Town & Country Magazine (October 2014): Roger Federer Profile

Read this month's Town & Country Magazine profile of Roger Federer, his tennis and lifestyle, in the twilight of his professional career. 

Web: Roger Federer

Video: The Meaning of Tennis

                     Courtesy: The Tennis Congress

Learning from the Martial Arts: The Art of Effortless Power

Coach Jim McLennan identifies how the martial arts disciplines offer tennis players a conceptual framework to help develop "effortless power" on court. 

"Five fundamental principles in the martial arts - and to my mind they are outstanding and totally applicable to tennis - [are]: 
1. Relaxation
2. Feeling the whole body
3. Moving from the Center
4. Being grounded
5. Calmness" 

---Coach Jim McLennan, Website: EssentialTennisInstruction.com 

For more reading: Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace and Power, Peter Ralston, (Frog Books: 2006), 200 Pages.

In Memorium: Vic Braden (1929 - 2014), Legendary Teacher, Author and Tennis Popularizer

Tennis Quote of the Day: Consistency

In Memorium: Welby Van Horn (1920 - 2014), Legendary Coach, Teacher and Player

Tennis Quote of the Day: The Player's Racket

"Rackets are the most important thing for a tennis player. Understanding it. Knowing it. Trusting it. It's part of your family. Those stories of people putting their rackets on their bed and sleeping with them [are true], it's what we live with. We see more of our rackets that we do of anyone else in our lives."

--Darren Cahill, former professional player, world-class coach, sports television commentator and 'racketologist', January 2014