The News in ACES
Welcome to our newly renovated facility. Stop by and enjoy lessons or matches under updated lighting and on new courts with bright colors and other improvements. Just in time as the fall weather approaches and tennis moves indoors, our fresh look hits the spot!
Tennis is all about coordination. At Westfield Indoor Tennis we pride ourselves on providing the tools, instructions and facilities to help you step up your game and improve your health. Ribbons are a very useful tool for focusing on coordination.
Ribbons are available at all skill levels for training the brain and muscles in the fluid motions and reaction time so important to anticipating, positioning, connecting and following through on your groundstroke. If you want to seen an extreme example of what can be done with a ribbon, just follow this link and check out performance at the 2004 Olympics by Irina Tchachina. You will be amazed.
Anytime is a great time to take a trip to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in Newport, Rhode Island. A wonderful combination of history, current news (including a wide screen monitor to watch current tournaments underway) and training, it includes all aspects of the game. For example, below are examples of the evolution of the tennis racket
The facility collects and displays material in six areas, including film, video and oral histories; photograph collections; object collections; personal player memorabilia; magazines, programs and periodicals and library collections. They employ a well designed display utilizing multimedia which draws on these categories. Racquet construction, clothing fashions, player details and hardware of the sport are well represented in the museum hosted by the Hall of Fame. Furthermore, for a modest fee a visitor can attend a training class right there on the grounds. Just be sure to bring your whites! For more information Call (401) 849-3990, or see their web site, here. USTA members should inquire about their discount ticket price.
Westfield Indoor Tennis recently hosted a sanctioned U.S.T.A. Level 3 tennis championship for boys and girls. Prizes were awarded and great play was well recognized.
Westfield Indoor Tennis hosts various USTA sanctioned L2 and L3 events throughout the year.
Meanwhile, coming in this year, Adam Borr will become a certified USTA High Performance Coach available to help you step up your game at the Westfield Indoor Tennis Club. See Marcy or email in a request for more information.
For the curious among us, here is a link to the USTA Rules.