Let's play, tennis that is

If you were a student of mine, over the past 10 years, you would know about my "now famous Sunshine Pills". I mentioned I wanted to make a t-shirt, and this awesome student designed these with AI. T-shirts are next.

Tennis is a beautiful sport. Some of my most wonderful experiences in life took place on or around tennis courts. I frequently think back to the days my friends and I practiced with our coach on the San Diego State University courts, when everything still seemed possible. I was naïve but realistic. Visions of me winning tournaments in my 30s, 40s, or older raced through my mind while the stable master (as our coach liked to be called) fed us balls and made funny sounds. We spent hours on the courts with him, playing and dreaming.

The Role of Self and Adaptation in Learning and Development: Chasing Excellence (2024)

Each journey has a beginning and an end. The superior adapter never shies away from challenge and moves forward until the goal is achieved. He accepts meaningful criticism, but the rest he allows in one ear and out the other. He is relentless and never quits until evidence tells him that further progress is not possible. I rarely ever quit a pursuit unless I know further attempts are fruitless. Realization of one’s goals is possible if one transcends barriers and finds the best path to navigate based on his circumstances. Goals may take longer to achieve for some than for others, but no worthwhile goal is achieved without creeping over barriers (The Role of Self and Adaptation in Learning and Development: Chasing Excellence, page 53).

To all of my friends who love tennis, I'm a big fan of Winston Du's YouTube page. He has all these great matches pairing tennis players at different levels. It's become one of my favorite things to watch while working out. Maybe one of you can propose a match to him :-)

Winston Du - YouTube Bringing entertainment and relatability to the courts.For business inquiries and hitting rates please email me at:[email protected] new tennis gear? U...

https://twitter.com/christophclarey/status/1309563121992978432?s=20

Christopher Clarey on Twitter “To get you in the mood for the French Open https://t.co/AHkTlwExs1”

ATP Tour on Twitter “Just incredible to see 💖 📍 Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹 | https://t.co/dh8bqlvFhj”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/roger-federer-defends-himself-brayden-062707918.html

Roger Federer defends himself after Brayden Schnur’s ‘selfish’ comment Schnur had words for Federer and Rafael Nadal during the row over air quality.

Find something to focus on. The easiest is to focus on a target. Worrying about anything else will reduce the potency of your stroke. Some people are naturally gifted to play well. Others are lucky to have had wealthy parents to send them to academies to train hard. As for the rest, we have to work hard on learning to tame our inner demons. We can do it. Tennis is not for the rich. If it was, players like the Williams sisters or all the Eastern European champions would never have won tournaments. But they did. Learn from them and play with intent to better the self.

https://www.economist.com/game-theory/2019/07/16/novak-djokovic-wins-the-most-thrilling-mens-tennis-match-ever

Novak Djokovic wins the most thrilling men’s tennis match ever His epic victory over Roger Federer at Wimbledon had more crucial points than famous matches of yesteryear

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-tsitsipas-madrid-2019-final-brain-game

Brain Game: The 'Assist' Djokovic Used To Set Up Winners Against Tsitsipas | ATP Tour | Tennis Does tennis possess the basketball equivalent of an assist? Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open Sunday, with the Serbian's forehand sizzling from start to finish. Djokovic struck 14 forehand winners to Tsitsipas' seven, but those numbers only beg...

Such a difficult sport. However, how difficult it is depends on one's willingness to challenge the self. Tennis is difficult for me because I want to get better. If I stayed at my level and ignored advice to change my bad habits, I would be fine. However, I'd never move forward in my ability to defeat better players. Instead,I challenge myself every time I play. Some days I play really well but then suck once I encounter certain situations. Today, I was hitting well until we started playing points. Then, my game went down. At that point, my goal was to return to normalcy. I only recovered my game partially, and only after we started serving. My serve is good, especially my first. My second serve wins points too but it's not my first. Still, serving brought me back to peace. Nevertheless, I need to keep working to improve my game so I can be the player I deserve to be. Never stop learning!