It was another wonderful week at the 52nd National Senior Women’s Clay Court Championships! Houston Racquet Club rolled out the welcome mat with delicious daily lunches and breakfasts, banquets and happy hours, beautiful locker rooms and facilities, and well-kept clay courts…

Mountain View Sports & Racquet Club (MVSRC) received one of the two grants awarded by the NWTO this past year...

We want to welcome a newly-elected board member to NWTO, Mariko Fritz-Krockow. As a new tournament player to age-level events, Mariko brings a wealth of talent on court and enthusiasm off court for senior tennis…

Black Girls Tennis Club, one of the recipients of the $2500 NWTO Community Grant Program, checked the majority of the boxes as outlined in NWTO’s grant application…

The world lost a beloved woman, Betty Hill.

NWTO members have talents that extend beyond the tennis court, and artist Mary Morgan is a fine example of that. Mary works to balance her studio time with her tennis. Tennis and art, her two lifelong avocations, continue to fulfill her, and she has no plans to stop either one!

You have probably already heard that avocados are good for you. Just how can this fruit (not a vegetable) improve your health, especially your heart health?

While we have all experienced LOVE on the court (not scoring in a game or set), few of us have been so lucky as to share the court with our one true love. Brandi Bratek has experienced just that and has a shiny ITF World Championship Mixed Doubles gold medal as proof…

The term “feeling your oats” was derived from the frisky and active way horses responded to having oats in their diet. Research is showing that there may be real health benefits to oats in the human diet as well.

When it comes to cholesterol, tennis players have an advantage because of the exercise involved and tennis’ positive effects on stress and weight control. However, hyperlipidemia, the medical term for high blood cholesterol, is a serious medical problem for many.

Betsy has spent her entire career in tennis, beginning as a teaching professional at John Gardiner’s Tennis Ranch in Carmel, CA. When she decided to return to the Midwest, she began a teaching career in Kalamazoo and was named the Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Western Michigan in the fall of 1982…

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common seasonal respiratory virus that causes cold-like symptoms usually during fall, winter, and spring. However, just as we are getting out of the COVID-19 pandemic, RSV infection cases are rapidly increasing and becoming unseasonal…

Lisa Hoffstein is a perfect spotlight for December where we are highlighting both serving and receiving.  As a young girl, Lisa received the gift of being part of a tennis family, watching her older brothers and parents play…

Exercise training is one of many strategies used to maintain healthy weight as well as lose weight.  However, weight loss does not always mean body fat loss.  Current research supports the positive changes that exercise can make to both body fat and health…

Rose Austin is surprised she found tennis in the first place.  She grew up in a small Minnesota town with no tennis courts–and in the 40s and 50s, schools had very little in the way of sports for girls…

Most types of fats are synthesized in the body, but omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids which cannot be synthesized in the body and must be obtained from foods or supplements. You may see the three main omega-3 fatty acids identified by their acronyms: alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)…

For Colleen Clery Ferrell, tennis was more a “family” sport than a competitive one through high school. She took up the game when her dad gave her a Maureen Connolly racket so she could play with her three brothers. They played as a family, and she played #1 on her high school team in Palatine, Illinois, but she was never a junior tournament player…

Fat is one of the macronutrients that provide energy to the body (carbohydrate and protein are the other two). Although carbohydrates are the major energy sources during tennis play, fat is also used as an energy source, especially during longer matches and training sessions…

If you live in South Florida, there is a very good chance you know Lou Armstrong, this month’s member spotlight. Lou has done it all. She knows every aspect of tennis, so following her journey and tapping into her wisdom from years around the game are gifts for us all.

Researchers have studied effective nutritional recovery strategies for muscle fatigue for decades.  Adequate protein intake may be one of the most important means for tennis players to promote synthesis of muscle protein and muscle recovery.