Marcie’s thing is tennis.
But her story applies to pretty much every thing. Read more…
Category: Performance
To “A” or Not to “A”
A big brand uses underweight models and people get mad.
They use fat models… I’m sorry, I meant to say the new “normal” weight models and… Read More…
The True Cost of All This Coaching
Football players lined up on a pitch, the crucible of little orange cones in front of them; A tennis player pulls her magic wand from its bag and steps onto the court for a lesson… Read More…
A Truth About Teaching
Bill’s forehand had the nasty habit of consistently finding the net.
He hired me to ‘fix’ it.
We hit a few balls. And… Read More…
Skillz
The amateur performer thinks it all boils down to skill acquisition.
The professional does too. Read More…
Perception
Milers chased the four minute mark for more than eighty years.
The ‘experts’ concluded it couldn’t be done. Read More…
Mary (name changed). A Cautionary Tale.
Two math muckety-mucks asked me to coach their nine year old daughter.
“For some reason, she really loves playing tennis,” they said. “And we just want to keep it that way.” Read More…
The Martian Thought Experiment
You step outside to of the pub to go home. And… BAM… it hits you. You’ve seen enough Star Trek to know… you’re stuck in a tractor beam.
You’re not going home… yet. Read More…
Simon Says… SUCCEED!
How much would you pay for a private lesson from Warren Buffet or Jeff Bezos or Roger Federer? Read More…
The Formula For Failure
Globally, people chase ‘better’ with the Universal Improvement Formula (UIF).
Instruction + Fundamentals + Repetition + Time + Talent + Deliberateness + (X) Factor = Success
Fleshing that out… Read more…