Close Calls on the Far Side of the Net
Yesterday, I shared a relatively hot competitive tennis take: All players make errors on line calls from time to time. Today, I am turning myRead More
Should There Be a Rule Against This?
Once upon a time, when my daughter was a very young junior, our neighborhood tennis court was frequently occupied by a soccer coach giving privateRead More
1 responseTennis Ratings Management: Adult Edition
This weekend, I have been writing about challenges with the data that drives the accuracy of tennis performance rating systems. One of the most significant—andRead More
Letting a Potential Let Go
Last weekend, I played a tournament on a frigid and windy day at a site where the courts are extremely closely spaced with no physicalRead More
3 responsesThe Power of Incremental Goal Setting
Statistics consistently bear out the sobering reality that most people who set New Year’s resolutions fail. Additionally, the dropout rate is so high in JanuaryRead More
Getting Local: USTA League Method of Progression
The USTA’s decentralized governance model empowers local areas to tailor tennis programs to their communities. However, this autonomy can lead to varying implementations and interpretationsRead More
Revisiting a Scary Tennis Story for Halloween
In 2021, the post “A Scary Tennis Story for Halloween” highlighted the alarming decline in tennis participation in Wichita Falls, Texas. I attributed that toRead More
Signs of Inspiration: Dreams on Display
Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of most inspirational signs. For example, you won’t find any of the general genre of “Live, Laugh, Love”Read More
My Lego Custom Mini-Fig
Earlier this year, “Iga Swiatek’s Brain Games” described how the WTA’s top player primes her mind before matches by building Lego kits. As it turnsRead More
Karma is a… well, you know.
In April of 2023, the post “Escalating the Tiebreak Issue” described how I intentionally (and obnoxiously) escalated a dispute over the short-set tie-break game usedRead More
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