An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
Last Wednesday, we started examining Principle 19 of The Code, which identifies five circumstances in which a player must concede a point. We focused on twoRead More
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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
One of the more rewarding things about this site is the feedback I receive from readers. They bring extensive experience as players, captains, and tournamentRead More
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“The windswept plains of North Texas” is a phrase I often use to describe my local playing area. Last weekend, I played a USTA LeagueRead More
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Many years ago, I was playing in the National Senior Women’s Clay Court Championships in Houston when I managed to net what should have beenRead More
Yesterday, I admitted to an error in a post I had previously published. Today’s mistake is a little harder to pin down because I cannotRead More
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed updates to the Greater Fort Worth Tennis Coalition League Regulations for 2027. I compared the new document againstRead More
A couple of weeks ago, our sequential walkthrough of The Code reached Principle 15, which requires tennis players to make prompt audible or visible calls. At theRead More
For the past several months, I have been working sequentially through The Code, examining one principle at a time and occasionally comparing the current 2026 languageRead More
Every Wednesday, this site examines a rule or governing principle that shapes how tennis is actually played. We are currently working sequentially through The Code in theRead More