thin string snaps mid-rally — thin equals fragile…
I restrung one frame twice. Same racquet, same 53-pound reference tension on the same machine, but one bed went in as a full set of polyester and the other as a soft multifilament.
You have probably noticed it without being able to name it. You play a clean, confident match on your home hard court on Tuesday, then turn up to a clay court on Saturday and feel like you have…
During the second week of a major, a commentator will say a player "won a walkover into the quarterfinals," and somewhere a viewer quietly files it next to "retirement" and "default" as roughly the…
There is a single number that the International Tennis Federation uses to sort every tennis court in the world onto one scale, and most club players have never heard of it.
The advice is everywhere, and it sounds reasonable. Want a better racquet? Buy the one your favorite pro plays.
A towel is the cheapest piece of gear in your bag and the one you reach for most. Between points, on changeovers, before a serve when your palm has gone slick — the right tennis towels do quiet…
If you play two to four times a week and you've started waking up the morning after with a calf that complains, you've probably wondered whether you need to buy something. A foam roller.
There is a piece of advice that circulates in club locker rooms and gets repeated on every gear forum: when your handle starts to feel slick and hard, just wrap a fresh overgrip over the top and you…
Here is the question, asked plainly, the way you have probably asked it standing in a pro shop holding a single pair that costs as much as a six-pack of the ones in your drawer: can a tennis sock…