Project Serve: From Weakness to Weapon Andy Murray’s expression in this photo (like he’s about to yell an expletive or kill someone) pretty much sums up the way I’ve felt about my serve for the past two years. Until recently, my serve has been a...
Recipe for Good Tennis: Positive Thinking, Perspective– and Puppies By P.J. SimmonsIf you’re serious about improving your tennis game, you already know that tennis inevitably comes with tons of frustrations, heartaches, and injuries. We tennis players have to...
2 Must-Read Tennis Psychology Books that Changed My Game As summer was ending two years ago (August 2010), I was totally burned out from work. I had spent almost every night and weekend over the previous year writing a book on a tight deadline while also working a...
Lessons from a First-Time USTA Team Captain This spring I was invited to co-captain a Men’s 3.5 USTA team based out of my home club, Manhattan Plaza Racquet Club. I had just gotten back a few weeks earlier from Bollettieri’s IMG Tennis Academy so I was...