Thank you, Debbie Graham Shaffer, for sharing a great piece on the importance of our athletes turning the adversity and failure that comes with competitive sports into success. For those of you who don’t know Debbie, she is a former #2 junior tennis player in the world, NCAA Individual and Team Champion from Stanford (graduated in 3 years while being undefeated in dual match play), top 10 WTA doubles, top 25 WTA singles, and a high-performance coach. The best part, of course, is she is now a sports mom like the rest of us! I am constantly…
We are continuing some pieces on the joys of being a tennis parent. Are you all having fun yet? I will admit to not having the courage that most of you have, in that my children don’t play competitive tennis. Not that watching your son play football doesn’t have its own challenges, but at least I have the company of other parents all rooting for the same team. This week’s article is from Debbie Graham Shaffer. Luckily for us, Debbie will be contributing a lot of articles on her tennis wisdom. Here are just…