We entered this season knowing we were among the better high school teams in Kentucky and that the defending champions were the strongest team in the state on paper. We and they love that sports are not played on paper. We lost two spirited dual matches to them in the regular season (including one singles…
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2024 KHSAA Kentucky Boys Team State Championship Day 1 in the Books
The Newish Format For the first time in several years, Kentucky has separated its high school singles and doubles state tournaments from the team championship. I’ve been fortunate enough to be an assistant coach at a school that has won its past 4 regional titles. In recent previous seasons, regional and state titles were awarded…
Quick Hits: Kentucky State High School Championships
I made the picturesque* drive from Louisville to Lexington to help coach my school’s entrants in the KHSAA state singles and doubles tournaments hosted by the University of Kentucky. UK has enjoyed a lot of success recently in NCAA tennis losing to the eventual NCAA champions each of the past 3 seasons in the 2022…
My Most Complicated Match in Tennis Coaching: 2022 Kentucky High School Doubles State Championship
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Interviewing the University of Louisville’s Alex Wesbrooks
1) How did winning a state title before college impact your transition to Division 1 college tennis? Winning a state title before I went to college was a huge confidence boost for me. The two years leading up to my state title were rough years for me tennis wise, I didn’t feel like I was…
Coaching During the Era of COVID-19
Precautions First, tennis is considered to be a low risk of transmission with COVID-19 which makes coaching easier. Still, my school and team have been rightfully insistent about players and coaches wearing masks when not playing and maintaining distancing. We check temperatures, limit court rotations for possible contact tracing, and have all players and coaches…
Don’t Call it a Comeback or Time to Hang it Up?
Can these bones live? Wake up call … I got my brains beaten out in both singles and doubles when I played in during a high school tennis practice this past Saturday. To add injury to insult, I lunged/dove for a ball when trailing and lost my balance falling on my left knee and hand. …
Reviewing the Bryan Brothers 4-Part Doubles Series
In the coming months, I am going to review the Bryan Brothers 4-Part Doubles Series. I am doing this in part because as a Kentucky High School tennis coach 2 of the 5 matches in a dual are doubles matches. Therefore, 2/3rds of a team victory can come from sweeping doubles. I will also note…
2019 Kentucky High School Tennis Boys’ Championship Recap and Impressions
2019 Top Seed Tennis Club/KHSAA State Tennis Boys’ Doubles Champions – Justin Lee and Ben Rueff (Trinity (Lou.))https://t.co/XIlSDlAYpr #khstn #MyReasonWhy pic.twitter.com/kQdV3edHyU — KHSAA Main (@KHSAA) June 1, 2019 Boys Doubles – Trinity and Manual Stage a Classic Trinity High School and DuPont Manual High School faced off in the 7th Region doubles final with Manual…
2019 Kentucky High School Tennis Girls’ Championship Recap and Impressions
2019 Top Seed Tennis Club/KHSAA State Tennis Girls’ Doubles Champions – Elizabeth Hamilton and Haliemae Laurino (Ryle)https://t.co/XIlSDlAYpr #khstn #MyReasonWhy pic.twitter.com/k0prvE1c0X — KHSAA Main (@KHSAA) June 1, 2019 Girls’ Doubles – Ryle Reigns due to Communication The doubles final between Ryle and North Oldham High Schools was a contrast. Ryle’s doubles team of Elizabeth Hamilton and…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 