Enjoy watching this short film involving some player interviews at our Mini Tennis Christmas Party.
Enjoy watching this short film involving some player interviews at our Mini Tennis Christmas Party.
I did something this week on impulse - sold my 'sensible' car (Skoda Octavia!) and went for something completely absurd and impractical - a huge 4X4 Mitsubishi Warrior truck. Could quite easily be mistaken for a tank, possibly even one of those 'Hummers'. Nothing flash mind you - 6 years old with 70K on the clock, 0-40 in about 30 seconds, and I'm praying now for the snow to come back. But you know what, it was fun doing it, its fun to look at sitting there taking up my whole driveway, and behind the wheel, well it's that liberating, back to the open roads (even if we're in middle class Berkhamsted) Bruce Springsteen 'Born to run' kind of feeling.
Anyway, got me thinking about tennis. Tennis being a game. Tennis being fun. Those of us who are wrapped up in the 'performance' world, in the 'professionalism' of it all, lose sight of this very quickly and it can all start to weigh a bit heavy. So my 'Warrior' has come to represent that fun side of things - let's not take ourselves and our sport too seriously hey. The work has got to be done, results will get posted, and tennis will go on with or without us, so if you find yourself in a Skoda Octavia, step out for a bit and learn to enjoy the ride. It's only a game and you may find this way you play it better anyway.