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Orthopedist says I will need fusion surgery and be off my feet for four months. I am 70 years old. After 15 minutes on the court, my foot hurts unbelievably. I wear a shoe with a big toe box. Any suggestions short of surgery?

I'm a 69-year old, 4.5 righty. For the past two weeks years, I have practiced serving left-handed to be ready in case I need rotator cuff surgery on the right shoulder. Gotta cover all the bases. Right?

Little finger is never on the grip. I f you can drop ring finger off during service motion, so much the better.

i use Wilson Steam 99 for doubles & Wilson Steam 105 for singles. The former is one-half inch shorter & with a smaller head size & thus easier to volley with.

Do what the Aussies used to do. Get some cabbage leaves, wet them down, & stick them inside your floppy white hat.

Used to watch him in Salisbury, Maryland at the U.S. Men's National Indoors. Very elegant, smooth as satin. Great player to watch

February 1970 in Salisbury, Maryland at U.S. Men's Indoors Championship. Down two sets to love to Cliff Richey in the finals, Nastase won the next three sets & the championship.

Top hand eastern; bottom hand continental.

Wilson Steam 99s is my hard-court singles & my doubles racket; 105s is my singles racket on clay. Love them both.

LH is continental grip RH is eastern grip Surround ball Take racket back with arms straight Drop racket head Step accross with left foot Bend knees Keep head down Wait for ball to reach right hip Accelerate racket head Brush up from bottom of ball to top Finish wth low to high...

@DaveInBradenton...Dave, you are more than a tennis player. You are an absolute genius, because you are retired, living in Florida, & never having to worry about disputed line calls.

What you do defines what kind of tennis player you are. Me? I play in USTA-sanctioned tournaments. What do you do?

Continental all the way.

Mine's easy. Just google it. What about yours?

e-mail to USS Tang please send it again, Brittany.

Google "USS Tang." Famous WW2 submarine with a very derring-do crew. It was indeed sunk by its own torpedo, after causing heavy damage to the Japanese, & some of the crew became POWs in Japan. Its captain received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Disclaimer: my level of tennis in no way...

Can I change my user name?

I know that a user can have only one name. My question is this: can I change my name? If so, how do I do it? Thank you

With my Steam 99s, I use Pacific Gut 16 in the mains at 57 lbs and Head Hawk 17 co-poly in the crosses at 55 lbs.

@LapsedNoob. But how do you quantify that difference?

Is there really any difference between these two rackets except for cosmetics? Both are 27" long & have practically the same strung weight (11.4 oz. v. 11.2 oz.). Both have basically the same head size with a 16 x 15 string pattern. Both are head-light (4 pts. v. 3 pts.). Juice is slightly...

Saw Bob Lutz play in the late 1960s. Reminded me first of a college football halfback with his stocky build & pudgy face. Once he was on the court, that impression changed. I was amazed at his speed, agility, & gracefulness.

Let's leave all the joking behind: I saw Jimmy Connors in person play when he was still a squeaky-voiced 18-year old freshman at UCLA. It was February 1971. He was playing in the U.S. National Men's Indoors in Salisbury, Md. Connors beat Hans Kary of Austria in the 1st round then lost to Ilie...

I am 69. The Wilson Steam 105 is my racket of choice. Its 27.5" length helps me reach wide balls. Its 105 square-inch head helps add spin to the serve. The 16 x 15 string patttern, while certainly adding spin to my ground strokes, also affords me additional power on flat shots. I am sorry to see...

Pacific Tough Gut in the mains; Head Hawk co-poly in the crosses.

I don't know, but if TW decides to unload them at a lower cost in favor of the Burn, I will be buying several Steams.

I love my Wilson Steam 105. Got two of them, each with 100+ hours of play. I may get the 99s if the price drops a little more. That racket better suits my volleying & return of serve game. The 105 is perfect for baselining on clay. Lots of spin. Good for moon-balling into the opponent's BH side...

Scorecard Tennis helps me with (a) stroke production & (b) shot selection. My game plan is all-court, which means mixing my shots up & attacking the net whenever I can. On a 3 x 5 index card in my back pocket & a short pencil in my front pocket, I keep track of my errors in returning serve &...

In addition to "Scorecard Tennis," another thing that helps me play better is knowing that people are watching my match. For some reason, this causes me to focus on my strokes rather than my opponent.

@Topspin shot: Actually, it is cool because it takes no time to jot down the notation. Think about how many seconds it takes to walk to the net or to the windscreen to retrieve a ball after a point has ended. It's easy to pull out the pencil & make a mark on the scorecard while doing the...