I’m Just Getting Warmed Up
This weekend is all about the curious and bizarre ritual of the cooperative tennis warmup. This topic finally rose to the top of my queueRead More
Tennis for Everyone: Pauline Betz Addie
Bouyed by last week’s experience of stumbling across an unexpected gem on my own bookshelf, I enthusiastically dove into what I hoped might produce aRead More
The Preface to The Code: Why Tennis Needs More Than Rules
Over the next few months, we will conduct a thorough examination of the principles outlined in The Code. For the uninitiated, that resource is aRead More
Building Power Into the Backhand: Carlos Alcaraz’s Medicine Ball Drill
This week’s tennis training topic once again comes from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. If you’re paying close attention, you’ll notice a sequence where AlcarazRead More
Tennis Beyond the Headlines: September 8, 2025
From on-court tempers and fashion statements to military tributes, pickleball’s rise, and the future of tennis media, the biggest tennis stories from last week. TempersRead More
The Happiness Project: Leveraging Technology in Tennis
This weekend’s final topic in the (Tennis) Happiness Project is on mastering a new technology in pursuit of your passions. Like every other post in this series,Read More
2 responsesThe Happiness Project: Read a Book, Maybe Even One About Tennis
Reading and tennis might not seem like natural partners, but I’m convinced that the two are deeply connected. As we continue to explore ideas inspiredRead More
The Happiness Project: Pursuing Passion
Passion is one of those concepts that shows up in nearly every discussion about happiness. Conventional wisdom holds that people who have a clear passionRead More
Doubles Strategy: A Creative and Psychological Approach to Tennis
Sometimes the most rewarding discoveries in a used bookstore come from titles that have long slipped out of print. That was the case for meRead More
Colonel Nick Powel and the Origins of The Code in Tennis
Over the next few weeks, we will embark on a deep dive into the individual principles contained in “The Code.” However, before we embark onRead More