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Study: Individual-sport athletes suffer more overuse injuries
A new study published this week concluded that individual-sport athletes who specialize suffer more overuse injuries than those who play team sports. The study, published in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, concluded that young athletes who ...

Michigan prep tennis player awarded $30K in bullying lawsuit
A Michigan high school tennis player who claimed administrators ignored her complaints over bullying has been awarded a $30,000 settlement. Carly Pratt, a tennis star at Portage Central High School, filed a lawsuit against the school more than a ...

Mapping how far athletes run during competition
Unless we're talking about track or cross country, its difficult to map exactly how far athletes run during competition. Fortunately for us, today's technology is helping us solve that problem. [caption id="attachment_13463" align="alignright" wi...

Mich. prep tennis player sues school over alleged bullying
A Michigan high school tennis player is suing her school, coach and athletic director, alleging that she was bullied by teammates and each of them did nothing about it. Carly Pratt, who attends Portage Central High School, claims she was the subje...

Pennsylvania boys tennis team DQ’ed for using a girl
A boys high school tennis team in Pennsylvania was forced to forfeit a handful of matches and its section title for using a girl during competition. California Area High School has teams for both boys and girls, so the Western Pennsylvania Inters...

Wisconsin university cuts men’s soccer, tennis programs
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will cut its men's soccer and tennis programs after the school year to provide its athletic department more financially stability and comply with Title IX requirements. [caption id="attachment_11635" align="al...

Schlitt: Managing A Large Tennis Program With Extra Staff
Jeremy Schlitt, Head Boys Tennis Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about how he uses extra staff to manage the tennis program....

Schlitt: Staggering Practice Times
Jeremy Schlitt, Head Boys Tennis Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), explains how he organizes practice times for his players....

Jeremy Schlitt: Building Excellence In A No-Cut Sport
Jeremy Schlitt,Boys Tennis Some high school coaches wouldn’t be too happy with the balancing act Jeremy Schlitt performs to do his job. As boys tennis coach at Arrowhead, Schlitt balances the demands of coaching a successf...

Jeremy Schlitt: Facilities Make All The Difference
Jeremy Schlitt,Boys Tennis While the Arrowhead tennis facilities may not be quite as impressive as the artificial-turf football field or the basketball field house, they are a definite plus for the program, says varsity head co...