Paddle Tennis: Learning to be a Good Sport
You may not win every game in paddle tennis (or in life) but being a gracious good sport is a skill some players need to hone more than their backhands.
Play Days
This year, give your workout wardrobe a kick of color. Sports are fun—your sportswear should be, too. Beach Warrior Jenny Guzon-Bae, a yoga instructor at Lake Forest’s Forever Om Yoga, discovered her love of the discipline a few years ago while filming Survivor: Cook Islands. Yoga kept her sane during the competition and, afterward, helped […]
Fresh: Tennis Time
The area’s largest indoor racquet club recently re-opened with new and improved facilities—including blue, cushioned court surfaces from DecoTurf, the surface used at the Olympic Games and the U.S. Open. Now all you have to do is learn to smash a forehand like Serena Williams. The Glenbook Racquet Club Northbrook glenbrookracquetclub.net * Make It Better […]
Prevent Paddle Problems
Paddle injuries aren’t inevitable; warm ups and simple stretches can make a difference. The platform tennis craze is sweeping the North Shore. So, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that overuse injuries are following in its wake. Regardless of fi tness level, this fast-paced game can bring infl ammation and degenerative changes, especially if […]
