British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Valery · Valery

There is a interesting discussion of the Chris Lewis' article "How to develop new American stars" http://wp.me/p2iyrR-kV The article has more than 60 comments from the coaches around the world: USA, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc. And you know what, I have had more than 200...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Myself and the guys from Tweener were thinking about re-starting a National Championships style event. This would be a yearly event with county qualifying and a finals weekend that moves around the country from city to city. As well as showcasing the finals, it would also be a tennis festival, wi...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi everyone, That time again. Time to vote for your Brit of the Week for Week 9. And what a week! We had Andy Murray's Davis Cup heroics (how many more times are we going to say that?) and Heather Watson marvellous victory in Monterrey. They're the two frontrunners. However, Naomi Broady's run to the sem...

The Optimist · The Optimist

Just tried to look at Stephen's excellent rankings tables, only to be faced with a message 'Sorry. This site has exceeded it's bandwidth for this month' ???? Anyone else got the same? Any of the more technically-minded on site able to fix it?

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Peter bothwell is a promising teenager from ulster although he is part of the Irish Davis cup squad he is also British . Peter bothwell is the first Ulsterman to achieve an ATP world ranking quite an achievement coming from the smallest home nation in great Britain & NI with only 2 indoor courts and...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi all! Thought I'd add a little weekly feature to the forum, to link my new project, Britennis, with the forum and generate a little bit of discussion about players' achievements and who deserves the label of 'Brit of the Week'. Basically, every week for the past month we've been writing an article an...

insomniacfolder · insomniacfolder

A wryly self-deprecating, sanguine and grounded piece from self-described, "barely Top 100", Nicole Gibbs on the reality of being a Top 100 player on the WTA tour. Or, as she relays, the dizzy heights of being able to "[command] a crowd the size of an 8am college lecture".

shillingsdwain387 · shillingsdwain387

Registration for new spring adventure has started! Sing up for Spring Season 2016 to play competitive tennis and win cash prize and trophy! - Create free profile at tennis league - Find closest league to you and sing up (Singles, Doubles and Mixed leagues offered)- Whe...

wimdledont · wimdledont

Hi all, I've been biting my lip on this for some time, and better start by clearly stating that I am not a medical practitioner, sports physiowhatchamacallit, tennis professional, or sober. Hence this damburst... Has anybody else clocked the number of our players who have been incapacitated by a m...

paulisi · paulisi

Is it just me or does there seem to be a drop in the standard and depth in the world game? Let me provide some examples starting with the women's game and no disrespect to the players mentioned - these are just examples, I can find many more. Other than Serena Williams, the top 20 women are very much of a much...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

A question I often ponder at the moment. People say this is the toughest time to be a male tennis player with the players at the top. People often say, Murray in another era would have won more slams. My question is, that era at the turn of the century, where Hewitt, Moya, Jaun Carlos and Safin won slams, h...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

Speaking to the british tennis fans here Which British players are you currently excited about or following keenly? And why? Junior players or senior.

GBJ · GBJ

Hi, I have the day off today so decided I would go to bed at a more normal hour and watch the Evans v Vanni match this morning (then see if there was anything to watch of Wardy's match too) but looking on the Australian Open live stream on youtube - which I hoped would would start with Evo's match given people...

rfox90 · rfox90

Help Save a Local Tennis Club https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rossfox1

LYTTONWOLF · LYTTONWOLF

Hi, I've recently joined the committee of a club with excellent facilities but few members. One of the reasons is the poor state of the astroturf courts. A good clean would get them as good as new but it's something that would cost well into 4 figures, probably nearer 5 figures. We currently have about £...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi all, I'm an experienced blogger, having run a successful music blog for almost three years before graduating from university, and my feeling is that the time has come to move onto another project outside of work. In summary, I wondered if any of you believed it to be a good idea to start what would ess...

Arcadian · Arcadian

Hi been playing on and off for many, many years starting fairly seriously in the '50s, but now I'm semi retired I'm much more into golf with a steady handicap of around + 14/15 or so, which I've also played for years and which is nowadays shall we say just a little less strenuous....?

I'm sure this i...

baxi2 · baxi2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/33682523

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

Here's an article i just found regarding Tim Henman's views on British junior development. I though it was worth sharing because part of it echoes what Naomi Cavaday was saying in her blog regarding transitioning. Plus it represents the most I've heard Henman elaborate on this topic. Apologies if y...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

http://website.prod.lma.ostmodern.co.uk/leadership-wellbeing/feature-interviews/other-side-net-matt-will****s/

insomniacfolder · insomniacfolder

Interesting, honest, and, to me at least, slightly upsetting, piece about Andrea Petkovic - one of the most eloquent, intelligent, funny and well liked players on the WTA tour - and the emptiness tennis life can bring to a curious soul.

paulisi · paulisi

For anyone who has not seen Josh's website, there is a very good blog about his coaching with Harry and his new job. www.joshuagoodall.com Definitely worth a read for anyone who is not aware of Josh's coaching.

wimdledont · wimdledont

http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/528/QS.pdf

GBJ · GBJ

I don't know about others but while I really appreciate being able to follow a lot of the challengers etc. for free at places like https://livestream.com/ATP I really miss having commentary on them. I always find myself looking forward much more to matches where the Brits are playing on the Centre C...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

I was looking at a few player profiles on the ITF site. I was interested to see what sort of junior stats high ranking players had achieved. Aga Radwanska Junior ranking profile: Career High Combined 1 (26/06/2006) Career High Singles 534= (11/08/2003) Career High Doubles ...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	How to develop new tennis stars (Preview) There is a interesting discussion of the Chris Lewis' article "How to develop new American stars" http://wp.me/p2iyrR-kV The article has more than 60 comments from the coaches around the world: USA, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc. And you know what, I have had more than 200...	Valery	13	1824	Mar 11, 2016 by Coup Droit
	National Championships ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Myself and the guys from Tweener were thinking about re-starting a National Championships style event. This would be a yearly event with county qualifying and a finals weekend that moves around the country from city to city. As well as showcasing the finals, it would also be a tennis festival, wi...	Born2WinTennis	50	4431	Mar 10, 2016 by Born2WinTennis
	Brit of the Week: Week 9 (Preview) Hi everyone, That time again. Time to vote for your Brit of the Week for Week 9. And what a week! We had Andy Murray's Davis Cup heroics (how many more times are we going to say that?) and Heather Watson marvellous victory in Monterrey. They're the two frontrunners. However, Naomi Broady's run to the sem...	BradMarx90	7	1186	Mar 7, 2016 by Sim
	site Problem - Bandwidth ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Just tried to look at Stephen's excellent rankings tables, only to be faced with a message 'Sorry. This site has exceeded it's bandwidth for this month' ???? Anyone else got the same? Any of the more technically-minded on site able to fix it?	The Optimist	15	1730	Mar 6, 2016 by Jan
	Peter bothwell (Preview) Peter bothwell is a promising teenager from ulster although he is part of the Irish Davis cup squad he is also British . Peter bothwell is the first Ulsterman to achieve an ATP world ranking quite an achievement coming from the smallest home nation in great Britain & NI with only 2 indoor courts and...	A1 tennis academy	7	1419	Mar 3, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Brit of the Week: Week 8 (Preview) Hi all! Thought I'd add a little weekly feature to the forum, to link my new project, Britennis, with the forum and generate a little bit of discussion about players' achievements and who deserves the label of 'Brit of the Week'. Basically, every week for the past month we've been writing an article an...	BradMarx90	8	1048	Mar 1, 2016 by BradMarx90
	What being 'Top 100' really means - a players perspective (Preview) A wryly self-deprecating, sanguine and grounded piece from self-described, "barely Top 100", Nicole Gibbs on the reality of being a Top 100 player on the WTA tour. Or, as she relays, the dizzy heights of being able to "[command] a crowd the size of an 8am college lecture".	insomniacfolder	6	993	Feb 27, 2016 by DF
	Flex Tennis League – Spring Season 2016 (Preview) Registration for new spring adventure has started! Sing up for Spring Season 2016 to play competitive tennis and win cash prize and trophy! - Create free profile at tennis league - Find closest league to you and sing up (Singles, Doubles and Mixed leagues offered)- Whe...	shillingsdwain387	0	541	Feb 26, 2016 by shillingsdwain387
	Weights (Preview) Hi all, I've been biting my lip on this for some time, and better start by clearly stating that I am not a medical practitioner, sports physiowhatchamacallit, tennis professional, or sober. Hence this damburst... Has anybody else clocked the number of our players who have been incapacitated by a m...	wimdledont	5	1207	Feb 22, 2016 by philwrig
	The standard and depth of tennis across the world ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Is it just me or does there seem to be a drop in the standard and depth in the world game? Let me provide some examples starting with the women's game and no disrespect to the players mentioned - these are just examples, I can find many more. Other than Serena Williams, the top 20 women are very much of a much...	paulisi	15	1954	Feb 22, 2016 by Kenneth
	Different Era's can you combine? (Preview) A question I often ponder at the moment. People say this is the toughest time to be a male tennis player with the players at the top. People often say, Murray in another era would have won more slams. My question is, that era at the turn of the century, where Hewitt, Moya, Jaun Carlos and Safin won slams, h...	Vandenburg	2	710	Feb 8, 2016 by christ
	British players you are following? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Speaking to the british tennis fans here Which British players are you currently excited about or following keenly? And why? Junior players or senior.	skibbarriz	21	3472	Feb 7, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Aus Open - Please help - links for watching without finding results out (Preview) Hi, I have the day off today so decided I would go to bed at a more normal hour and watch the Evans v Vanni match this morning (then see if there was anything to watch of Wardy's match too) but looking on the Australian Open live stream on youtube - which I hoped would would start with Evo's match given people...	GBJ	1	485	Jan 13, 2016 by EddietheEagle
	Help Save a Local Tennis Club (Preview) Help Save a Local Tennis Club https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rossfox1	rfox90	0	584	Jan 12, 2016 by rfox90
	Grants/funding to clean our courts (Preview) Hi, I've recently joined the committee of a club with excellent facilities but few members. One of the reasons is the poor state of the astroturf courts. A good clean would get them as good as new but it's something that would cost well into 4 figures, probably nearer 5 figures. We currently have about £...	LYTTONWOLF	5	646	Jan 10, 2016 by LYTTONWOLF
	British Tennis "Blog" ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi all, I'm an experienced blogger, having run a successful music blog for almost three years before graduating from university, and my feeling is that the time has come to move onto another project outside of work. In summary, I wondered if any of you believed it to be a good idea to start what would ess...	BradMarx90	15	4314	Dec 15, 2015 by Bob in Spain
	Golf handicap scoring system....? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi been playing on and off for many, many years starting fairly seriously in the '50s, but now I'm semi retired I'm much more into golf with a steady handicap of around + 14/15 or so, which I've also played for years and which is nowadays shall we say just a little less strenuous....? I'm sure this i...	Arcadian	18	2154	Dec 12, 2015 by Arcadian
	And LTA performance director bites the dust - shambles ! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/33682523	baxi2	16	3970	Dec 10, 2015 by vohor
	Interesting 2013 Henman article on British junior development (Preview) Here's an article i just found regarding Tim Henman's views on British junior development. I though it was worth sharing because part of it echoes what Naomi Cavaday was saying in her blog regarding transitioning. Plus it represents the most I've heard Henman elaborate on this topic. Apologies if y...	skibbarriz	14	1521	Dec 7, 2015 by paulisi
	Interview with the of Head Gosling Tennis Academy (Preview) http://website.prod.lma.ostmodern.co.uk/leadership-wellbeing/feature-interviews/other-side-net-matt-will****s/	skibbarriz	5	2932	Nov 20, 2015 by paulisi
	Human Interest - Andrea Petkovic (Preview) Interesting, honest, and, to me at least, slightly upsetting, piece about Andrea Petkovic - one of the most eloquent, intelligent, funny and well liked players on the WTA tour - and the emptiness tennis life can bring to a curious soul.	insomniacfolder	4	824	Nov 6, 2015 by skibbarriz
	Josh Goodall coaching (Preview) For anyone who has not seen Josh's website, there is a very good blog about his coaching with Harry and his new job. www.joshuagoodall.com Definitely worth a read for anyone who is not aware of Josh's coaching.	paulisi	7	2144	Nov 2, 2015 by Downe to the courts
	Random ranking points awarded (WTA)... (Preview) http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/528/QS.pdf	wimdledont	9	2779	Oct 21, 2015 by PaulM
	Where to get more commentary for matches involving Brits (Preview) I don't know about others but while I really appreciate being able to follow a lot of the challengers etc. for free at places like https://livestream.com/ATP I really miss having commentary on them. I always find myself looking forward much more to matches where the Brits are playing on the Centre C...	GBJ	8	2194	Oct 9, 2015 by steven
	How are junior ranking calculated? (Preview) I was looking at a few player profiles on the ITF site. I was interested to see what sort of junior stats high ranking players had achieved. Aga Radwanska Junior ranking profile: Career High Combined 1 (26/06/2006) Career High Singles 534= (11/08/2003) Career High Doubles ...	skibbarriz	3	482	Oct 6, 2015 by skibbarriz
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