Fact & Opinion
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Calling all PhotographersWe all love pictures! There are hundreds of platform tennis events spread across the country and we like to publish photos of as many as possible. We can't get to most of the events, so we rely on you to send us photos. When you're at a platform tennis event, snap some pictures and send them to us. More |
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2010-2011 Rule ChangesNew rules address a safety concern about today's hard hitting game. Etiquette expands to cover intentional distractions. More |
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The Fun in FundraisingIn recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), we celebrate the many platform tennis players who combine their commitment to worthy causes with their love of our sport. Playing platform tennis, of course, is fun, and it’s that much more gratifying when that fun supports a worthy cause. Which events can you join in on? More |
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What would you do?The results of the Chicago Charities men's tournament could have been much different were it not for the exemplary sportsmanship of Mike Stulac and Mike Marino. More |
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Don't Penalize Great Lobs - the Lob "Bounce Out" RuleScott Mansager advocates a rule change which would end the penalty for making a great lob. More |
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APTA Board Adopts Trial Foot Fault Awareness/Enforcement PolicyAs most of us are aware, foot faulting has become a pervasive problem in the game of Platform Tennis - both at the social level and at the competitive tournament level. It has been exacerbated by the fact that there is often resentment or even outrage when a player calls a foot fault violation. More |
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President's Letter 2008 by Mark FischlThe 2008-2009 season will be my final one as President of the APTA. When John Horine asked me to succeed him in 2002 I had very little idea of what I was getting into. I knew that I wanted to give back to this wonderful sport that had brought me so much fun and more importantly so many new friends, but I really didn’t know what would be involved. More |
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Survey of top 100 PlayersWho never makes a mistake? |
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Paddle Tennis History by Fessenden Blanchard (the other "paddle")Fessenden Blanchard, one of the inventors of platform tennis, wrote an early history of paddle tennis. Not to be confused with the history of our own sport, this small book is a fascinating story of the development of the other game of "paddle." More |
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Year Round Paddle?Hypothesis: |
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President's Letter 2007 by Mark FischlAt my first tournament, The Rye Invitational, I knew almost no one. I remember that there was a big snow storm the night before, which dumped six to eight inches of snow. I expected that our first match would not be played...I think we played either five or six matches that day. As we drove south on I-95, exhausted from the days activities, I knew I had found a sport I was going to enjoy. More |
