The Journal
Notes from the court and the city. Gear guides, string talk, and Toronto tennis culture — written for players, not algorithms.
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How to Choose Tennis Strings: A Player's Guide
Natural gut, multifilament, synthetic gut, poly, hybrids — what each one is actually for, which gauge and tension to start with, and when to restring. The cheapest meaningful upgrade in tennis, explained properly.
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Do Tennis Vibration Dampeners Actually Work?
The smallest piece of equipment in tennis does exactly one job — just not the one many players think they bought it for. What dampeners do, what they don't, and what the rulebook says about where they can go.
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A Player's Guide to Toronto's Public Tennis Courts
Hundreds of courts, most of them free, and rules nobody explains. Public courts vs. club-permit courts, online booking, the 30-minute rule, and where to play from the Humber to the Rouge.
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