The two one minute videos below are great explanations by a Doctor, of why we do our short mile run in the preseason. The run that many of you don't like and frequently walk 1/2 of. Wherein we have to wait for you to run an xtra lap if you went over your 10 minute time limit.
As with all my blog posts, I give you information so you have a better understanding of why we do what we do at practice each day. I hope this information engages you in the process to a greater degree, with each post and everyday at practice, wherein you continue to grow in our sport. That you'll eventually take full ownership in your tennis game over time. Your sport for a lifetime.
This old post card above is a picture of the very same grounds where I instructed, managed and played tennis at for 6 years. The tennis center is on the North Side of Chicago, in Lincoln Park, right up against the shores of Lake Michigan. A truly beautiful location, as the majority of the park system runs for miles along said lake. My old club, the Lincoln Park Tennis Association and Diversey Public Tennis Center has been at the same location for over 100 years, and is an important part of tennis in Chicago. Its part private and part public.
If your ever in Chiacgo, please give me a little advanced notice, and I will secure some court time, at a friendly rate. Reservations for the 4 public hard-tru courts can be tough when it gets nice. You can play an hour of tennis, and then walk 7 blocks from the courts, mostly in Lincoln Park, to Wrigley Field to catch the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs tickets are on you, and Wrigley Field is a PRICELESS experience any sports fan should do once in their life. Find out when the Phils are in town. I'd go to Murphy's Bleachers first for some frivolity and burgers, before you go into the game. The first time that you walk in off the lower concourse, and see the field spread out before your eyes, as you get to the top of the steps. It will give you goosebumps.
There is truly nothing like a beautiful day in the city of 'broad shoulders,' and a ball game at Wrigley Field. Don't forget a night cap, say some jazz at the Green Mill or blues at Buddy Guy's. Now you know what Coach did for much of his time there.
Happy Easter,
Coach Bozarth
