G L E N L A K E S C L U B S , N E W S & I N F O R M AT I O N
- Players develop a better, more well-rounded game. An analysis of
the world's top tennis players shows that most had extensive clay
court training in their formative years. Clay court play develops
toughness, stamina, patience and strategy that hard court play does
not.
- Clay dries quickly and is environmentally safe. Unlike hard court
surfaces, players can be on a clay court in a matter of minutes after
a rain shower. Har-Tru is made up of natural, crushed, green stone,
leaving no chemicals or toxic waste. Har-Tru absorbs water quickly,
solves run-off control issues, and gets players back on the court for
an exciting match.
CLAY COURT TRAINING
TIPS TO RELEASE YOUR INNER CHAMPION
50%
Allow at least 50% of your tennis training to occur on clay.
For serious players, it’s essential to practice and play at least half of
your matches on clay. It’s easier to go from clay courts to hard courts
than the other way around — and practicing on clay will help you
substantially improve your hard court game.
Doubles
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Focus on topspin, accuracy, and consistency.
If you’re a doubles player, clay-courts will teach you to be ready
for everything to come back, challenge you to volley with greater
precision, and make you more aware of the best shot locations to keep
your team in control of the point.
The Long Game
Improve your patience and persistence as you learn to handle adversity
More shots come back on clay and players learn to be patient. Long
points mean more decisions must be made per point, resulting
in improved decision making. Long points require more mental
endurance, resulting in greater mental toughness. Long points teach
you how to construct a point and beat higher-ranked players.
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GlenLakes Tennis News for January 2019
By Judy Jeanette | Director of Tennis | Certified Elite USPTA Professional
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Tennis Lessons with Judy
You can join me in making improvements to your tennis game. Call and set
up a lesson. 352-232-0321
I would love to guide you through practice and help you improve your game.
The following is WHY you should keep playing tennis at GLENLAKES!!
This was written by HAR TRU
THE BENEFITS OF PLAYING ON CLAY
- To succeed in tennis, players must be able to create and adapt, to attack
and defend, to lose an agonizingly long point and still be ready for the next
one. These attributes are best learned on clay.
A game for your body and soul
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than other surfaces.
- The physical satisfaction comes from playing long points and long matches
without over-stressing the knees, back, and lower extremities.
- The emotional satisfaction comes from the thinking, creating, and tactical
responding that goes into each point and each match.
Har-Tru courts reduce the risk of injury.
- Most amateur tennis players play for life — from the time they're young
until their retirement years. Half of all tennis players are likely to suffer an
injury during a typical season of play. The primary reason: the court surface
and the shoe. But clay surfaces allow sliding, which results in seven times
fewer injuries than surfaces which do not. Har-Tru surfaces allow players to
slide and recover under control, instead of slamming down onto the court,
absorbing the shock in every joint in the body.
- Clay is cooler. Literally. Other dark-colored surfaces absorb and retain the
sun's heat. Har-Tru surfaces retain their moisture and breathe, keeping the
surface an average of 20% cooler than hard courts, even during the hottest
days of summer.
- Slower ball speed means a more enjoyable game. The ball bounce on a
clay court is slower than other surfaces. This means more time to get to
shots resulting in longer rallies that are less strenuous on the body.
Tennis News from Roving Reporter, Velma George
Hey Everyone,
Your Roving Reporter is back from Oregon and a two month’s long writer’s block. Sometimes the words just
won’t come. The block has moved slightly and hopefully a few words will come now.
Maybe you remember a previous story about Earl and the Girlz. It seems the Girlz are back with Jack and not
Earl. What’s up with that? Seems that Earl is one of those Snow Birds who comes back south late in the year.
The Girlz surely know where Earl is, maybe stuck in the snow and cold of Canada. They carried on without Earl
and replaced him with Jack until Earl gets back. Maybe not. When Earl gets back will he replace Jack with the
Girlz or has Earl lost his spot with the Girlz? Only time will tell. More on this
riveting story when Earl gets back to replace, or not, Jack with the Girlz. Both
Jack and Earl are good players, congenial and friendly so I wish the Girlz luck
with deciding which good guy will continue to play with the Girlz.
With the return of all the “Birds” we sometimes have a little parking issue.
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rapidly. Some folks car pool or drive golf carts and that helps somewhat.
Our players are thoughtful and considerate and do not block driveways on
Burnam. Keep up the good work. Our players are also in good shape and
don’t mind walking a few extra steps to get to the courts.
By the way, have you noticed the new purple scorekeeper balls on the tennis
courts? Judy Jeanette made those for us. Thanks Judy!!!! The scorekeepers are a little stiff right now. Try to
rock them up and down instead of twisting, pulling or pushing hard. At least until they loosen up because they
will loosen up over time.
It appears that someone on court #4 used one of the new score balls to play with. It was found broken into
two pieces in the parking lot. It looked like it had been used as a tennis ball. Judy asked that if you see anyone
misusing our courts please report it immediately to the guard station.
See you on court and keep hitting the little yellow fuzzy ball and the larger (pickleball) ball that has holes.
THE GIRLZ with JACK
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