by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis It couldn’t come at a […]
News
Saturday, September 8, 2018 11 am to 3 pm Golden Gate Park Tennis Center Nancy Pelosi Dr & […]
Party for Golden Gate Park Tennis Center
Michael W. Skinner is the Executive Director of Youth Tennis Advantage (YTA). For 50 years YTA has served […]
Five Questions For… Mike Skinner, Executive Director of Youth Tennis ...
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis As I walked out of […]
Fearless Tennis: Talk about skill development, not potential
On Saturday, June 23, San Franciscans for Sports and Recreation hosted a community day at McLaren Park with […]
Tennis Celebration at McLaren Park
Jen Gaarder-Wang, a regular player at GGPTC, and daughter Ellia pose with London Breed, President of the Board […]
SAN FRANCISCO APPROVES $26 MILLION RENOVATION OF GGP TENNIS CENTER
Todd Martin is the CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHOF) in Newport, R.I., a position […]
Five Questions For… Todd Martin
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis It’s natural to assume that […]
Fearless Tennis — Don’t Let Your Emotions Run the Show
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis In virtually every seminar I […]
Fearless Tennis: Develop positive chemistry with your doubles partner
Angela Dorsey grew up playing tennis daily at Golden Gate Park Tennis Center in the 1970s and 80’s. […]
Five Questions For: Angela Dorsey
Proposals on display March 8 – 22, 2018 The San Francisco Arts Commission is working with the SF […]
View the Public Art Proposals for the Golden Gate Park ...
On February 15, the full Commission of the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department (SFRPD) unanimously approved the […]
GGPTC Renovation Update: SF Recreation & Park Commission approves ...
Oakland resident Joel Drucker is one of the world’s leading tennis writers. His work spans the worlds of […]
Five Questions For… Joel Drucker
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis “I just couldn’t get a […]
Fearless Tennis: Narrow your focus in the warm-up
The Tennis and Learning Center (TLC) is a San Francisco Recreation and Park Department youth development program that […]
Tennis and Learning Center program to expand to include middle ...
Nearly 200 people gathered at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park on Jan. 10 to hear […]
Large turnout for Jan. 10 community meeting on GGPTC renovation ...
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis After feeling continually disappointed with […]
Fearless Tennis: Face your fears
Kevin Frye is a tennis pro and tournament director at the Bay Club SF Tennis. He recently became […]
Five Questions For… Kevin Frye
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis In my sport psychology practice, […]
Fearless Tennis: Broaden Your Definition of Confidence
Linda Glassel spent most of her career as a successful marketing executive at sports equipment companies, including Prince […]
Five Questions For… Linda Glassel, Executive Director of Back on ...
Cal Club 14 & Under Intermediate Team Wins Nationals Photo caption (l to r) Marcus Kawaja, Eric […]
Two SF Junior Tennis Teams Shine at Nationals in Orlando
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis Change can be difficult. And, […]
Fearless Tennis: Build Your Game with a Vision
Five Questions For… Rob Kinas (of Cancer Research Racquet) Rob Kinas is a Las Vegas lawyer and avid […]
Five Questions For… Rob Kinas
By Claudia Vlasak Tournament Director, San Francisco Recreation & Parks This year marked the 116th San Francisco City Open, […]
116th Annual San Francisco City Championships
Five Questions For… Bob Kaliski (Chair, Harbor Point Charitable Foundation) It’s all in the family for Bob Kaliski. […]
Five Questions For… Robert Kaliski
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis Worry gets the best of […]
Fearless Tennis: Separate Productive Worry from Unproductive Worry
The Battle of the Bay Tennis Tournament, now in its 9th year, is scheduled for Sept 22-24, 2017. […]
Calling All Ball Girls, Boys, Women and Men!
Dick Gould: Stanford Tennis Legend and GGPTC Renovation Booster For 38 years (1966-2004) Dick Gould was the head […]
Five Questions For… Dick Gould
> See photos from the Tournament By Gary Schoofs I can’t believe that the 10th Dolores Park Tennis […]
10th Annual Dolores Park Tennis Tournament
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis There is a big difference […]
Fearless Tennis: Leave Your Expectations Off the Court
By James P. Sutton, Youth Tennis Coalition Co-Chair Members of the San Francisco tennis community have recently been […]
San Francisco tennis players connect with convicts on the court
Mel Mashman is a retiree living in San Francisco and Tucson with his lovely wife Deirdre Harrington. He […]
Five Questions For… Mel Mashman (Pickleball Ambassador)
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis I used to feel a […]
Fearless Tennis: Momentum is with you if you think it ...
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis Sometimes the best way to […]
Fearless Tennis: Behave Your Way into the Zone
On the afternoon of Friday, May 12, the SF Recreation & Park Department hosted over 50 San Francisco […]
First Annual TLC Play Day at Golden Gate Park Tennis ...
Courtney Lindl is the President of the Board of the Golden Gate Tennis Club. The mission of the […]
Five Questions For… Courtney Lindl
Thanks to Lois Anne Indorf for the photos and recap The Golden Gate Tennis Club holds three club […]
Rain stays away for 2017’s first Golden Gate Tennis Club ...
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis At the 2005 U.S. Open, […]
Fearless Tennis: Don’t get too satisfied after a big win
On March 22, the Tennis Coalition SF hosted a screening of the documentary Gold Balls at the Delancey […]
Inspiring and heartwarming GOLD BALLS brings out the SF tennis ...
Linda and her mixed doubles partner, Charlie Hoeveler, after they won the finals of National 70 Mixed in […]
Five Questions For… Linda Bucklin, Gold Ball winner
Thanks to San Franciscans for Sports and Recreation for allowing us to share their March update on the […]
Update from San Franciscans for Sports and Recreation
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis With so many players worrying […]
Fearless Tennis: Get comfortable with winning
Jeff Greenwald is an internationally recognized sports psychology consultant and licensed therapist. He is a speaker, author of The […]
Five Questions For…Jeff Greenwald
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Engage in the learning process
Rec & Park afterschool program offers academic support and tennis instruction to low-income communities Channing Hale, TLC program […]
Tennis and Learning Centers Filling a Need in San Francisco
Kate Dandel is the director and producer of the documentary “Gold Balls,” which focuses on “ultra senior” tennis […]
Five Questions For… Kate Dandel
This February, for the first time in more than 20 years, San Francisco will play host to an […]
ATP Tennis Returns to SF with Kunal Patel Open
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Play for Yourself
By San Franciscans for Sports & Recreation In the July edition of Courtside SF, we reported the news […]
Bay Club SF Tennis Update
Photo captions: Top: CiCi playing at the 2016 US Open. Bottom: CiCi in 2006 at the San Francisco […]
MORE Questions with CiCi Bellis
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Separate Your Self-Worth From Your Performance
The Tennis Coalition SF (TCSF) hosted its third community meeting of 2016 to discuss the status of the […]
Great Turnout for Nov. 16 Community Meeting on GGPTC Renovation
The Tennis Coalition SF held a Youth Tennis Festival on October 1 at the Golden Gate Park Tennis […]
Youth Tennis Festival 2016
Photo captions: Top: CiCi playing at the 2016 US Open. Bottom: CiCi in 2006 playing at the San […]
Five Questions For…CiCi Bellis
By Coach Lou Maunupau The Nationals is a USTA elite junior team event with the top teams from […]
2016 Nationals Recap: Golden Gate Park 14&Under
By Greg Roberts, captain San Francisco Tennis Club (Bay Club) won the Men’s 4.0 18+ National Championship in […]
2016 Nationals Recap: Bay Club SF Tennis, Men’s 4.0
By Ryan Reichel, captain Undefeated in Local League and Sectional play, almost our entire team of NorCal Olympic […]
2016 Nationals Recap: Olympic Club Women’s 5.0+
By Akash Zaveri, captain Our team was in a flight with three other teams -- Southwest, Missouri Valley, […]
2016 Nationals Recap: GGPTC Women’s 3.5 team
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Focus on your game plan in tiebreakers
Pablo Pires de Almeida is entering his fourth year as the Head Coach of the USF men’s tennis […]
Five Questions For… Pablo Pires de Almeida
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Loosen up when it counts
Every fall the University of San Francisco (USF) welcomes top collegiate tennis players from near and far for […]
Public invited to the 8th Annual Battle in the Bay ...
Join us for the fun! Saturday, October 1, 2016 1:00 - 4:30 pm Golden Gate Park Tennis Center […]
Youth Tennis Festival
Thanks to support from District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener, two tennis courts at 15th Street (at Corona Heights) […]
Supervisor Wiener earmarks funding for court resurfacing at Noe and ...
Earlier this month the 14 & Under Co-ed Advanced tennis team from Golden Gate Park won the NorCal […]
Golden Gate Park juniors headed to Nationals (again!)
On August 1, 2016 the SF Examiner reported that the proposed Junior Giants Urban Youth Academy at SF […]
SF State tennis courts get a reprieve from demolition
Peanut grew up the youngest of five kids in San Francisco. All of the Louie siblings grew up […]
Five Questions For… Peanut Louie Harper
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Establish your presence before serving
Not many people in this world have the chops to be voted into a Hall of Fame. It’s […]
Larry Dodge to be inducted into a third Hall of ...
As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 11, 2016, the developer of the Bay Club SF […]
Members of recreation coalition reach agreement with developer on Bay ...
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Broaden Your Definition of Confidence
Kevin Ware is a tennis-obsessed ex-web designer living in San Francisco. After a brief (and mildly successful) stint […]
Five Questions For… Kevin Ware
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Give Yourself Permission to Miss
Steve (far right in this photo recently taken at an event for Special Olympics) has been in the […]
Five Questions For… Steve Leube, USTA Northern California
Seth Socolow is SVP Strategic Partnerships for Airpush and founder of the AppShow (http://appshow.com), where since 2009 over […]
Five Questions For…Seth Socolow
Stable funding for SF public parks on June 7 ballot Funding for San Francisco’s public parks has eroded […]
Why the Tennis Coalition Supports Proposition B
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Be patient against pushers
Two mixed doubles teams win Championships Six of the eight San Francisco teams that competed in the USTA […]
Six San Francisco teams advance to Sectionals for 40+ Adult ...
We all know that Golden Gate Park is a festive place, a favorite location to throw a kid’s […]
Annual Memorial Day weekend tournament celebrates gay tennis
Grant supports tennis programs for underserved youth The Olympic Club Foundation has given the Tennis Coalition of San […]
Olympic Club Foundation Donates $100,000 for GGPTC Renovation
Six teams from San Francisco did spectacularly well during the 2015 Adult Combo season, making it all the […]
Six SF Teams Compete at Combo Sectional Championships
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis If you’d like to learn […]
Fearless Tennis: Where’s your Focus?
Nina Pasquale and Lilian Kim's 7.5 Golden Gate Park B women's team overcame all odds to win their […]
Five Questions For… Nina Pasquale and Lilian Kim
It’s been a busy month for the backers of the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center renovation project. The […]
Public gives input on GGPTC renovation plans
Phil Ginsburg is the general manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. With more than 4,100 […]
Five Questions for… Philip Ginsburg
by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis Today I was thinking about […]
Fearless Tennis: Any Spirit in Your Game?
By John Cervantes, Founder/Board Member at San Francisco Junior Tennis League In last month’s edition of Courtside San […]
From a Pro: Tracking the bounce
Lou Maunupau is the Tennis Programs Coordinator for the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. He oversees all […]
Five Questions for … Lou Maunupau
By John Cervantes, Founder/Board Member at San Francisco Junior Tennis League One hears a common refrain in nearly […]
From a Pro: 2 tips for seeing the ball
USTA NorCal has named Ben Szeto San Francisco’s “Adult Captain of the Year” for 2015. Szeto, who is […]
GLTF’s Ben Szeto named SF “captain of the year”
Why should the old folks have all the fun? We have the 40+ season, now going on, with […]
USTA Social Nets — fun & social tennis league for ...
Tennis great Rosie Casals is famous not only for her dynamic style of play and doubles dominance with […]
It all started at Golden Gate Park for tennis legend ...
Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis I’ve spent weeks working with a player helping him to gradually shift […]
The Power in a Word, by Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; ...
UPDATE ON SFSU COURTSby Peg Stevenson, board member of Tennis Coalition and GLTFFebruary 17, 2016 Representatives of GLTF, […]
Update on plans to tear down courts at Bay Club ...
By Jeff Greenwald, M.A., MFT; sports psychologist and Tennis Coalition SF contributor Reprinted with permission from Fearless Tennis […]
Learning to Play “Loose” in a Result-Oriented Society
The Tennis Coalition is delighted to have been awarded a $1500 grant from the Bay Area Sports Hall […]
Tennis Coalition receives $1500 from BASHOF for youth tennis equipment
Team Roster Adrianna Creese Jen Gaarder-Wang Nathania Jacobs Lisa Kellman Liz Krakow Tiffany Lam Marnie Nordquist Annie Pantelick […]
Congratulations to the 4.0 National Champs from GG Park
6 tips to improve your game while off the court By Marla Reid, Co-Owner, City Racquet Shop As […]
Taking the winter season off?
Jen Gaarder-Wang is an avid tennis player who can oftentimes be found in her “happy place” at Golden […]
Five Questions For… Jen Gaarder-Wang
Twenty San Francisco kids were introduced to tennis in 2015 through the USTA Foundation’s National Junior Tennis & […]