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THIS has to be the best spot to live in Santa Monica.....TENNIS COURTS AND THE OCEAN that is like your front yard.  What do you guys think?

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I saw this most awesome tool on a Facebook ad and new that I just had to share with my Tennis Metro family. Its the Obiband Tennis Ball Holder. Essentially its a belt, but if you're someone that has those favorite workout pants that don't have pockets this is the answer for you. Especially in the winter, I have trouble with my tennis outfits, because my most comfortable workout pants don't generally have pockets. The...

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After watching Ana play today, I realized that she is my kindred tennis spirit. Blazing fast serves are her signature and I don't mean to brag, but my serve ain't too shabby either. Its too bad the rest of my game needs a lotta work. Currently ranked 20, here's some info on my new fave!   Ivanović's mother Dragana, who is a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman,...

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Ahhhh! The beginning of another beautiful tennis season. I'm excited to announce my picks for this year's Australian Open. I will be right here with my injured ankle watching this fantastic beginning to a new season. While its difficult for me to put a finger on the 'real' winner, I can narrow it down to who I think will be the top 5 in each category. Excited to see the madness that ensues. Stay tuned...

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I knew it was important to have specific shoes for Tennis, however, until my recent injury I didn't realize how important. I'm now trying to desperately recover from a foot injury that may possibly have something to do with my shoes.                                                        Replacing your tennis shoes is VERY important. I'm sure that many of us are guilty to wearing our shoes through the sole, wearing regular fitness shoes, wearing the wrong size, etc. Here's a...

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Hi Friends, I was looking for a ladder in LA and realized there isn't one. To start off, I thought we can try a mixed ladder for fun. Our webmaster, Bruno, has graciously extended an offer for a great potluck for our ladder if we can generate enough interest. Take this ladder as a warm-up ladder to later, more specific, ladders and a gateway to some friendly competition. I intentionally created a general 3.5 -4.5...

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So I have faltered. After my first tournament back, which turned out to be a bit of a mental bust, I had a long tennis hiatus. I am ashamed and sorry. I couldn't even face the TennisMetro community, lol. Ok it wasn't that bad; I but I recently moved and had to get re-adjusted with my schedule. Sometimes that happens in Tennis and in any sport, real life gets in the way. Although I wasn't...

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6 Tennis Ball Machine Drills That Work For All Levels Tennis ball machine drills are a great way to improve your game when you don’t have a partner to play against. Ball machines are also very useful for perfecting specific swings. If you’ve just bought a tennis ball machine, or your thinking of renting time with one from your local club you probably could use some advice on how to get started. Before we get...

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I'm sure you all know by now that tennis is a dynamic sport and it's not just about athletics, although that is about 75% of the game. The other very STRONG 25% is your mental tennis game. The mental game is something that I have battled with for a lot of my tennis career, from junior high school, all the way to the tournament that I just played in. Here is a quick tip list...

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Hey everyone, So I'm in Week 6 and I have to say that I slacked off last week a little bit and only played twice, it was a crazy busy work week. We are finally in Week 6, which is a pinnacle of the training program. How can you ever get better if you don't put your skills to the test? Alas, I have signed up for a USTA tournament, the first that I have...

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  After the whole "If I could, I'd shove this ball down your throat" fiasco, Serena kind of apologized and then we never really got to hear what happened. There were a lot of ideas of how Serena was going to be penalized for threatening the line judge. After the event, there seemed to be talk of a monetary fine as well as some type of suspension. So what is really going on in result...

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If you've ever logged on to this site, you see BRUNO everywhere trying to get us to sign up for ladders, offering us contests and asking us to invite new members. While Bruno keeps the TennisMetro ship running there's little we know about Bruno and his love of tennis. Yes, Bruno plays tennis, he is not just the creator of this fantastic networking site. I thought I would take this opportunity to get to know...

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Being confident and aggressive are important qualities in the game of tennis. And since we are in this sport individually we must rely on ourselves to prepare a strategy and move forward. Reading and paroozing through blogs I noticed that many think that the Serve and Volley strategy is dead, however, Kim Clijsters used a lot of that strategy to climb her way back to number 1. During my transformation of 'moving to the net',...

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Being a singles player sometimes gets you into a comfortable groove of being at the baseline. This week's concerted effort is to come up to the net. I tried it on Monday and Tuesday and it took a while before I was being really affective but its working. Now....just to work on the volley's. There are tons of exercises that you can do to supplement 'coming to the net'. Wrist/Forearm curls - take two 5-10...

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This year's US Open had many unexpected twists and turns, I plan to report on all the highlights of this year's tournaments. There are a lot of unexpected winners in this year's competition, but winning isn't everything, its all about the impressions you leave as you will see in this recap. 9/2/2009 - Marat Safin (brother of Dinara Safina) says his final grand slam goodbyes. 9/10/2009 - Melanie Oudin rises to the top (or close to...

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Live in Minneapolis or St. Paul? Like helping kids learn and love tennis? InnerCity Tennis Needs Volunteers! If you like working with kids, we can use you! Both 5.0 players and people with no tennis experience can volunteer! InnerCity Tennis is now accepting volunteer applications for its 2009-2010 Saturday Program, which offers FREE programming to over 300 kids each week. The program takes place at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center and starts on Saturday afternoon,...

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This year's open has taken many twists and turns. I'm surprised at the outcome of the women's matches and very disappointed in Serena's behavior. I wonder how it will affect her doubles playing with Venus, but I digress. Who's in it for the win? Well all of them of course but there are only two main winners at the US Open Men's Winner and Women's Winner. Here are my predictions Men's Final Nadal VS. Djokovic ...

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For tennis champions to make a comeback after marriage and a child is pretty uncommon. Kim Clijsters makes it look soo easy as she climbs her way over the tantrum-ridden Serena                   (6-4, 7-5) into the women's finals today. Clijsters, a 26 year-old Belgium player makes her debut after a short hiatus to begin building a family. A former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles, Clijsters is making no excuses to get back to the...

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In the midst of the excitement of the US open's fabulous singles players, sometimes it is easy to forget that there is so much more going on at the US Open. Aside from the doubles tournaments that aren't featured much until the later rounds, there is also wheelchair tennis. Thanks to Direct TV I was able to get the US Open mix and see some matches that I wouldn't normally pay attention to. Wheelchair tennis...

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Although I am thoroughly amped up for the Monfils vs. Nadal match, I have already profiled both players. This is going to be a crazy match, but while us Monfils fans wait for that match to occur later today, there is an equally exciting player that has always peaked my interest. JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO Aside from having a four-part name, Del Potro's matches are always filled with passion and excitement. As I'm sure that...

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