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How to choose your tennis strings
The four string families, how to pick yours, and the tension to ask for, whether you are brand new or chasing spin.
Playing tennis in the sun
The sun only bothers the shots where you look up. How to move your serve toss out of the glare, handle overheads and lobs, and lob your opponent into it.
Why polyester strings go dead
The usual explanation is that dead poly gets stiff and loses its bounce. The lab data says otherwise. Here is what actually happens when polyester dies.
When to restring your tennis racquet
The famous restringing rule is an old rule of thumb, and the 10-hour number hides a fivefold spread. Here is what the evidence actually says, and how to find your own answer.
How to run a double elimination tennis tournament
Run a double elimination tennis tournament: how the losers bracket gives everyone a second life, why the grand final sometimes needs a reset match, what it costs in court time, and how it differs from a consolation bracket.
How to run a single elimination tennis tournament
Run a single elimination tennis tournament start to finish: size the draw, seed it so the final isn't decided in round one, hand out byes fairly, pick the scoring, and give the players knocked out early somewhere to keep playing.
Keep everyone following your tournament bracket live
How to keep players and spectators in the loop at a tournament: share the bracket link so everyone sees the scores on their own phone, the difference between refreshing for updates and live auto-updating, and the practical ways to get the link in front of a crowd on the day.
How to run a tennis compass draw
A tennis compass draw start to finish: why nobody's done after one loss, how losers slide into the compass-direction brackets, the player counts that run cleanest, who wins each direction, handling byes and drop-outs, and making it your monthly club championship.
How to run a tennis doubles mixer
A tennis doubles mixer start to finish: what it is, how partners rotate so everyone plays with everyone, fitting it to your courts and clock, scoring it by individual games, handling drop-outs, and making it a regular club session.