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...result is a new buzz word for health clubs: wellness. Many are evolving into comprehensive health centers, as concerned with emotional and medical well-being as with thighs and love handles. Nowadays, says Craig Pepin-Donat of the New York Health and Racquet Club in Manhattan, people "want more than sweat, metal and mirrors. They want places that are concerned with the whole person...
...gauge health needs, clubs are learning more about their customers. During the New York Health and Racquet Club's "life-style assessment," clients may be asked what they eat for breakfast and how much alcohol they drink. At all 40 centers of the nationwide Club Corporation of America, new members are queried by a fitness specialist about their income level and, to assess their state of stress, whether they have witnessed a violent fight in the past year. Women are asked whether they have had a hysterectomy. "We ask questions that many clubs will not," says Club Corporation's Stephen...
Krass developed the "Biomechanically Efficient Service Technique" during his two-year tenure at Clemson. The serve--similar to that of former Wimbledon champion Roscoe Tanner--enables shoulder injury-prone players to create greater racquet speed by attacking the ball with a shorter motion and a lower ball toss than the traditional serve...
When Capriati was three, her father Stefano, a self-taught tennis pro who emigrated from Milan, put a racquet into her hands; by the time she was four, she was fending off barrages from a ball machine and was delivered into the tutelage of Jimmy Evert, whose most famous coaching product was his daughter Christine Marie. Last year Capriati won the 18-and-under titles at the French and U.S. Opens and made the junior quarterfinals at Wimbledon...
...players were a contrast in style and appearance, as well as age. Engel hit his balls with heavy topspin, while Nastase hit his shots flat. Engel had a pink handgrip with white head tape, while Nastase used a plain racquet. And it was Engel who did most of the running around, diving and lunging for Nastase's well-placed shots...