"How many times in a row can you bounce a tennis ball off the side of a racquet frame? I tried it recently, and the answer, I am sad to report, was three. Logan West's record is 1,229. West is a rising star in the esoteric world of freestyle tennis, which involves perfecting ludicrously difficult trick shots. If you've been to the US Open, Wimbledon, or the Australian Open lately, you might have seen him performing for crowds of onlookers."
"He also happens to be a serious tennis professional, overseeing the tennis program at Sidwell Friends for the past decade. The girls' varsity team recently won its sixth straight championship, and the boys' team took its own sixth championship last spring. This fall, West was named high-school coach of the year by the Racquet Sports Professionals Association. I caught up with him recently in his office in an athletic facility hidden underneath the football field,"
Logan West holds a record of 1,229 consecutive bounces off a racquet frame and performs freestyle tennis trick shots at major tournaments. He oversees the Sidwell Friends tennis program and has led the girls' varsity to six straight championships and the boys' team to six championships as well. He was named high-school coach of the year by the Racquet Sports Professionals Association. West grew up playing tennis in Georgetown, competed on the USTA junior circuit and at Dartmouth, attended GW law, worked as in-house counsel, and co-opened a successful DC nightclub before focusing on tennis.
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