After working with Sally and Nigel for five years, Paul now leads the new LTA Local Tennis Leagues team. What can we expect and what are his...

As Sally Kinnes prepares to sign off from her role as founding director of Local Tennis Leagues, she looks back at 15 glorious years by the way...

After 15 years nurturing this nationwide network of friendly, competitive tennis leagues, Sally Kinnes and Nigel Billen are handing over the fun...

Lockdown has not been a good time for hair. From outgrown bobs to partner-trimmed pony tails, the nation is looking distinctly unkempt. So if you...

Lleyton Hewitt used to get himself into the right mindset for a tennis match by playing the theme from the film Rocky; Serena Williams prefers '...

Next week the first of our lockdown-easing rounds begin and some of you have already got back on court. So what to expect? Local Tennis Leagues' ...

In England it is now possible to play appropriately-distanced singles matches, to play singles or doubles with members of your household or even...

There are some great books about tennis, but often equally memorable are the shorter pieces of journalism and essay writing featuring the game....

Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to complete our questionnaire last week. Top findings are that the organisation of the men's and...

A couple of weeks, ago we gave you our suggestions for tennis movies to catch during lockdown. Now we turn our attention to documentaries. Here's...

What will the post-Covid world look like? Will businesses pick up where they left off or will customers’ values have changed, and what does it...

For two glorious years Mizuno has partnered with Local Tennis League as our official shoe partner. This month the formal partnership draws to a...

Just for fun, and no coughing, can you win a million points in our tennis quiz?

No big prizes as we don't have any cash to give away -...

Looks like the lockdown will be continuing a while longer. Still that means plenty of time to catch up with virtual tennis. Here are our...

For the past couple of weeks, we have written about how to (sort of) play tennis at home. Now, you have been showing us how to do it! Here is a...

Until now, it took a world war to stop the Wimbledon Championships from going ahead. But the Corona-crisis, which had already forced the...

The courts may be locked but tennis training can continue. There are so many ways you and your kids can improve your footwork, co-ordination and...

Here at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, we have been enjoying the experience of playing on clay where ITF tournaments are held. But in the...

Did you know that you can use your smartphone to check your string tension? When during our tournament trip to the Rafa Nadal Academy one of our...

Pic: Rafa Nadal wins his third Mexican Open title/...

Everyone has their fingers crossed that the Coronavirus won't jeopardise the Tokyo Olympics this summer and meanwhile preparations continue apace...

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Local Tennis Leagues is always looking for great new venues and when we heard about the new park courts in Horsham, we knew it had all the right...

A couple of years ago we had the "Beast from the East" and we may have survived Storm Ciara but Storm Dennis is hot on its heels. Sometimes it...

Make big savings when you buy additional cans of HEAD tennis balls!

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It's valentine's day, so time to embrace the love set! It happens to us all, is not as bad as you think and can be used as a psychological weapon...

The ITF Seniors tournament in Mallorca from 8-15 March is now sold out, but never fear! There are still spaces the week before on Rafa Nadal...

Hot news: Nigel's got new shoes, and he got 25% off his Mizunos with his Local Tennis League discount. But how should you break in new shoes? We...

As we approach the final weekend of the first Grand Slam of a new decade Local Tennis Leagues' Simon Wood reflects on what was an eventful yet...

If you are currently playing in a round of your local league and your BTM rating appears next to your name on the results table, as long as you...

Fed up with the weather? Need a break playing tennis? Come to Mallorca this March!

What is the appropriate response if, in the middle of...

The Australian Open is often called the ‘Happy Slam’ and regularly claimed as the players' favourite. Held right at the start of the new year,...

Last week we looked at the tennis scoreboards on the market and how you could save money by building your own. Bristol League player, Douglas...

If you want to know which tennis player has earned the most prize money, who is nicknamed 'Machine', who was the most talked about player among...

With qualifying underway in Melbourne, the Australian Open has started, but it is the continuing bush fire emergency that is foremost in...

Just watching from afar the bush fires raging in Australia has been disturbing enough, but as the tennis season turns to the southern hemisphere...

Technology giant Samsung unveiled a prototype of its new AI assistant to the world this week, and it looked a lot like a tennis ball. Is it only...

Another new World Cup of men's tennis so soon after the re-imagined Davis Cup? Here are the five things you need to know!

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How was the year for you? Full of tennis we hope.

Traditionally, this is the time for us to look back at the year with out top ten of our...