Sabalenka and The Foam Roller
In the first episode of Season 2 during the Netflix docuseries “Break Point,” Aryna Sabalenka is shown using a foam roller. I first thought thisRead More
Tennis News: May 13, 2024
Tennis gets ready for a potential Big Three Era, this time on the Women’s side of the sport. Other stories focus on Ben Shelton’s uniqueRead More
Officiating Responsibility and Authority at USTA Championships
Fun fact: The USTA League National Regulations don’t outline any responsibilities or authority for the Referee at any level of competition. Yesterday, in our ongoingRead More
Filing a Grievance at USTA League Championships
Plot twist! Today, we are taking a look at something I am pretty sure did not happen at the Tom Fey Tri-Level National Invitational ChampionshipsRead More
Sportsmanship Policy in THE CODE
We are finally moving past micro-examination of the rules applicable to an incident that occurred earlier this year at the Tom Fey Tri-Level National InvitationalRead More
The Cryo Cuff Cold Therapy Kit
In a self-referential meta moment, the first episode of Season 2 of the Netflix docuseries “Break Point” opened with the red-carpet premiere of Season 1.Read More
1 responseTennis News: May 6, 2024
This week’s dominant tennis news story was the release of the movie Challengers, starring Zendaya. Maybe we’ll get back to real tennis next week. RafaelRead More
Design Your Tennis Life: Break Through the Plateau
This weekend, we are exploring how people sometimes get “stuck” in tennis. Yesterday, the concept of a performance “plateau” in the sport was introduced. ItRead More
Are You on a Tennis Plateau?
Throughout 2024, I am dedicating the first full weekend of every month to exploring the application of design-oriented thinking to improve our tennis lives. ThisRead More
Challengers
It occurs to me that I am wholly unqualified to write movie reviews. Before last weekend, the last film I saw in a theater wasRead More