The Superpower of Compassion
Today marks the 7th anniversary of my first post here at parentingaces.com. It's cause for celebration - sure! - but also cause for reflection.One of my...
A Look at the 2019 Transition Tour & Its Impact
I received the following article from a long-time member of the ParentingAces Community. She put a lot of effort into dissecting and explaining the new ITF Transition Tour and...
Junior Tennis Academies: Friend or Foe?
The Beginning:In 1969 Harry Hopman came to the States and started working with two players set to change the history of tennis. At the Port Washington Tennis Academy in...
When PPR Goes Awry
USTA has been using the Points Per Round (PPR) ranking system for many years, and, for the most part, it works relatively well. At the beginning...
ITA Singles Rankings by Country
Yesterday, the ITA released its first rankings of the 2018-19 academic year. Given all the conversation about how many international versus American players are playing college tennis, I thought...
US Open Musings Day 14
This was a very interesting US Open to say the least! Between the heat, the questionable decisions by various chair umpires throughout the two weeks, and the scoring and...
US Open Musings Day 13
As I mentioned yesterday, one of my favorite things about being at the US Open is meeting people I've previously only connected with electronically. For several days, my friend,...
US Open Musings Day 12
One of the very cool things about being credentialed at the US Open is the people you meet in the Media Center and Media Dining Room. Over the years,...
US Open Musings Day 11
As I reported yesterday, the junior matches were scheduled to begin an hour later - at noon - today, so I took my time packing my luggage and getting...
US Open Musings Day 10
Sometimes you meet people quite by accident who wind up having a profound influence on you. Coach Zibu Ncube is one of those people.When my son first got serious...
