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April 13, 2017

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 ...


October 5, 2016

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 ...


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July 21, 2015

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...


June 8, 2015

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...


April 29, 2015

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...


April 8, 2015

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...


August 22, 2012

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....


August 22, 2012

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....


August 22, 2012

Jeremy Schlitt: Serving As A Mental Coach

Jeremy Schlitt,Boys Tennis   The reality of coaching high school tennis is that by the time your best players attend their first practice, they’ll already have a pretty well developed game. Even as freshmen, those who form t...


August 22, 2012

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...