BEN’S BLOG
April 2023
4 Focus Areas To Improve Your Fitness For The Tennis Season
Feeling competitive on the tennis court is a big reason why we join leagues and play tournaments. Knowing we can compete and play for something meaningful makes the sport something we look forward to every week. With the weather starting to allow for more match play, [...]
March 2023
Harnessing Sustained Energy on the Tennis Court
Energy is essential when it comes to playing a good game of tennis. In order to compete well, you need to have sustained energy throughout the match. It’s important to remember that you are what you eat, and that eating the right food can help you [...]
January 2023
Why Narcissism Can Hamper Our Tennis Performance and What You Can Do About It
Narcissism is defined as “excessive interest in or admiration of one’s self.” How does this relate to our ability to perform at a top level in our tennis matches? It all relates to the “all or nothing” mentality that we tend to have with our [...]
December 2022
The Most Important Aspect of Tennis Performance
You’ve been in this situation before. You’re playing a tight match and when the big points come up, you fall short. Although it was close, you know you didn’t perform your best when it mattered most. This experience is common in the tennis world. 80% [...]
November 2022
Practice Makes Perfect. Or Does It?
Practice makes perfect, right? Over the years that has changed to “perfect practice makes perfect.” But what is that? You’ve heard about having specific goals in your practices on the tennis court but there hasn’t been very tangible examples that we can all put into [...]
September 2022
Quotes From Roger Federer That We All Can Learn From
Roger’s announcement that he is retiring from competitive tennis left millions of tennis fans wanting more. With no farewell tour (he is playing Laver Cup a week after his announcement and that is it), many of us are reflecting on his career. Regardless of your [...]
April 2022
Want To Get Really Good At Tennis?
I hate to break it to you but most of your decisions have already been made then.In the world of so many options for us to choose from, this might not be an easy pill to swallow.It can take you a half hour to make [...]
December 2021
3 Completely Different Routes To Avoid Tennis Related Injuries
Avoiding injuries from tennis is one of my highest priorities while working with my clients or even my game.Being injury-free allows a player to practice more, improve and reach my potential.It’s no fun knowing that after a few sets you are going to “feel it” [...]
November 2021
5 Tips To A Beginner’s Mind To Achieve Your Goals
I just finished a 30 day program with 50 tennis enthusiasts just like you (feel free to join as I add daily tips throughout the week on the 6 pillars of tennis success). Each day we dove into the importance of one of the pillars [...]
October 2021
You’re Invited To My 30 Day Health and Fitness Journey!
Tennis has been my vehicle for healthy living. I've used tennis as a way to stay motivated in improving my physical and mental strength. The lessons I've learned throughout this approach is priceless. Now that I've finished my first year of adding fitness and health [...]
August 2021
4 Steps to a Stress-Free Tennis Match
Tennis matches can bring out a variety of emotions that all players will have to face. The top players have trained their mind for years to be ready for all the ups and downs tennis matches give them. This way they can play their best [...]
June 2021
The Top 7 Things We Can Learn From Novak Djokovic
Like him or hate him, we can all agree that Novak Djokovic is in the conversation as the greatest of all time. I'm not here to argue his position on the all-time greats but rather use this opportunity to discuss elements in Novak's game that [...]
April 2023
4 Focus Areas To Improve Your Fitness For The Tennis Season
Feeling competitive on the tennis court is a big reason why we join leagues and play tournaments. Knowing we can compete and play for something meaningful makes the sport something we look forward to every week. With the weather starting to allow for more match play, [...]
March 2023
Harnessing Sustained Energy on the Tennis Court
Energy is essential when it comes to playing a good game of tennis. In order to compete well, you need to have sustained energy throughout the match. It’s important to remember that you are what you eat, and that eating the right food can help you [...]
January 2023
Why Narcissism Can Hamper Our Tennis Performance and What You Can Do About It
Narcissism is defined as “excessive interest in or admiration of one’s self.” How does this relate to our ability to perform at a top level in our tennis matches? It all relates to the “all or nothing” mentality that we tend to have with our [...]
December 2022
The Most Important Aspect of Tennis Performance
You’ve been in this situation before. You’re playing a tight match and when the big points come up, you fall short. Although it was close, you know you didn’t perform your best when it mattered most. This experience is common in the tennis world. 80% [...]
November 2022
Practice Makes Perfect. Or Does It?
Practice makes perfect, right? Over the years that has changed to “perfect practice makes perfect.” But what is that? You’ve heard about having specific goals in your practices on the tennis court but there hasn’t been very tangible examples that we can all put into [...]
September 2022
Quotes From Roger Federer That We All Can Learn From
Roger’s announcement that he is retiring from competitive tennis left millions of tennis fans wanting more. With no farewell tour (he is playing Laver Cup a week after his announcement and that is it), many of us are reflecting on his career. Regardless of your [...]
April 2022
Want To Get Really Good At Tennis?
I hate to break it to you but most of your decisions have already been made then.In the world of so many options for us to choose from, this might not be an easy pill to swallow.It can take you a half hour to make [...]
December 2021
3 Completely Different Routes To Avoid Tennis Related Injuries
Avoiding injuries from tennis is one of my highest priorities while working with my clients or even my game.Being injury-free allows a player to practice more, improve and reach my potential.It’s no fun knowing that after a few sets you are going to “feel it” [...]
November 2021
5 Tips To A Beginner’s Mind To Achieve Your Goals
I just finished a 30 day program with 50 tennis enthusiasts just like you (feel free to join as I add daily tips throughout the week on the 6 pillars of tennis success). Each day we dove into the importance of one of the pillars [...]
October 2021
You’re Invited To My 30 Day Health and Fitness Journey!
Tennis has been my vehicle for healthy living. I've used tennis as a way to stay motivated in improving my physical and mental strength. The lessons I've learned throughout this approach is priceless. Now that I've finished my first year of adding fitness and health [...]
August 2021
4 Steps to a Stress-Free Tennis Match
Tennis matches can bring out a variety of emotions that all players will have to face. The top players have trained their mind for years to be ready for all the ups and downs tennis matches give them. This way they can play their best [...]
June 2021
The Top 7 Things We Can Learn From Novak Djokovic
Like him or hate him, we can all agree that Novak Djokovic is in the conversation as the greatest of all time. I'm not here to argue his position on the all-time greats but rather use this opportunity to discuss elements in Novak's game that [...]