by Don Metznik | Feb 28, 2024 | Tennis Blog
You’re up at the net and a ball zings by you, headed down the middle—do you risk lunging for it or letting it pass to your partner? Or a lob begins to float over your head—do you go for it, even awkwardly, or will your partner cover it? At my level of play there’s a...
by Don Metznik | Feb 20, 2024 | Tennis Blog
As I watched my wife’s tennis team taking practice with the team’s coach, prior to a morning match, I noticed the disconnect between what the coach wanted the players to focus on and what they primarily focused on. And you guessed it; they focused on errors. The...
by Don Metznik | Feb 14, 2024 | Tennis Blog
The “tennis mountaintop” is a metaphorical expression of the highest level of tennis enlightenment. What/where could this be? How is it to be attained? I don’t think it’s about the highest, ultimate success such as number of victories and worldwide ranking. I don’t...
by Don Metznik | Feb 8, 2024 | Tennis Blog
My tennis perspective tends to be day-to-day focused (a micro focus) with some mid-term planning thrown in, such as using video, better conditioning, and more coaching lessons. It’s not even close to what the pros focus on: winning majors, getting into the top 10...
by Don Metznik | Jan 31, 2024 | Tennis Blog
Crash and burn. These words seem to describe my tennis journey. One day I am up. The next day down. Amazingly, I have the energy and desire to greet each new match with energy and the hope that the game that died may be resurrected with better results. There is a...
