The Secrets of Spanish Tennis
The recent emergence of Carlos Alcaraz as the heir-apparent to Rafael Nadal is evidence that the tennis player development program in Spain is having aRead More
1 responseLove All: Sarah Flood
Sarah Flood is currently a teaching tennis professional at the Houston Racquet Club. That bland statement obscures the triumph over adversity that makes that blandRead More
Vic Braden’s Mental Tennis
Vic Braden’s Mental Tennis is a classic book on the psychological side of tennis. It was originally published in 1993, shortly after my junior playingRead More
Watch the Ball, Bend Your Knees
I wrote about receiving a copy of the tennis instructional classic “Watch the Ball, Bend your knees, That’ll be $20 please!” as a birthday giftRead More
Mental Toughness Training for Sports
This week we are examining another book by James E Loehr. Mental Toughness Training for Sports: Achieving Athletic Excellence was originally published in 1982. ToRead More
Wise Decisions: A Science-Based Approach to Making Better Choices
Jim Loehr is a renowned performance psychologist and coach. He works with corporate clients as well as elite professional athletes in several sports. A formerRead More
Psycho-Cybernetics
I have periodically run across a seemingly unusual book recommendation for Psycho-Cybernetics. Even though the book ostensibly has nothing to do with tennis on theRead More
Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson is undeniably a transformational figure in tennis. She was one of the first black athletes to cross the racial barrier in any sport.Read More
Revisiting The Match: Althea Gibson
The much anticipated new book, Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson by Ashley Brown, was released on February 7. I was unableRead More
Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe
Many tennis fans regard Althea Gibson as the first great black American Tennis Player. However, long before Gibson broke the color barrier in that sport,Read More