by P.J. | Feb 24, 2013 | Footwork, General, Psychology
Grace Under Pressure: 10 Tips to Combat Tightness A few weeks ago I got some hard-to-hear but truly game-changing advice while training over the weekend at “Total Tennis,” a tennis camp in upstate NY that’s become my home away from home.I had just...
by P.J. | Jan 22, 2013 | General, Psychology
Putting “Winning” into Perspective By P.J. SimmonsIn the wake of the Lance Armstrong debacle, I’ve been reflecting a lot on how lucky we tennis players are that our sport’s top champions are such great role models– not just as hardworking...
by P.J. | Oct 4, 2012 | General, Psychology
“I’ll Take That Mistake” – Best Coaching Advice Ever By P.J. SimmonsRecently I had the pleasure of playing a doubles match with my friend Kirk visiting NYC from Little Rock– an awesome player who blew past 4.5 level years ago. I met Kirk...
by P.J. | Aug 25, 2012 | General, Psychology
To Grunt or Not to Grunt: An Amateur Tennis Player’s Dilemma If you love tennis, you’ve undoubtedly participated in at least one heated debate about “grunting” (or, in some cases more appropriately, “shrieking”). Should it be...
by P.J. | Aug 6, 2012 | General, Psychology
Ball Machines Are Better with Music (And So is My Game) For about a year I’ve been spending about an hour a week alone on the court with a ball machine. There’s no way around it: to make technique automatic, you need to hit a lot of balls– and a ball...
by P.J. | Jul 31, 2012 | Footwork, Forehand-Topspin, General
Schooled by a 12 Year Old at IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy In February I took my first trip to the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton Florida, thanks to an invite from my friend Devin Tao who I’d met through NYC clinics. Devin was generous enough to...
