An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis by Matthew Futterman is ostensibly a search for the “secret codes” that separate the very best tennis playersRead More
Serving First: Dreams Realized and Lessons Learned from Family, Friends and a Life in Tennis is ostensibly the autobiography of Charlie Pasarell, but describing it simplyRead More
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I recently stumbled across Killer Doubles: Strategies and Tactics for Better Tennis in a used bookstore. This title was published in 2014, which gives the foreword byRead More
Gerry Donohue is an established author of books and magazine articles spanning a wide variety of topics. Stop Losing Points: 50 Mistakes Recreational Tennis Players MakeRead More
Drama, Drinks and Double Faults is a humorous celebration of the personalities, rituals, and absurdities that occupy recreational tennis. This book was written by Mary Moses,Read More
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Michael Center is the former men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas who was one of dozens of individuals swept up in the 2019Read More
Most tennis books are written for people who already love the sport. ACE: The Times & Style of Tennis is about why the broader culture loves tennisRead More
Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis was originally released in October 2022. Ever since then I have intended to review it once Roland Garros rollsRead More
A couple of years ago, I reviewed The Art of Tennis Movement by Emil Vassilev and came away impressed by its systematic, holistic, and thoughtful structure. ThatRead More
This week’s book selection rose to the top of my reading queue last weekend for a couple of serendipitous reasons. First, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is currentlyRead More