Tennis Together

05/26/2018

Note - If you've landed on this page to get in touch about playing adult tennis in some sort of league/open-play format in Ridgefield, please follow this page and I'll set an event up the week of June 11th where people can come out and meet/hit/find partners etc. - adam

08/21/2017

Chief Justice Roberts on Lessons Learned from Adversity By Doug Abrams  This is a brief guest column. The guest is John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Much has been written lately about “helicopter parents,” mothers and fathers who strive to shield their children from all advers...

07/06/2017

Sundays 9am 7/16, 7/23 and 8/6 at Mimosa.... putting together some open (free) play for kids ages 5-10. Share.... but note this is not a drop off thing. Stick around....

03/18/2017

New friends at Hardscrabble. Two sets of twins in one class... taught by a twin :)

03/18/2016

Start playing something (else).... a well written piece on why we smile when we hear youth tennis players are wrestling, dancing, playing soccer and doing everything else under the sun.

Across the country, sport specialization continues to be popular within youth sports, as parents and young athletes chase athletic stardom and college scholarships. In some cases, athletes as young as 11 years old are being asked to sign ‘contracts’ where they commit to playing just one sport all ye…

03/07/2016

Fashion inspired... now to find a pair made from red balls :)

12/07/2015

If you have time, listen to the whole thing... if you have a few seconds, zip forward to 8:35 and consider friendship as an outcome for sport...

Sports coaches often times act as mentors to their young athletes. Coaching athletes through the basics of a sport can grow into guiding them through the tough parts of their lives. Bill Littlefield sat down with Lou Bergholz and John McCarthy to discuss their work in promoting sports mentorships.

12/03/2015

Time to blast off.... register for class at ridgebury after school enrichment today :) http://www.ridgeburyase.org/winter-2016-classes/tennis/

10/29/2015

What's your coaching philosophy?

09/22/2015

Putting a group together for early Sunday mornings. 7:15AMs at the Ridgefield HS. Hoping for three solid weeks of play before Halloween...

09/17/2015

Long time since last post... but how satisfying is it to know kids are getting a proper education in Ridgefield? The proof is in the picture. T IS FOR TENNIS, AND the ball is Quickstart RED BALL.