Coming out of the closet

Coming out of the closet

Not to diminish in any way the often fraught decisions that people make in deciding to publicly declare a new sexual orientation, but there really is a sort of resistance to be overcome at times in making major changes to your tennis game. In my case I’m...
Thank-you

Thank-you

Thank-you. Thanks. Thanks so much. Wow, awesome, really great. Merci beaucoup. Danke Schön. Xièxiè nǐ in Chinese Every language that I know has one. And it’s amazing what a smile you can get from a native speaker with that phrase properly executed in their home...
Iowa – Purdue 10.17.2021

Iowa – Purdue 10.17.2021

A win is a win. We use this phrase with fondness in our family when we put on our Iowa football hats (figuratively speaking) and watch the game, sometimes in the same room, sometimes on couches set in California, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida and Germany. And sometimes one...
Penn State 10.9.2021

Penn State 10.9.2021

To recap the season thus far, the defense is miserly, and the offense is still finding its way. Nothing like offensive mediocrity to keep you hungry, and when you are 6-0 and find yourself ranked #2 overall with an offense ranked 100+ in the country you are still very...
The Hinge serve

The Hinge serve

You may think that after almost 60 years on court you know all there is to know about the serve but of course that’s not true or at age 70+ we’d all be serving like Djokovic (slow motion): Even without watching that video you can see in the screen shot the...