- Published: 23 April 2014
- Written by Editor
By Scott Welsh - @swelsh66
A number of years ago, one of my colleagues told me his younger brother was coming to town and wondered if I would be able to give him a few lessons. The interesting part was that my colleague’s brother was one of the top ten junior tennis players in the country.
Of course I said yes, but it set up a tough situation. One, it would be awful to screw up one of the best young players in the country! Two, I was only going to see him for a few lessons over a single weekend. Anything I told him would have to be helpful, of course, but it couldn’t be so detailed that he’d need to see me again. It had to be useful enough to make him better but general enough so he could gradually add to that instruction over time. As it turns out, we had some great lessons and he went on to have a great career (becoming the #1 ranked collegiate tennis player in the nation and playing the pro tour after that).
