Mindset challenges in the off season
Always turn up, even when you don’t want to and don’t turn up on days set aside for rest, just because you feel good. Right, you have decided what to do in the off season. You have a plan of
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Be a sure fire winner next season
The road to success next season starts now. Here are a few thoughts and observations from my personal experience. I hope you find them of interest and they get you fired up in readiness for next season. The battles of
Autumn conversations with doubt
I was determined to swing freely as that is how I want to play and I have been practicing. Tues 12 Unknown player poised to serve. I pause to watch. Well balanced, relaxed. The ball rises aloft released from hand
Harvest time as US Open Tennis begins
The summer is rushing to an end, days are cooler, the US Open has started. Time to harvest in the garden and on the court. Mon 21 Woke with a coursing enthusiasm that I can do better, than I did
Wimbledon dreams and reality
Whhoooa! goes the cry from the crowd. Then applause, was that from court 6? Absorbing the atmosphere, anticipation grows. Fri 7th July Immersing myself in the full Wimbledon experience. An early start to the day with breakfast in Southfields village. Watching the growing
Number one or bust or …..
The commentator relates a conversation with a taxi driver that morning, who had just dropped three first round losers off at the airport. That’s the reality of this sport he says, lose and move onto the next tournament, chasing the all
Five star Milford on Sea
Queing post match for refreshments. The person serving is very cheery. In passing she says in a surprised tone “There’s even someone here who travelled all the way from Newquay!” My craziness exposed, I admit that I am the culprit. If I
January diaries 2023 – part 2
Playing with optimism, 100% all in, feeling great about my tennis. Discovering something of self, more than I expected and beyond the tennis court. Weds 18 – Just before 7am. I slide my feet into the pedals of the exercise bike.
January diaries 2023 – part 1
The January tennis diaries part 1
Winter training week 9
Past the mid point of the off season now. The first competition of the new year is pencilled in for early January. Pleased with progress and worried in equal measure, that I should be doing more. Winter training week 9 – as it
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