Strange title for a tennis blog huh! Last week I drove 27 hours for my week of work. This gave me time to do what has become a new passion, listen to 27 hours of podcasts. I did not listen to 1 minute of radio in that time. Podcasts allow me to do one of […]
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Do our players study for their exams?
Earlier this week I was training with a player who is in the process of doing his prelims or mock exams as you may know them as. These are for his highers (Scottish equivalent to A levels) and are therefore pretty important. Ace your highers and all sort of doors can be opened for you […]
I’ll see you in the gutter….
Around 250 years ago our world experienced an industrial revolution. Measures were put in place to ensure the population had key skills to service this time in history and school education as we know it was born. The subjects of English and Math were prioritised as companies needed staff who could at least read, write […]
Does the tennis world suffer from Destination Addiction?
I am taking the unusual step of writing this blog as if it to a tennis player. The reality is not many tennis players will read this. It will be mainly coaches and parents.. However, if you read this and like it I would appreciate you sharing it with a tennis player who could benefit. […]
Be Kind…. it works
I have read around 20 books this year and the most impactful has been ‘The five side effects of kindness‘ by Dr David Hamilton. As the twists of fate had it David and I would become friends in 2017 and the impact of his book has been greater than he would ever know (until […]