A beautiful Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend in New York City and only four of 14 pickleball courts are being used in Central Park at Wollman Rink
Note that the players are serving underhand, which is how everyone served when tennis was invented, as I discuss in my book on underarm serves here https://t.co/NLmFvj5QPr
This is the First Video of Tennis that was filmed in 1880s after cameras were invented…
This clip appeared in the British Pathe in 1938, which was theatre for watching the news.
Tennis was only for the royals and craziest part was the 80 year old ball boy 🤯
@Aleeexanderrrrr He may have won LESS majors if the same rules applied for all.... because Lew Hoad, Pancho Gonzalez and Ken Rosewall were better than him until the mid 1960s... Read here "Rod Laver Got Pummeled In Pro Tennis After He Won His First Grand Slam In 1962" https://t.co/HCfQhfJiK9
Coming soon! "Charlie Pasarell: Serving First: Dreams Realized and Lessons Learned from Family, Friends and a Life in Tennis" here https://t.co/vp1IbrddAs #Amazon via @Amazon