Tournament Pocketbook Checklist

Kristianne Bontempo | Towpath Tennis Employee | Legit Tennis Fanatic

With the Akron Open days away, nosotros wanted to assist our competitors laid upward for their matches past times creating a checklist of necessary equipment/accessories you lot should select during a tournament weekend.

1. At to the lowest degree two racquets - If i string were to break, you'll select a backup ready to go.
2. Water and lots of it - You should hold upward drinking H2O on EVERY changeover. Make certain you lot render yourself alongside plenty H2O to larn through a possible 3hr match, peculiarly on a hot day. Never assume the facility has H2O on the courts.
3. Hat, visor, sunglasses, sunblock if outside - Having to serve inward the Sun is only every bit painful every bit having burnt shoulders that are hot to the touch. Make certain to protect your eyes in addition to your skin.
4. Spare clothing - For those ultra sweaty moments whether it's a modify inward shirt, sweatbands, socks, or shoes.
5. Wallet - In illustration you lot postulate coin for vending, nearby restaurants, or a final infinitesimal halt at the pro store for stringing.
6. Small first assist kit - Be prepared alongside or in addition to thence basic essentials; band-aids, medical tape, ibuprofen, in addition to braces if needed.
7. Extra pilus ties (ladies) - We can't say you lot how many times we've heard on the court, 'Does anyone select a pilus tie?"
8. Towel - Expect to sweat!
9. Snacks - You never know if the tournament volition hold upward offering food, in addition to thence convey along footling baggies of or in addition to thence unloosen energy boosting foods that volition operate along you lot going throughout the fit (ex. bananas, nuts, unloosen energy bars, etc.)
10. Check the tournament site for time, location, in addition to directions - If you've already checked, banking concern check again! You never know when in that place powerfulness hold upward a final infinitesimal change due to weather or other fit conflicts.

Not necessary but helpful to have:

1. Extra duo of shoelaces, dampeners
2. Nail filer
3. Cooler for drinks alongside H2O ice
4. Icy hot for a quick musculus laid upward
5. Blanket or lawn chair for spectating