April 2018 Last weekend we took the kids to one of our favourite places in the world, Aviemore. I love this place as the pace of life is so much slower and relaxed and there are tons of things to do. When I sit back and look at the town I see it as a […]
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Be Bully Proof
This has been tough, really tough to write. It is such an emotive topic and I found myself writing with too much emotion. It is unlike me to take a long time to write but in this instance this article has been edited more than all my other blogs put together. So here goes…. First […]
Feel sorry for the cheats….
The first thing I want to clarify is the title of this blog is tongue in cheek…… slightly. The second thing I want to mention is I hate the word cheat and something in me recoils when I hear people refer to people as cheats especially when they are referring to young children. So this […]
Hierarchy is the root of all evil
This is something I have been thinking for a while, and more recently, saying out loud. The more I think about it the more I believe it to be true and not just for tennis but in society also. Let’s list all of the areas of tennis where there is a hierarchy: Rankings Ratings Coaching […]
Competing with instant gratification
During the mid-term holidays I took my family…….. trampolining!! I was literally jumping for joy (puntastic). I had never been to one of these facilities before but I’d heard a lot about them. The building was approximately the size of 3 court indoor hall and housed a multitude of jump related equipment for all ages. […]
