December 31, 2025 Introduction At the time of writing I am 47 years old, a full-time tennis coach for the Northwest Tennis Academy (Tamworth, Australia), play tennis competitively as a my main hobby, and have an eight-year-old daughter who plays competitive tennis. The…
Why Emotional Recovery and Emotional Strength & Conditioning are the missing links in modern performance TIRED BUT WIRED Highs have a half-life. If the calendar won’t respect it, the body will. 1️⃣ The Moment Last week, Jack Draper voiced what…
Rehab looks like a break in momentum — but it’s often the most powerful moment in an athlete’s evolution. When you can’t compete, you finally get to listen. To your body. To your mind. To the reflexes that once ran…
We glorify hunger as the fuel for success. But what if it isn’t always drive — what if it’s a signal? This is a deeper look at what we’re really feeding. I read a post last week titled “Hunger Is…
Every player is shaped by two forces: When instinct and form align, a player is empowered to express freely because instinct is underwritten by trust in the form. But when they misalign, a gap opens — and here is where…
Why I Stopped Seeing Technique I’ve spent enough hours at the side of a tennis court to know when something deeper is playing out. The shot selection doesn’t make sense. The tension in their body arrived before the mistake. The…