What’s New at Har-Tru
ClayTech 10 Years In - Finding a Sense of Place
Being a part of Har-Tru creates a rather deep, even profound, sense of place in tennis. Best as we can determine, the first patented, trademarked, and widely-circulated brand in tennis courts was ...
USTA National Campus HydroCourts - 1 Year In
At their National Campus, which opened in January of 2017, the USTA chose to install 32 of Har-Tru’s HydroCourts. One year later we were wondering how much the courts were used and how they perfor...
Winter Challenges for Clay Courts
Playing on clay during the winter months is a real joy for thousands of tennis players. In south Florida, winters are mild enough to keep the clay in play while air structures and permanent buildin...
Har-Tru vs. HydroCourt for an Indoor Surface?
Indoor facilities offer a year-round opportunity to cater to a tennis population that likes the soft sliding surface characteristics of a clay court. The demand for play keeps some of these facili...
The Benefits of Playing on Clay
To succeed in tennis, players must be able to create and adapt, to attack and defend, to lose an agonizingly long point and still be ready for the next one. These attributes are best learned on clay.
It’s US Open Time!! Did You Know?
The US National Championship, subsequently the US Open, was one of the earliest, national competitions in the US, predated only by horse racing and baseball. While other sports, such as Cricket, F...
While the bulk of us are basking (or gasping) in the dog days of summer, at least a few tennis facilities are starting to prep for the indoor tennis season. Depending on what part of the country yo...
LED Lighting for Tennis – Is It Really Here?
Perhaps you recently read where the All England Tennis Club has installed LED lighting on Center Court. It only gets used when the roof is closed but the club spent a considerable sum to replace w...
The King of Clay Proves that Tennis Needs a Serve Clock
Here’s how it could work:
Tennis – Choose the Right Partner and Great Things Will Follow
I had two different doubles partners during my college tennis career. Both were lefties and I am a righty, giving us forehands down the middle. We weren’t the Bryan brothers but we did OK for our...