Month: August 2026

Two Hours on Saturday: The Problem With Only Playing

There’s a category of athlete that clinics see constantly and that almost no training advice is written for. You’re not training for anything. You’re not on a program. You play — tennis on Tuesday evenings, a doubles match Saturday morning, a summer league, a pickup game, a softball season. You play hard when you play. […]

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“It Felt Like Someone Threw a Rock at My Calf”

Ask anyone who’s had it and you’ll get almost exactly that description. They pushed off for a drop shot. Something hit them in the back of the calf. They turned around, genuinely expecting to find a ball or a person behind them, and there was nobody there. That’s the classic presentation of tennis leg — […]

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