Friday, January 31, 2020

Diet: Vegetarians

Our Human Ancestors were nearly all vegetarians

Just avoid extreme diets and you'll hopefully avoid the risks associated with them.  It's probably easier now to eat healthy as a vegetarian than before.  Even if you don't go that approach it may pay to increase fiber, fresh vegetables, and fruit to round out your diet.


Saturday, January 25, 2020

Hopkins Study - A better way to learn

How to learn effectively

Apply this method when teaching tennis students and you will find that they are more flexible under pressure than by rote training.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Diabetes and Liver Damage


Reversing Diabetes and Liver Damage Study

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Another Perspective on the GOAT and Federer

GOAT or not, Fed is a favorite

Novak: Why his popularity isn't as high as Rafa and Fed

Wins Heaps but not Hearts

He takes care of business on the court and I've never noticed him be unkind or nasty on the court.  So if tennis is a popularity contest we should get rid of scores and tournaments and just send them out on a runway in tennis clothes and see how the crowd likes them.

Other than that I'll continue to value his presence on the court as much as I do Fed and Rafa.   If he eventually surpasses both in terms of wins then whoever is the most popular we can all agree on who is the best.

The GOAT contest continues.


Thursday, January 9, 2020

Health: Habitual Tea Drinking Leads to Longer Life, Psychology of Facial Hair for Men, Statin Medication Mood Changes, Road Rage

Tea 

Hopefully for some of us, coffee will do the same.

Men More Confident with Facial Hair
Feeling like an alpha dog.  More hair equals more flair.


Statins
This is one of those items that aren't mentioned when they prescribe meds.   Yes, they hand you a sheet when you get the meds here in the USA but who really reads them.  In this case, it appears that it has never before been seen as a side effect.  Mood changes can be bad news as this article indicates. 

Road Rage is not good you or anyone around you
I'd love to know if he was on any meds.

A Hack that will change your life if you can stand it.
Drop multitasking. 


The Best Books on Life




Thursday, January 2, 2020

Tsitsipas Forehand

Compact does work, especially on fast surfaces.  Notice that the backswing stays with his shoulder rotation.  This is biomechanically sound and a natural product of handling balls on fast surfaces.  He's stayed away from Academy strokes with big windmill flourishes found in many clay-court player strokes.

Forehand Video 

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