Perhaps we can trace the decline in confidence back to the initial insult. In 2014, Eugenie Bouchard got to the Wimbledon final and many expected it to be a great match against Petra Kvitova (Kvitova had won Wimbledon in 2011) because Bouchard had stormed through the draw without losing a set. Yet, she got to…
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As much as we want to think twenty is the new thirty, the reality is you are no longer twenty and your body no longer behaves like a twenty-year-old. In the grand scheme of things thirty and forty is not old; however, for solo athletes, it is very old. How The Body Changes With Age…
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I am a fan of both Serena and Venus Williams as tennis players, if you doubt that look at our Facebook page. What both sisters have accomplished in the tennis world is very impressive. What Serena has accomplished by winning twenty-three major titles in singles in addition to those in doubles is tremendous and to…
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I remember all the talk about Taylor Townsend, who was the number one ranked junior player in 2012. She also won the junior Australian Open title in 2012 and many expected big things from the American. Townsend turned professional in November 2012 when she was still only 16 years old. Early in her profession, Townsend…
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I was heading to the gym with trepidation one day, convinced that I would be unable to do half a lap in the pool. I was also equally convinced that if I was able to swim a half a lap, I was not going to be able to do my usual thirty-five laps. Somehow the…
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Everyone experiences pressure at some point in their lives; however, athletes may experience it more frequently than most. No one likes pressure; there is no pleasure in feeling a racing heart, sweaty palms or rapid breathing. While it may appear that some tennis players handle the pressure better than others, everyone is negatively affected by…
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