One great new artist
January 21, 2026
There are more great new artists than ever and Imani Shiloh is terrific! Just click on address below. And…if you’re looking for a great read, try Braveing The Way by Laurel Fox https://youtu.be/mVU3Gf_Q7No
Anam Cara
January 21, 2026
Anam Cara May you be blessed with good friends. May you learn to be a good friend to yourself. May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness. May this change you. May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in […]
Five decades
January 6, 2026
After nearly five decades of teaching/coaching adults and juniors focused on fun and improving, I’ve decided that I’ve become a bit like Robert Lansdorp. I’d rather have a root canal with no anesthesia than coddle unfocused, scatterbrained, pampered kids whose main goal is to disrupt classes with foolish shenanigans in an attempt to bring others […]
Mary
January 1, 2026
Mary booked a private lesson and arrived to be asked these two questions …”if you could improve one or two things today, what would they be? “ When she said backhand and serve, the second question was…”would you prefer that anything we explore today would be subtle and not damaging to brain cells?” ”Absolutely”, she […]
A Hollywood Coach
January 1, 2026
Al Secunda was a tennis coach to many of the stars in Hollywood. in a book he wrote, Al described a corrective technique for helping tame the turbulence often seen in the racquet with amateur players’ volleys. Most folks fifty years ago were familiar with stick horses that had the head of a horse atop […]
Hang time
January 1, 2026
The average hang time for punts in the NFL is 4.5 seconds. It gives players a chance to sprint toward the receiver and make an immediate tackle or distract him and cause a fumble. We used to go watch the finals of The Denver City Open annually to see players like Butch Buckholz, Larry Loeb, […]
Intensely Tennis
January 1, 2026
The year was 1977 and Randy Ross and Art Thomsen were conducting this two day tennis camp at Ken Caryl Ranch. I was invited to be one of the coaches and gladly accepted. It was a terrific weekend as players moved from court to court learning new ideas from six coaches. The most memorable image […]
Rafa
January 1, 2026
Footwork Often, I will gather players together at the net and have them repeat after me…. WE LOVE TO COMPETE WITH OUR FEET Our high school basketball coach, Bob McKendry, was fond of saying that ‘you play the way you practice.’ Far too often, tennis coaches feel like a dentist removing a tooth….we try to […]
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