The Difference Between Commitment and Stupidity

Practice vs Application: The True Battle of a Champion

When Your Dream is Bigger Than You Thought

Dreams aren’t meant to be peered at through a telescope…

Lessons from my Tennis Idol

Maybe it was something about his no-nonsense walk after a point (which I later read was due to crippling pain in his back), or the way he…

Real Life, Coming Back…and Doubling Down

Six weeks ago I had to make a choice: accept a huge professional workload that could have a significant change in the course of my career — or stay on my tennis regimen.

This ain’t no fairy tale — I took the…

The Echo of a Screeching Halt

Just when you’re settling into hard-won habits, your body breaks…

Bridging the Gap: Practice v Matches

There is nothing more frustrating than knowing what you’re capable of — and consistently…

What Does it Mean to be Fearless?

While catching up on some tennis news, a newcomer, only 18, broke into the top 100. I happened to…

Waging Mental Warefare…on Myself

I played a practice set the other day, however the entire time I played it felt like I was chasing a car that was 10 feet in front of me, but I was running the exact same speed. The car was in sight, but unreachable. And it was infuriating.