Welcome to Tennis Flows!

A blog that came to be stemming from the tri-faceted meaning of what I have come to associate “flow” with and its relation to tennis. Let me explain (briefly).

In the most straightforward sense, “flow” can be observed and applied to those long, fluid, “clean” – and for the more enthused and knowledgeable tennis fan – Federer-esqe strokes and graceful court movement that transfigures tennis from a mere physical grind into something enchanting, effortless, even miraculous to witness: a dance form on court. Additionally – and rather incidentally – tennis has been a potent avenue for me to experience what the Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, termed as “flow”:

“… the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself… so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.” (Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, p4)

How many countless hours have I spent on court refining, experimenting, learning, playing and – later – coaching that have often felt like mere minutes and at times too short, leaving me wanting for more! Perhaps you have felt the same way and if so, we can be friends. 🙂

So what then can you expect to find in this blog? Well, pulling all the threads together in the flow of time (no pun intended but really the last intended meaning of flow), you may expect to find content that seeks to unravel and promote the fluid way of playing tennis, and so benefit your game through effortless tennis – and more! This coming from a captivated and avid tennis spectator-practitioner-teacher’s perspective who is grateful to have been introduced to this sport.

Cheers,
Eugene