How Do You Choose the Right Racquet for Your Child?
A well-known stringer for the pros and a Babolat team member the past 43 years, Lucien Noguès knows a thing or two about tennis racquets. So, it’s only fitting that he shares his best practices for choosing the right junior racquet to ensure your child stays injury free, learns correct technique, and has fun playing tennis.
How the Beginner’s Mindset Benefits Your Game—In Tennis and in Life
A beginner’s mindset is the attitude of approaching something with a fresh perspective as if you were seeing it for the first time, just like a child does. We all have the capacity to reframe our thinking to face new challenges with an open mind, adapt to new circumstances, and master new things that at first feel foreign - such as tennis.
The Right Amount of Coaching Keeps Players Progressing
As the Director of Tennis, Nick leads the charge on court, developing a custom teaching philosophy and on-court curriculum that is on display at every Court 16 club.
Member Spotlight: Meet Lucy Holtz, a Ten-Year Member of Court 16
Tennis is a lifelong sport that can play more than one role in our lives. This is especially true for Lucy Holtz, a longtime member of the Court 16 community. She started playing tennis ten years ago, back when the former Gowanus club first opened its doors. Now 16 years old, Lucy continues playing the sport she loves, while giving back to the club that was such an important part of her childhood.
There’s No Mystery Why Pickleball is the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport
Court 16 was one of the first clubs in the Big Apple to introduce pickleball to New Yorkers, first providing court rentals, paddles, and balls for those interested in playing before introducing expert pickleball programming.
Designing Court 16: How Form, Function, and Style Come Together
When you walk into one of its clubs, you know instantly, “This is Court 16.” And there’s one man instrumental in helping make the Court 16 vision come to life, Chilean architect and Court 16 co-founder Matias Honorato Torrealba.
Training with State-of-the-Art Ball Machine Benefits Your Technique
Today, Court 16 leverages state-of-the-art ball machines at its Manhattan-Financial District and Downtown Brooklyn locations to reimagine tennis training for every kind of player. From high-intensity group classes to one-on-one lessons, coaches can focus on observing and correcting technique whileplayers work up a serious sweat reacting to different spins, speeds, and frequencies.