Month: March 2016
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The Balancing Act, On And Off The Court
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I have found on the tennis court that when I am off balance, everything tends to go wrong. Fast. If I lunge at a volley unnecessarily instead of moving smoothly through, I cannot recover in time for the next shot and am often short footed when my opponent hits behind me on the next volley.…
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The One And Only Job Of An Athlete’s Parent
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My daughter is almost 17 now. One more year and she’s out of the nest. I’m feeling nostalgic. Steve Wilkinson gave me one of the greatest gifts in advice on how to raise her, because I heard the same advice every summer. At Tennis & Life Camps, Steve would tell all parents their only job…