Carbohydrate intake is crucial to tennis players.  Setting up a carbohydrate-intake strategy is complex because there are many factors that could affect energy consumption during matches, including temperature, court surface, playing style, and individual’s nutrients and health conditions, etc…

Our Member Spotlight this month is Kim Diehl. Kim is a tennis instructor who says that “nothing makes me feel more satisfied than seeing the smile on a person’s face when they realize they are learning the game of tennis”…

Begin to train your brain by practicing mindfulness. Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing your awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations in a non-judgmental manner…

Our Member Spotlight this month is Ruel Page. Ruel was in her 50s before she turned back to tennis and actually took some comprehensive lessons and focused on how to play the game.  At the suggestion of a friend, she joined a local tennis club…

For athletes including tennis players, sodium is an essential and major electrolyte and mineral that plays a critical role in regulating or maintaining fluid balance, cognition, blood pressure, muscle contraction, and nervous function. It is estimated that we need about 500 milligrams (mg) of sodium daily for these vital functions…

Our Member Spotlight this month is Angie Crawford. Angie represents the type of player that the NWTO is now seeing as a building block of the organization. She competes in league play and occasional local tournaments…

People decide to take dietary supplements for many reasons, including to maintain or improve general health and to improve a wide range of health problems (e.g., digestive issues, pain, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, arthritis, mood issues, etc.). The following are suggestions for choosing a supplement…

Our Member Spotlight this month is Andrea Barnes. Andrea is one of the lucky few who have been able to live out a passion for tennis in both her professional and recreational life dating back to the year she turned 11...

It was 1954...I remember the sounds of the first day that I held a tennis racquet. Pop, pop...I heard the sound of bare tennis balls against the nylon strings of a wood racquet, and when I did not run fast enough or place my feet correctly to hit the ball, the sound of a wood racquet against a wooden leg…

Leslie Pixley has been a senior USPTA-certified professional at the Brandywine Racquet Club for more than 40 years. She is also a senior teaching pro at the West Chester Golf & Country Club. She instructed children and adults in public park settings for many years…

Our Member Spotlight this month are Anne and Lynne. Like many twins, they do a whole lot together.  There is never a need to worry about finding a hitting (or doubles) partner, someone with whom to go hiking, run a marathon, or talk things over…

The field of nutrition is expanding with growing interest in how food and nutrition affect human health, wellness and prevention of diseases.  Health-conscious consumers are driving the demand for accurate food and nutrition information.

Three NWTO members and players have gone through major surgery and the resulting rehabilitation and are sharing their experience, expertise and advice.  Vicky (V) and Kaysie (K) underwent rotator cuff surgery and Joan (J) a hip replacement.  They hope you don’t have to experience either one of these, but here’s their shared wisdom if you do!

The field of nutrition is expanding with growing interest in how food and nutrition affect human health, wellness and prevention of diseases.  Health-conscious consumers are driving the demand for accurate food and nutrition information.

Our Member Spotlight this month is Jan Kirkland Cochran. Jan got started in tennis relatively late compared to most of the ladies against whom she now competes. She says, “First of all, I probably would have never played tennis had I not started flying with Delta Air Lines as a flight attendant. I actually started my career with Delta as a secretary in 1972.

In the spirit of balancing tennis and life, here is a recipe that is a complete game-changer for preserving family meal time on those days with scattered league matches. This meatball soup is called “TCD” because we have it all the time in conjunction with mixed doubles league play organized by the “Tennis Competitors of Dallas.”  It is a recipe with the instruction:  “Go play tennis.”

Our Member Spotlight this month is Wendy McColskey: There are sometimes special moments in our lives when the almost unbelievable happens.  For NWTO member Wendy McColskey, that moment occurred two years ago, in September 2019.  In one week, a top personal tennis and career success were realized.

I am wired to automatically pick up the balls.  In fact, I have been known to step in and pick up balls in situations where I am not even in the drill, hitting off the ball machine, or taking the lesson. Consequently, I get super annoyed when people who are actually supposed to pick up the balls… don’t.

Our Member Spotlight this month is Janet French: As a child of the depression, Janet French learned about tennis early. With no money for babysitters, her parents took her along when they went to play on the clay courts near the University of Chicago. Janet’s father and fellow NWTO member Theo Sheperd’s father were doubles partners at the U of C Club…

Our Member Spotlight this month is Nell Graham Sale: Growing up in Charleston, WV, Nell played competitive tennis from the ages of 12 to 18, both in regional and national girls’ events. As a member of NWTO, she has shared her love of tennis and tournament competition with others in her area, growing the number of players at our tournaments…