My strange obsession with our beloved Lawn Tennis’ forerunner continues. Maybe I can ask my athletic director to build one of these courts on our campus. Here is a longer look at the sport.
Tag: Court Tennis
Rousseau Solves the Back to School Counundrum
I would as soon, said a wise man, that my pupil had spent his time in the tennis court as in this manner; for there his body at least would havegot exercise.– Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The First Discourse The translation from my first semester of college read “court tennis” instead of just tennis. Court/Real/Royal Tennis existed…
Court/Real/Royal Tennis National Open Footage
I saw Court/Real/Royal Tennis for the first time when I visited the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI in 1999. It gave me some context for things like the Tennis Court Oath from the French Revolution. Still, even watching it played for 10 minutes or so the notion of chases and galleries were…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 