The journal Volume 2026

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Film ·9 min · June 2026

Underrated Tennis Movies: Seven Films That Earn the Word "Overlooked"

There is a familiar shape to the tennis-movie list: rank the titles by Rotten Tomatoes score, lead with the prestige biopic everyone already streamed, and call it curation.

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Privacy ·5 min · June 2026

Reading the Privacy Policy: What TennisCompanion Actually Collects, and Why It Matters

A privacy policy is the most honest document a tennis website publishes. Not because companies want it to be — because regulators force the disclosure, and the lawyers who write it have more to lose…

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Buying Guide ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis Skirts: What the Specs Actually Tell You Before You Buy

A reader sent us two product pages last month and asked, plainly, why one skirt cost twice the other when "they look identical." We did what we do at this desk: we put the published specs side by…

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Racquets ·11 min · June 2026

Tennis Racquet Weight Is the First Spec You Read and the Last One That Should Decide Your Purchase

The advice you will hear in every pro shop and on every forum thread goes roughly like this: heavier racquets give you power and stability, lighter racquets give you maneuverability, and you should…

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Scoring ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis Terminology Decoded: The Words That Actually Trip Up New Players

Somewhere in your first month of tennis, a coach or a commentator says something that sounds like a different language.

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Gear Review ·6 min · June 2026

Moisture Control in Tennis Overgrips: Tourna Grip vs. Wilson Pro Overgrip vs. Yonex Super Grap

Most arguments about tennis overgrips are actually arguments about expectations. A player who loved their last tacky overgrip wraps a Tourna Grip, squeezes it dry in the pro shop, and concludes it is…

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Racquets ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis Racquet Types: How "Modern Player" Frames Became the Default Recommendation

Walk into a stringing shop or open any forum thread and you meet the same wall: roughly twenty brands, a dozen overlapping specs, and a recurring piece of advice for the improving player — buy a…

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Strings ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis String Review: What the "20% More Comfort" Number Actually Measures in Multifilament Construction

Pick up a pack of premium multifilament and somewhere on the back you will find a comfort claim with a number attached — Tecnifibre has marketed its multifilaments around "comfort and power," and…

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Coaching ·6 min · June 2026

Tennis Coach Appreciation: What the Better Gift Guides Get Wrong

Two seasons ago, our junior program ran a quiet experiment without meaning to. The team — eleven players, ages fourteen to seventeen — pooled money for the head coach at the end of the spring season.

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Serve ·5 min · June 2026

Does Lower String Tension Actually Give You a Bigger Serve? What the Evidence Says About Power and Reach

Few setup choices generate more conflicting advice at the pro-shop counter than string tension, and serve power is where that advice gets loudest.