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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