S.C.F. Peile on Court Surfaces
The “Courts, Nets, and Appurtenances” chapter in S.C.F. Peile’s ‘Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill‘ book details his thoughts on the court surfaces thatRead More
Wrist Circles for Muscle Activation
Once upon a time, I ruptured a tendon in my racquet hand wrist. The orthopedic surgeon recommended six weeks off, but the best I couldRead More
Tennis News: January 1, 2024
Happy New Year! It was officially a slow news week in professional tennis… BUT, live tennis is underway as tennis kicks off the 2024 “season.”Read More
What Questions Will You Answer in 2024
On this New Year’s Eve, we are rounding out an introductory kickoff of a year-long examination of how we all can design our ideal tennisRead More
What’s Your Problem?
For those who have never wandered over to this site’s “About” page, my formal education includes a couple of engineering degrees and an MBA. Consequently,Read More
Why Do You Play Tennis?
I typically receive two basic types of responses when asking people why they play tennis. The first is a simple “because it’s fun,” typically deliveredRead More
1 responseDesigning Your (Tennis) Life Book
In 2021, I wrote about a non-tennis book for my final book review of the year. ‘Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt forRead More
1 responseSprawling Tennis Criticism from 1887
I was originally drawn to S.C.F. Peile’s ‘Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill‘ because it contains an Appendix with the complete USLTA Rules ofRead More
1 responsePlaying Catch with a Tennis Ball
Tossing a tennis ball around is a recurring warmup exercise seen in the Netflix docuseries ‘Break Point.’ We have previously covered an Overhead Dynamic WarmupRead More
Tennis News: December 25, 2023
The Danish tennis pro Torben Ulrich dies at 95. Intercollegiate Tennis Association responds to last week’s USA TODAY’s cheating article. Tennis governing bodies take stepsRead More