Throughout the past 36 years, I have observed a concerning trend: a decline in recreational tennis participation and a significant gap...

This one is inspired by a back-and-forth with Robby Edwards on Facebook. It has been said that most of the barriers to human performance...

I have my first knee replacement scheduled for August 28th, 2024. I'm hoping for a cancellation before that. In May, I had a cortisone...

Everyone knows that a tremendous amount of self-talk goes on inside our heads. Some say that, on average, we have 65,000 thoughts a day. ...

https://youtube.com/live/9eoYT4pONoA?feature=share The above link was for the one-hour webinar on building community in tennis. We mainly...

I have been trying to add one new habit to my daily morning routine every few months. In 2021, I started working on my sleep. In 2022, I...

Hi, everyone. I am officially back, and I am going to attempt to blog daily for a while. This is just a quick note to announce that I am...

Those seen dancing were thought mad by those who could not hear the music. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Introduction You have probably reached a...

For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again. ~ Oliver...

I’m writing today from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, although some may call it the foothills, even though we are are 4,500 feet. It feels...

Better to be a jack of all trades, than the master of only one! ~ Unknown Disruptive Player Rules of Thumb Part of the reason you have...

Thank you to Dave Fish, former Harvard Men’s Tennis Head Coach and Hall of Fame for a recent book recommendation. How We Learn To Move,...

Drop Shot Approach When you drop shot your opponent, you also want to take a position closer to the net, so that you can volley away...

Another aggressive way to win a tennis match for someone who might not have the pure power potential to be a power player is to pressure...

All the strategy in the world won't help you win, if you are getting physically dominated in the match. ~ Anonymous Power Game There are...

The plot lines along which these things are decided are not very complicated. ~ Mary Carrillo There are two main polar opposite problems...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Being realistic by...

To the man who only has a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. ~ Mark Twain You will want to have more than one way to win a match,...

Speed kills. ~ Conventional Wisdom It has been said by a wise old tennis pro, C players hit slow, B players hit fast, A players hit fast...

If you don't know what you are doing, how can you change what you are doing? How will you know when you are doing something new? ~ Torben...