Tennis Beyond the Headlines: February 10, 2025
A Grand Slam “Arms Race,” a surprise retirement announcement, and a leadership change at the ATA. The tennis news that you probably missed last week.Read More
Growth and Happiness (The Happiness Project)
One of the most profound ideas shared by Gretchen Rubin in her book The Happiness Project is how joy is inextricably linked to personal growth.Read More
Fight Right: The Happiness Project
Just in case it isn’t obvious from the fact this blog has been pushing out original content daily for over five years, I love tennis.Read More
Choose Love: The Happiness Project
Throughout 2025, we are spending the first full weekend of each month with posts inspired by Gretchen Rubin in her amazing book, The Happiness Project. Rubin’sRead More
The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey
Every once in a while, I run into a tennis book that I struggle with. Such is the case with The Circuit: A Tennis OdysseyRead More
An Update to Rankings Points at the NTRP National Championships
Conducting National Championships is woven into the very fiber of the USTA’s existence. When the organization was confronted with the problem of declining participation in tournaments and focused on increasing play at NTRP events, the most natural “solution” was creation of a National Championship. As soon as a tournament is designated as a “National Championship,” it is also almost a foregone conclusion that it will be Level 1 in the USTA framework. Unfortunately, that sequence of completely logical thought breaks the rankings pyramid and hurts the overall tournament ecosystem.
Yoga Toes
As I have frequently mentioned on this site, I recently suffered from plantar fasciitis for almost two years. Apparently, my arduous and painful journey withRead More
1 responseTennis Beyond the Headlines: February 3, 2025
Tennis is a spectacle, and this week was no exception. Shifts in Grand Slam schedules, reflecting on the Australian Open triumpt of Madison Keys, andRead More
Enhancing the NTRP System to Save Tournament Tennis
When NTRP-based USTA League tennis emerged as a dominant force within the tennis ecosystem, it sparked recognition that the rating system could also be usedRead More
2 responsesIdeas for Modernizing the NTRP System
Yesterday’s post introduced the NTRP Advisory Group, which is a USTA National level committee tasked with enhancing the NTRP implementation to ensure it aligns withRead More