Lucky Dog Speaks

To borrow from the late Vitas Gerulitas, “Listen smart guy, nobody beats Andy Roddick 12 times in a row”. Andy finally was able to stop his slide against Roger with the 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3 quarterfinal win on Thursday night at the Sony Ericsson Open. Andy played well and served big when he needed it. This [...]

As Tennis teaching professionals, it is extremely important that we are aware of court safety for our clients. This includes making sure loose tennis balls are picked up or moved out of the way for our clients. Well, note to self, make sure you do the same on your side of the court. On Wednesday [...]

The Longfellow Club in Wayland, MA is looking for a few more women players who have an NTRP 4.5 rating for our USTA team for 2008. If you are interested, please contact me directly. Technorati Tags: Longfellow, tennis

The Cardio Tennis feeding shootout is off and running again for 2008! The shootout provides a great way for Tennis Professionals to demonstrate their feeding skills and have a chance to win prizes. The feeding shootout rules are as follows: Must be a current member of the PTR or USPTA Shoot out competitors have 60 [...]

Well it is hard to believe that the PTR Symposium has come and gone. It was quite a week and great experience. This was to be my first trip to Hilton Head and I was looking forward to experiencing the PTR Symposium as i had heard nothing but great things from my colleagues who have [...]

The Zip Zone is hosting its first Pizza party on February 15th: To register for the tennis and pizza party, please call the Zip Zone at 508 368-9675 or email the Zip Zone. The Zip Zone is conveniently located next to the Longfellow Club in Wayland MA. Technorati Tags: tennis, Zip Zone

The PTR International Tennis Symposium is fast approaching. The conference, which is held on Hilton Head Island is starting February 16th 2008 and runs through February 22nd 2008. The speaker list is well rounded with speakers such as Mike Barrell, Nick Saviano, Anne Pankhurst, Lisa Duncan, Jim Loehr, Michele Krause, Anne Smith and Pat Etcheberry. [...]

Who would expect to see a second round match as exciting as Lindsay vs. Maria? Lindsay is playing extremely well since her return to the tour last September winning 19 of 20 matches. Maria is hoping for a chance to reach the Austalian Open final for a second straight year. This match should be shown [...]

It is hard to believe that the Aussie Open starts in just 2 days. Can Roger and Justine continue to roll? Will the Bryan Brothers grab another slam? Here are my picks: Men’s: Novak Djokovic Roger is the safe bet and in all probability will make it to the finals. Novak has given Roger problem [...]

The Longfellow Club will be hosting an open house on January 26th as part of the grand opening of the newest Longfellow tennis facility, the Zip Zone. The Zip Zone is one of the nation’s first tennis facilities built to support the USTA QuickStart Tennis program, providing a fun and more effective way to allow [...]