Dear Players,

I look around and listen to how everyone wants to achieve this and that in their tennis tournament next week, how high they want to get ranked, and how they do not want to hit with so and so because they are not on their level. My advice to you is this: worry about improving your game only and controlling what you can control, which is YOU. Too many of you kids are coming out here on the courts trying to dictate how sessions should go instead of paying attention to the instructions being offered to you.  Please enjoy the game for the many challenges it brings and life-lessons it teaches you. Enjoy your tennis when you are winning, enjoy your tennis even more when you are losing because it is during these times that your true character is tested and if you survive this trying period, you will become a better person and player when you understand and appreciate the lessons that you learn in defeat. After all, you are out here on the tennis court to have fun, so why don’t you go ahead and enjoy the whole “tennis experience” not just have fun when you are winning!