Finding my game at midlife
Yesterday I hosted the last team dinner I'll ever get to host. My son's water polo team gathered at our home prior to a tournament they're playing this weekend. Two other moms helped me, and we served the boys mounds of carne asada, hot tortillas, enchiladas, Spanish rice and salad. As if that ... [Continue Reading]
We've heard about professional athletes who've had miraculous reductions in pain after receiving injections of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) -- for example, Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who won the Super Bowl in 2009 only a short time after undergoing this innovative ... [Continue Reading]
It's fun to see colorful tennis wear at the staunch All England Lawn Tennis Club. Perhaps not as zany as beach volleyball in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, but a break with tradition all the same. This post will come in two parts. Today I'll talk about some of the notable women players and what ... [Continue Reading]
The Nike+ FuelBand is a high-priced, high-tech toy you wear on your wrist to collect data about energy, or "fuel," that you burn throughout the day. It's about output, pure and simple -- not what you're eating or how you're expending energy. While FuelBand data may be imperfect, the concept fits ... [Continue Reading]
As a group, the women look better than the men at the French Open. While there haven't been any outfits that had me rushing for my laptop to order a copy for myself, I've seen a few things I think are quite flattering on the players, and also appropriate for the Paris clay. I was ... [Continue Reading]
While a few guys sport sharp-looking outfits at the French Open, more of them are looking ho-hum, or at least leaving me wondering: what were the sponsors thinking? Take Rafa, for instance. He's a fabulous player, lots of fun to watch. Looks great in the bright colors Nike reserves ... [Continue Reading]
I was struck by this article by Rob Johnson, printed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal . Headlined "Point. Set. Match. I Lose.", the story concerned how Johnson, an avid amateur tennis player in Orlando, Florida, became disillusioned with his career as a journalist and decided to gain certification ... [Continue Reading]
So I lost another tennis match last weekend. This is nothing new, really. As my high school son remarked on Skype to his college siblings, “Yeah, Mom likes tennis, she plays a lot. Most of the time she loses.” Which pretty much sums up the past few months on the tennis court for me. ... [Continue Reading]
I just lost a tennis match. A USTA match. One I should have won. It started out well enough: my partner and I won the toss, served and won the first game. Next we lost our opponents’ serve, no big deal. Then they broke our serve -- this was kind of a problem, since their better ... [Continue Reading]
While spring connotes sunshine, blooming flowers and nesting birds, it's also the season for USTA league tennis -- meaning that during these three months, one's wins and losses really matter. Each fall, after victorious teams have gone on to Districts, then Sectionals, and finally Nationals, the ... [Continue Reading]
