Court Notes composition for First Time Back on Court, pairing a public tennis court photograph with a hand-drawn Park Tennis field note.
A neighborhood public tennis court

You’re already more ready than you think.

Someone asked you to play tennis, which should have been fun.

Someone asked you to play tennis, which should have been fun.

Instead, it sent you into the closet to inspect a pair of cracked shoes and then out to the trunk, where your old racquet has been waiting for an amount of time no one should investigate too closely. You cannot remember when it was last strung. You are not entirely certain it still has strings.

Instead, it sent you into the closet to inspect a pair of cracked shoes and then out to the trunk, where your old racquet has been waiting for an amount of time no one should investigate too closely. You cannot remember when it was last strung. You are not entirely certain it still has strings.

You used to know how this worked. You played in high school. But the racquets look different now, your old tennis clothes feel like evidence from another life, and you are not quite sure where people play—or how they find each other when they do.

You used to know how this worked. You played in high school. But the racquets look different now, your old tennis clothes feel like evidence from another life, and you are not quite sure where people play—or how they find each other when they do.

This Edit is the easy part of coming back: a few things that help you arrive feeling like yourself. We cannot promise immediate confidence in the forehand. We can help with the walk through the gate.

This Edit is the easy part of coming back: a few things that help you arrive feeling like yourself. We cannot promise immediate confidence in the forehand. We can help with the walk through the gate.

The Return Kit

Start here. Play this week.

Start here. Play this week.

Start here. Play this week.

Real products first. Atmosphere second.

Women’s Edit

THE OUTFIT

Men’s Edit

THE OUTFIT

Shared essentials

FOR EITHER KIT

The right racquet is personal.

The right racquet is personal.

The right racquet is personal.

Find yours

Find yours

A BOOK FOR YOUR BAG

Green hardcover of String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis with white court-line graphics.

Library of America

Library of America

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

A book for your bag—something that keeps the tennis feeling going after you leave the court.

A book for your bag—something that keeps the tennis feeling going after you leave the court.

A book for your bag—something that keeps the tennis feeling going after you leave the court.

Literary tennis obsessives

Literary tennis obsessives

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SEE THE BOOK →

Park Tennis Gear Guide

Park Tennis Gear Guide

Tasteful, practical gear for the public court.

Tasteful, practical gear for the public court.

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