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The Encino Tennis Coach
Home
About
Who I am & What I Believe
Location & Hours
Terms of Service
Upcoming and Recurring Group Classes
Announcements
Cancellation Memo January 2025
FAQs
My Services
New Player FAQs
Kids Tennis FAQs
Private Lesson FAQs
Tennis Skill Levels & Why They Matter
Is your Kid Ready For Tournaments?
Resources & Consumer Advice
Gear FAQs
Racquet Guide
String Guide
String Tier List
The Rules of Tennis
Tennis Player Self-Assessment
My Tennis Blog
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Featured Article: UTR: A Great Innovation With Hidden Drawbacks
Featured Article: Why Are Tennis Lessons Expensive?
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Featured Article: UTR: A Great Innovation With Hidden Drawbacks
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Pep Talk: Read this to Juniors Before Matches and Tournaments

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Rant: Why Tennis Should Stay Out of the Olympics

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Gaslight Terrorism & The Free Palestine Movement

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Realistically, How Good Do You Need to Be to Play Varsity High School Tennis?

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Actor-Observer Asymmetry & Tennis

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5 Things Tennis Parents Can’t Do

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Eitan Fattal 3/29/24 Eitan Fattal 3/29/24

UTR: A Great Innovation With Hidden Drawbacks

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Opinion: Tennis Players Aren’t Cool With Pickleball, and You Shouldn’t Be Either.

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Eitan Fattal 3/13/24 Eitan Fattal 3/13/24

Understanding Regression in Tennis

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Eitan Fattal 3/12/24 Eitan Fattal 3/12/24

Consumer Advice: Budget-Friendly Alternatives for Popular Tennis Strings

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Why is tennis scoring so complicated?

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Eitan Fattal 3/11/24 Eitan Fattal 3/11/24

Shaped vs Round Poly Strings: Why Pros Prefer One More than the Other

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What’s in a Name?

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Western Naïveté & Self-Destruction

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2023 & The Apparent Virtue of Anti-Semitism

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October 7, 2023

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How Fast Do Pros Really Hit?

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Eitan Fattal 9/22/23 Eitan Fattal 9/22/23

Does Everyone Need Private Lessons?

No, not all the time.

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Eitan Fattal 6/30/23 Eitan Fattal 6/30/23

Could I Have Made It as a Pro?

Almost certainly not*

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Why Going Pro in Tennis is Much, Much Harder than You Think

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