Orindawoods Tennis Club Newsletter
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2026
Mar 26 New Website; Change, Tennis Teaches Us How To Deal With It
Feb 26 Loving Tennis for Performance, Keith's reflections on European travel
Jan 26 Nature of Learning, The Spanish X
2025
Nov 25 USTA Section Connection Highlights, A Elevated Game of Catch
Oct 25 Highlights and Lessons from the RSPA World Confrence
Sept 25 Social Tennis; How We Learned; The Learning Process
Aug 25 Positioning and Predicting; The Feel of Tennis
July 25 Red Dirt Road Journal; Myth of Forward
June 25 The Orindawoods Way; Keith's Thirty Years
Mar 25 String and Stringing; Decision Making
Feb 25 Moment of Contact; The Volley
Jan 25 Using Your Legs On the Serve
2024
Dec 24 Performance; Three Things to Fix Your Stroke
Nov 24 The Gambler / sports psychology; Tennis Injuries and treatments
Oct 24 Review of club rules; Keith's Report from Racquet Sports World Confrence
Sept 24 Going Slow, Then Going Slower
Aug 24 Red Clay and Orindawoods, What to Learn?
July 24 Improving Your Competive Game, Serve +1, Return +1
June 24 Why Do I Miss Shots?; Summer Tennis at OW
May 24 MTT, Summer Junior Tennis, USTA Annual Meeting
Apr 24 Junior Development Through the Junior Years
Mar 24 Weather App and Reports, Beware of Tennis Tips
Feb 24 Damp Courts, What to Do? Twist My Arm
Jan 24 New Association Management; Club Doubles, the Biggest Errors
2023
Dec 23 Dealing with Arm Pain, The Overhead
Nov 23 Holding the Racquet; Mouse and the Sledgehammer
Oct 23 Keeping it Real, USPTA World Confrence Highlights; Control and Energy
Sept 23 US Open Thoughts and Musings, Tennis Court Etiquette.
Aug 23 A Misunderstanding of Force; Orindawoods Membership; A Game of Ladies and Gentlemen
July 23 The Vortex; Defending the Lob (II).
June 23 Four Squares on a Tennis Court; Why Do We Make Mistakes
May 23 Holding On; Where Are We in Twenty-Three
Apr 23 Defending the Lob in Club Tennis
Mar 23 Oreos, Depth of Field; Balance and Luck
Fed 23 Moment of Decision; Tennis and Skiing
Jan 23 The Pros Have it Easy :-)
2022
Dec 22 Positioning: In the Way, Instead of Out of the Way
Nov 22 More Control = Longer Rallies?, Spring Tennis, Problem Solving, 2023 Junior Program
Oct 22 USPTA Convention Lessons, Focus in Match Play
Sept 22 Play Social Tennis, Keith's US Open Journal
July 22 The Force of Nature
June 22 USPTA Instruction Highlights; A Koan For Tennis Improvement
May 22 Patric's Goodbye; The Warm Up
Apr 22 Catch the Wave, USTA Annual Meeting, State of US Tennis
Mar 22 Slow to Quick, Moving at the Net
Feb 22 The Orindawoods Way, The Shape of Things
Jan 22 Catching the Ball for Better Control and Confidence
2021
Dec 21 Strategy and Tactics, Impressions from the USTPA Fall Convention
Nov 21 Footwork: Moving Around the Court; Pickleball Playdays / Drop-ins
Oct 21 Joy of Tennis; Finding the Balance in Play (safety and aggression)
Sept 21 Playing to the Side, Pickleball rules
Aug 21 The Hourglass (doubles tactics); Pickleball at Orindawoods
July 21 On Hurrying; Physicsology, combining physics and physiology for success.
June 21 Tach Line; Time and the Lob; How Muscles Work; Focus
May 21 Knowing, Doing, Believing, Being; The Ego and the Forehand Volley
Apr 21 The Natural, Two Choices, Setting Up the Volley
Feb 21. History of Tennis in Four Balls; The Propeller
Jan 21. Playing with Members of Your Household; Thoughts on Shelter in Place
2020
Dec 20. Depth of Field, positioning; Everything You Need, Nothing That You Don't
Nov 20. Tennis: A Competitive Game AND a Group Activity
Oct 20 The Next Shot, Serve+1 and Return+1
Aug 20. Contact: Two-One-Two; Reading and Reacting to Your Opponent's Ball
July 20 Footwork Revisited and Enhanced; Tennis Tips From Rumi
June 20 Twenty-Five Years, A Reflection; Positive Energy, An Inspiration
May 20 Resources to Help In Pandemic Times
April 20 Tennis in Times of Uncertainty; Tennis is a Receiving Game
Mar 20. Court Positioning 3.0 to 5.0, Shoulder Rotation, A Human's Advantage
Feb 20 Levels of Cool; Receiver's Partner, Moving Reduces Aiming
Jan 20 The Thinking Conundrum; How the Pros Hit So Hard
2019
Dec 19 Doubles Troubles; Flying Solo; The Little Big Errors
Nov 19 Effects, Not Side Effects; One More Step; USPTA Convention Highlights
Oct 19 Play the Ball, Not the Player; Analytics
Sept 19 What Players Know; The Hardest Thing in Tennis; Avoiding the 3.5 Winner
Aug 19 Footwork: The Split Step, Styles of Play 1970 to 2020
July 19 Consistency, Dreams vs. Expectations
June 19 3.5 Thinking vs 4.5 Thinking; The Contact Challenge
May 19 Ready Position; Quickness; Experience and Reality; Receiver's Partner
April 19 Bag Check, Knowledge and Belief, The Essential, Tale of Two Shots
March 19 Shot of Choice, Serenity Tennis, The Forehand Volley
Feb 2019 Over the Net, Spin for In; Dealing With Lucky Shots; Taking It Slow
Jan 2019 The Performance Triangle
2018
Dec 2018 How to Use Gravity; Six Stages of a Match
Nov 2018 Whose Your Master?, Returns, Two Big Lies, Tie Breakers
Oct 2018 Tennis Triangles; Tennis Cons; Contact: Touching and Catching
Sept 2018 Playing the Middle; Contact: Line of the Ball / Line of Your Stroke
Aug 2018 Mapping the Court, A Boat Load of Really Bad Physics, and Keeping It On The Road.
July 2018 Targets and Jr. Lines; Target Middle; The Target Not the Ball
June 2018 Timing and Contact; The Natural
May 2018 Tactics; The Many and The Few
April 2018 Ball Alignment Pt. II; Shot Selection
Mar. 2018 Alignment In Tennis; Practicing Serves
Feb. 2018 The Alley; When to Restring
Jan. 2018 Stroke Breakdown; The Second Voice
