The Secrets of Spanish Tennis 2.0
With both the ATP and WTA tours in Madrid this week for one of the signature events of the clay-court season, it feels like theRead More
Know: A Tennis Book by Emilio Benefele Alvarez
Tennis publishing has no shortage of titles that promise insight while offering very little of substance, particularly when written by former players outside household-name status.Read More
Robert Lansdorp’s Building a Champion
Robert Lansdorp’s Building a Champion is best understood as the legendary coach’s own words, partially shaped and organized by Bill Patton. Even so, the word “organized”Read More
The Evolution of Complete Conditioning for Tennis
Last Tuesday, I published a post confessing my aversion to performing traditional sit-ups and crunches. It was inspired by the fact that the “Behind theRead More
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter
I do not review very many novels on this site. When I do, the general rule is that the book has to have some meaningfulRead More
2 responsesTechnical Tennis: Racquets, Strings, Balls, Courts, Spin, and Bounce
Technical Tennis: Racquets, Strings, Balls, Courts, Spin, and Bounce by Rod Cross and Crawford Lindsey is best understood as the reader-friendly companion to The Physics and TechnologyRead More
The Hidden Mathematics of Sport
The Hidden Mathematics of Sport by Rob Eastaway and John Haigh is an engaging exploration of how probability, geometry, and statistical reasoning shape the gamesRead More
Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson
Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson by Frances Clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb reads differently from the other Gibson biographies I haveRead More
Althea Gibson Books: 4 Essential Reads on a Tennis Legend
There are certain figures in tennis history whose names mark a before-and-after. Althea Gibson is one of them. Before Gibson, the highest levels of AmericanRead More
Revisiting Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis
When I first reviewed Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis in early 2022, my focus was squarely on the historical importance of Dr. Robert Walter Johnson and the extraordinaryRead More