by Don Metznik | Mar 13, 2024 | Tennis Blog
I am somewhere between “might play and won’t play.” My team is getting increasingly stronger as new, experienced players enter my community and current players improve at a rate faster than I can improve. So playing against other clubs is uncertain. It is what it is....
by Don Metznik | Mar 6, 2024 | Tennis Blog
I learned an important tennis lesson yesterday, one that equally applies to life and one that I should have learned many times before: “Don’t underestimate your opponent.” The story line is so simple. I arrived at the courts with a touch of arrogance after some very...
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...
