Self-Rating Criteria: Lost in Translation
Last Wednesday, I wrote about the pitfalls of the USTA self-rating system and how high school tennis experience, as specified in the guidelines, doesn’t alwaysRead More
The Bench Press: A Foundational Strength Move for Tennis Players
This week’s featured training exercise once again comes from the Carlos Alcaraz: My Way docuseries. It features a foundational movement that elite players like Alcaraz incorporate intoRead More
Tennis Beyond the Headlines: July 7, 2025
A new rivalry that transforms tennis, robotic innovations, pasta with strawberries, and personal comebacks. Tennis news from the past week. Why the Sincaraz Era IsRead More
The Spend Out Attitude Adjustment
This month’s Happiness Project theme—money—has already brought me face-to-face with some interesting aspects of how we think about spending. In the first post, I wrestledRead More
1 responseSpend Out: This is why we have nice things
Throughout 2025, I’ve been working on a monthly series inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project, a book that explores how intentional actions can incrementallyRead More
1 responseCan You Buy Happiness? (The Happiness Project)
Throughout 2025, I launched a monthly exploration of how small, intentional choices can lead to a more joyful life, both on and off the court.Read More
1 responseSix Books About Tennis’s Greatest Players (According to the Economist)
Earlier this week, I included a pointer to an article in The Economist in my Monday weekly news roundup. It was touted as a list ofRead More
Self-Rating Criteria: “Played High School Tennis”
Self-rating might be the most controversial topic in all of USTA League tennis. It’s one of those dark places where objectivity goes to die. PlayersRead More
Power Squats: Building the “Go” Muscles
This week’s training spotlight continues the series inspired by the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. Once again, the cameras offer a brief but telling glimpseRead More
Tennis Beyond the Headlines: June 30, 2025
Wimbledon snuck up on me this year. As the grass-court season unfolds, there’s a flurry of tennis news that you might have missed last week.Read More