The Path to Expertise

Hopkins Study shows you a new approach to learning and mastery

This mirrors some of the ideas written on how learning by deliberate practice as outlined in the book Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin.

Use this approach to get yourself to the next level.  I suggest reading Colvin's book if you want to become an expert in any field and to make yourself an exceptional performer.  If you choose to accomplish this on the tennis court then you have an advantage of a large talent pool of coaches and teaching knowledge to get you there as well.  You have to do your part though.

4 Day Work Week - an Improvement

4 Days a week

To me this is an improvement.  Most people need a few extra hours each day to decompress from the daily grind and waste it at a bar or in front of a TV.  Why not just add a few extra hours to your day and come home exhausted enough to just rest and relax.  If this buys you an extra day of freedom each week I see it as a great tradeoff. 

Choose wisely what you'll do on your free days and I suggest finding some time for tennis somewhere in there.  If you have some other physical activity then do that but consider that tennis players tend to have better health and can stay active in their sport much longer than most.  It's also a social sport so you can balance your life out in more ways than a physical activity.

Choose Tennis

Courier: Making Tennis Better for Everyone

Courier

Sustainable Tennis Balls - Wilson new Technology

This is about time.  I've been wondering when they'd get around to improving tennis balls like they have rackets, shoes, and clothing.

It was so wasteful in so many ways.  The price on these may be justified if you get to use them longer without replacement so in this rare case of so called improvements it could be a WIN! WIN!

We'll see.  In the meantime at least they're trying.

Wilson Trinity Ball

Health, Stress, and Anxiety: 1 in 5 Nervous, Young are quitting jobs, Obesity,

1 in 5 in USA Nervous and ill with anxiety

Politics probably make this number as high as it is but also the drudgery of working jobs you don't like.


Young People quitting jobs


Obesity

Thoughts:

Limit what you eat in terms of bad food and quantity.  Drink more water.   Exercise - I suggest tennis.  Find work you like and can tolerate for the long term.

Andres Gimeno R.I.P.

Andres Gimeno  dies at 82.

French Open Winner

Life Lessons from Tennis: On the Court

Life lessons learned on the tennis court

The first order of business is to learn to enjoy the game so as a coach you should follow the path of least resistance to making students comfortable and criticism is not an ideal approach.

Make it fun for youngsters and adults alike.

Find ways to get students to look forward to another class both for their benefit and yours if you're the coach.