We are very fortunate to count several established and budding writers among our readership here at On the Baseline.
I won’t attempt to name the readers who I know are journalists, bloggers, or just excellent analysts for fear of forgetting anyone, but I want to issue an open invitation for guest posting at On the Baseline!
Guest blogging is a great way to support our community at OTB, plus it can also help boost your own website. If you don’t have your own website but still want to contribute, please still feel free to join us!
As many of you have probably noticed whenever we publish guest content, we always include the author’s byline with a link back to their website. Also, we regularly call on our guest bloggers for help in our featured series, but I’ll talk more about that later.
What We Can Use:
- Articles about the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and its players
In keeping with our topic, we can only use content about the WTA Tour. However, I think that with over 1000 ranked singles and doubles players, you should have plenty of subject material!
- Instructional Articles
Not only do we have many talented writers among our community, we also have several coaches and fitness specialists. If you have some tips to share with us, please feel free to let us know.
- Eyewitness Reports
Are you planning to attend a tournament during this season? Contact us because we would love to publish your first-hand reports or images!
If you are interested in participating, send an email with your proposed topic to info@onthebaseline.com. Please do this before writing your submission just to make sure it abides by On the Baseline’s site policies.
Tennis 101
One of the things I’ve realized over the past year is that although several of our readers are very informed tennis fans, many of you are relative newcomers or beginners to the world of tennis. After talking about this with a few of you, I have decided on the topic for our next big series.
On this coming Monday (May 12), we will launch Tennis 101: The Game Uncovered.
Over the course of the next two weeks, we will attempt to uncover all the crucial elements involved in the understanding of professional women’s tennis, from the history of the Tour to even how to keep score. We deliberately selected the two weeks prior to Roland Garros to help ensure that all of you will be able to fully enjoy (and understand) the tennis from Paris and Wimbledon.
As I mentioned earlier, we will be featuring some excellent content from several writers, including On the Baseline’s new contributor Paula Vergara. Also, coach Kevin McClure from the Tennis Podcast will be joining us for a chat where you can submit your coaching and technique questions to him and his team at the podcast.
The first week will be aimed more at a beginner level, but during the second week we’ll kick it up a notch as we tackle more intermediate subjects such as the Tour rankings, the tournament classification (Tier) system, and even what you need to purchase before starting to play tennis yourself.
Topic Sneak Peek:
- How to Keep Score in Tennis
- Demystifying the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings
- Learn Your Lingo: Tennis Terminology
- Surface Factor
- A League of Their Own: The Historical Grassroots of the Women’s Tennis Association
- Little-Known Tennis Trivia . . . Just in Case You’re Ever on Jeopardy
- What’s the Secret behind the Rise of Serbian Tennis?
- Operation Olympics: China’s Dreams of Olympic Success
- Beginner’s Guide to Buying Tennis Gear
- Online Chat with Coach Kevin McClure
- and much more!
I hope each of you will make plans to join us for the next two weeks. Thank you again for your continued support of On the Baseline!
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