An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
This post concludes the November installment of the Tennis Glow-Up series. Friday’s discussion started the weekend off with a contentious league match and the different assumptions thatRead More
Yesterday, we opened November’s Tennis Glow-Up discussion of perspective by examining a rather unpleasant league match. Disputed line calls were the immediate source of conflict, but theRead More
This weekend marks the start of the November installment of the Tennis Glow-Up series. Throughout 2026, we have been examining different aspects of our tennis lives andRead More
This week’s book review examines The Pressure Code by Jason Stacy. At times, I found it genuinely inspirational. At other points, I grew impatient with what seemedRead More
This week, our sequential march through The Code within the USTA’s Friend at Court has reached Principle 19. Throughout this exercise, we have compared the current edition of The Code withRead More
Every Tuesday, this site examines a training or technology concept that shapes how tennis is played. This week, we are looking at a technology problemRead More
The ATP has a new world No. 1, Stan Wawrinka bids farewell to professional tennis, and Venus Williams continues her losing streak in singles. A Phone Alarm Illustrates the Challenges and Absurdities of Anti-Doping Availability in TennisRead More
I have been writing this weekend about my participation in the USTA Texas 55+ Mixed Doubles Sectional Championships in Abilene a couple of weeks ago.Read More
Yesterday, I wrote about some of the challenges players face when competing in multiple divisions at USTA Sectional Championships. I ended that post by touchingRead More
Earlier this month, I traveled to Abilene to compete in the USTA Texas 55+ Mixed Doubles Sectional Championships. I came home with several observations drawingRead More