From where did you get the idea that technique needs to be taught? Read More…Read More…
The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
We swim in a sea of information. Your brain… mine too, I hope, receives a billion bits of information… EVERY SECOND. What’s weird about that is we are only consciously aware of maybe ten bits of that billion. Read more…
Sportual Enlightenment
“Let me guess.” I say, “You want to soar with the gods… but you have a hard time getting your feet off the freaking ground.”
She laughs. “Yeah, something like that. I mean… geez, I just want to PLAY, you know… to, umm, hit the shots I wanna hit when I wanna hit em… to… to you know, not be afraid to… to… I don’t know… you know… flow…” Read more…
Small Footprint… Big Life
Eight years ago we sold our house, gave away our stuff, moved into a robust RV, and aimed ourselves squarely into the unknown. Read more…
Can You See?
Chapter 9 – How Does Learning Happen?
There are tons of theories about how we learn, but they all can be boiled down to two camps of thought. Read more…
Chapter 8 – Learning About Learnings
McGyvering
I’m playing a tournament match on a bad clay court. Poor irrigation design creates long dry strips on the court. The wind blows away the clay on top of these areas. The result… washboarding.
It’s impossible to know… (More…)
Outside-In vs Inside-Out
Most believe three things about tennis. (All sport, really) More…
The Religion of Practice
For most, practice consists of repeating what they already know how to do.
I know it sounds weird when I put it that way. But if you take a good look around… More