An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
Yesterday, I wrote about the increasingly narrow competitive pathway that tennis players encounter as they improve. There are fewer 4.5 players than 3.5 players, fewerRead More
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Yesterday, I pondered whether generative AI might eventually kill Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions, such as the one my work team ran at DEF CONRead More
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This weekend’s Wimbledon preparation exercises have focused on acquiring the proper provisions. Friday’s assignment was strawberries and cream. Yesterday’s task involved a trip to theRead More
Tennis has a strong bearing on how I mark time. One prominent example of that is habitually reporting my age in “USTA Years.” For example,Read More
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Every Tuesday, this site takes a look at a training or technology concept that shapes how tennis is played. This week’s inspiration comes from anRead More
This post concludes the March installment of the Tennis Glow-Up series. The first entry this weekend introduced the concept of the recovery curve and examined how resilienceRead More
This week we are heading back into the vault of vintage Tennis Channel “Bag Check” features for inspiration. Today’s tennis tech and training topic featuresRead More
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Today’s post diverges from the content I had originally planned. It is because one of my local leagues issued a novel ruling this week thatRead More
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The Davis Cup markets itself as the “World Cup of Tennis.” The problem is, if you have to tell people that you are the worldRead More
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There is an adage in tennis that says you can’t win a match in the warm-up. However, occasionally things happen during that time that canRead More