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Tennis coaching is a difficult career path in and of itself
for a multitude of reasons. Now imagine coaching tennis in a completely new
country in an entirely foreign language and culture with different […]

A few times in a generation, we are lucky enough to be
introduced to athletes who not only transcend their sport, but transform it. Among
those athletes is Rosemary “Rosie” Casals.

Casals’ tennis career was i […]

High risk, high reward. That’s the phrase that comes to mind
when considering a young tennis player’s decision to turn professional instead
of choosing to play collegiately and receive an education through an ath […]

Among the more serious types of athletic and performance injuriesare those involving the hamstring group.  This part of the musculo-skeletal system is vital in large part, for a great amount of s […]

I had the opportunity to meet Torben Ulrich, the great Danish Davis Cup player years ago in NY for a workshop on Ballplaying and the Buddhist Approach to Tennis. His philosophy is wrapped up in his response […]

Learning who we are is one of the most precious Gifts we can give ourselves! A Gift that only we can open! In a world that has many mixed messages to Be, Think and Look like someone else there is no doubt w […]

Building a positive on-court culture among athletes is vital
to the success of any tennis program, but this culture cannot be built solely
on the tennis courts alone. According to Kim Clijsters Academy […]

While there are many cases of gender bias throughout the
tennis industry, one of the most common problems occurs at conferences across
the globe. Despite the progress women in the sport have made over the last […]

In divine scriptures it is revealed ‘power is made perfect in weakness’ and ‘for when I am weak, then I am strong.’1 Apostle Saint Paul’s motto may be adapted to the sports context, for it is fear of ‘weakness […]

When you think of tennis, the first analogy that comes to
your mind is probably not ‘The Blind Men and the Elephant.’ However, if you ask
physical therapist and strength and conditioning expert Ian Barstow, the […]

You would be hard-pressed to find another person with the breadth and depth of experiences Bill Riddle has had throughout his career as a tennis coach. Riddle has held just about every job in the business, […]

Conventionality is a word that has simply never been a part
of Jane Forman’s vocabulary. After finishing an illustrious collegiate and
professional career, Forman made the natural transition into coaching. H […]

Each month, females have to deal with the effects of a
menstrual period. However, menstruation becomes even more complex for the
female athlete. Because athletes are generally unable to break from training […]

One of the long-standing issues within the sport of tennis
is the retention of young female players. Despite the staggering dropout rate
among young women in the sport, few policies have been implemented to […]

The best way to introduce this topic is by sharing with you a story which changed my coaching vision and will probably impact yours. About two years ago in Melbourne I met Emma Doyle, the most energetic coach I […]

Tennis is an individual sport, but there is no denying the importance of teamwork within the inner-workings of both coaching and preparing an athlete to succeed on and off the court. According to USPTA Hall of […]

We all know the old adage that tennis is just as much of a
mental game as a physical game. However, tennis is actually significantly more
mental than physical – 84.2 percent mental to be exact, according to two t […]

Reaching potential as a tennis player is not only about
developing skills on the court. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a top-level
tennis player who does not excel in other areas of athleticism. […]