There is room for optimism If February was all about getting back to competition and preparing for the season ahead. March has been like sitting in a draughty wet waiting room waiting for a delayed train to arrive. Yes, there
We stepped from the warmth of the Giggling Squid out into the now cool dusk April evening. Thirty minutes later. After a minor wrong turning and a sprint to the convenience store minutes before it closed, two grown men, in
This has been the most enjoyable tennis year of my tennis life. Not the most successful season results wise, just the most enjoyable. I wasn’t expecting to write those words. Maybe winning and losing are not the only measures of
Handling the inevitable ups and downs of reality, against my own expectations is hard sometimes, when you are also your own coach. And so it was this week, when I entered in the training diary the words ‘cold, old and
8 degrees C with 30mph north easterly winds. Cold weather for tennis. Snow forecast in some parts. More like the middle of winter than the start of summer. Thermal top plus tracksuit bottoms and hat. Gloves would not have gone
I could not have wished for a better first week. Striking the ball well. Very encouraging given that this is the first week back after lockdown. How we have all waited for this moment! The off court work these past months has
The longest time ever without being allowed to hold a tennis racket and stand on a tennis court ends on Monday 29th March. It’s not a return to normal. More a return to nearer normal. If indeed the normal we knew
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