Yes, getting in shape after giving birth is hard, but luckily it’s not impossible. Just look at tennis. The WTA tour has some big-name moms – Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and past tennis greats like Kim Clijsters, Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong Cawley. These women are living proof that motherhood and fitness aren’t mutually exclusive. So whether your goal is to get back into pro form or just to fit into your pre-pregnancy tennis whites, here are our top tips to get your tennis groove back after becoming a mom
How to Get your Kids Excited about Tennis (or Any Other Sport)
Summer is the perfect time to introduce your kids to tennis. But how can you introduce your kids to tennis (or any sport really) in a way that sparks a lifelong passion without pushing them too hard?
Spotlight on: Cori “Coco” Gauff
Wimbledon fever is upon us! One of the biggest stories to emerge from the early days of Wimbledon 2019 is that of 15-year-old giant slayer Cori “Coco” Gauff. The American tennis phenom made her Grand Slam debut this week, becoming the youngest player in the Open Era to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw.
HEAD Launches new Gravity Racquet Family: It Won’t Bring You Down
The phrases “A new force is coming”, and “Massive Sweet Spot Dominates the Game” have been rampant on all of HEAD’s social media channels of late. Perhaps the worst kept secret is that HEAD is launching a brand new Gravity racquet silo to go alongside the Speed, Radical, Extreme, Prestige, and Instinct lines. For those of you still paying attention, here is a quick summary of HEAD’s current racquet families.
Sprinting into Fall: HEAD Shoe gets SuperFabric Update
SF or SuperFabric has been utilized in the redesign of the shoe. SuperFabric has been used for military applications and is known as a brutally tough armor technology, which is both lightweight and flexible. In a recent interview with Forbes Magazine’s Tim Newcomb, HEAD’s footwear manager Simon Brennais had this to say about the partnership with SuperFabric.
Graphene 360 “Goes to Extremes”
What is immediately apparent from the first look is how far apart the main strings are in the sweet spot. For example, The Speed MP, and Radical MP both have 16×19 string patterns, but string spacing of the mains is much tighter. The extra space between the main strings allows the ball to sink deeper in to the string bed, enabling more spin and power. Though HEAD has an abundance of 100 square inch racquets, what further separates the Extreme series is the thin 21 mm beam at the throat, which transitions to a wider 23/26 mm beam in the hoop.