Male tennis player running on grass court preparing to hit the ball.

The Tennis Serve-Start The Conversation

Have you ever thought of the serve as the beginning of a conversation with you, the tennis ball, and the racket? My wife tells me she regularly converses with racket and ball, encouraging both to help support her game. If you were to start such a conversation, what...

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Two elderly women playing tennis outdoors, smiling and holding rackets.

Do You Underestimate Your Opponent?

I learned an important tennis lesson yesterday, one that equally applies to life and one that I should have learned many times before: “Don’t underestimate your opponent.” The story line is so simple. I arrived at the courts with a touch of arrogance after some very...

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Photo of tennis player biting his racket.

Focus On The Solution

As I watched my wife’s tennis team taking practice with the team’s coach, prior to a morning match, I noticed the disconnect between what the coach wanted the players to focus on and what they primarily focused on. And you guessed it; they focused on errors. The...

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A tennis ball appears to be balanced on a mountain peak at sunset.

The Tennis Mountaintop

The “tennis mountaintop” is a metaphorical expression of the highest level of tennis enlightenment. What/where could this be? How is it to be attained? I don’t think it’s about the highest, ultimate success such as number of victories and worldwide ranking. I don’t...

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