The journal Volume 2026

Every examination we've published.

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WTA ·6 min · June 2026

The Retired Female Tennis Players Worth Knowing (And Why They Still Matter)

If you're new to following tennis, the retired generation of female tennis players can feel like background noise — names you hear during broadcasts, see on stadium courts, or read in a player's "she…

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Footwork ·5 min · June 2026

Balance Training Before Footwork Drills: Why the Wobble Comes First

We put one of our editors on a force-sensitive balance app, single leg, eyes open, dominant side, and asked her to hold still for thirty seconds.

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Buying Guide ·9 min · June 2026

Giant Tennis Balls and the Championship Moment: What Actually Survives the Autograph Line

There is a small, persistent belief in tennis fan culture: that the surest way to hold onto a championship moment is to get it signed onto a giant tennis ball.

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Grand Slam ·6 min · June 2026

Grand Slam Tennis: What the Term Actually Means, and the Six Variants That Followed

Last September, watching the U.S. Open with the sound up, we heard a commentator use the phrase "Grand Slam" twice in under a minute, and mean two different things each time.

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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 ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis Bag Reviews: Three 12-Pack Premium Bags, Weighed and Stressed

Most tennis bag reviews compare bags the way catalogs do: list the claimed liter capacity, count the compartments, photograph the colorway, and move on.

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Strings ·5 min · June 2026

Why Does My Polyester String Feel Dead After Two Weeks? A Look at What Actually Happens

You strung a fresh set of polyester, hit beautifully for a few sessions, and then somewhere around the two-week mark the racquet started feeling like a frying pan — stiff, lifeless, the ball flying…

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Rules ·5 min · June 2026

The Foot Fault: The Tennis Rule Nobody Calls and Everybody Breaks

Watch a busy public court for an hour and you will see dozens of serves that break the same rule. Almost none get called.

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Training ·10 min · June 2026

Tennis Drills Versus a Membership Platform: Where the "10,000 Reps" Idea Actually Came From

There is a number that shows up, in slightly different costumes, in nearly every pitch for a tennis membership platform: hit a shot ten thousand times and it becomes automatic.

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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…