What I Learned at Wimbledon

What do you learn on Center Court without a high speed camera?

What did I learn at Wimbledon 2015? That Roger is the most graceful and balanced player I have ever seen. That the biomechanics of pro technique are truly invisible to the eye. That the mental game in a pro match can turn on one ball.

That the members’ area at the All England Club is one of the coolest places there is in tennis. That the Lawn Tennis Association puts on very good coaching conferences.

I had the chance to learn these things when I was invited, along with Tennisplayer technical editor Giancarlo Andreani, to present at the LTA conference the weekend before the Championships, as the English like to call Wimbledon.

That was followed by two days of center court tickets–and access to the members area– and that was the amazing gift from our good friends and noted British coaches Nicola Hall and Jane Poynder. Let’s just say that it, all in all, was a fertile learning environment.

Jane Poynder on the left and Nicola Hall on the right, friends and coaches, with myself and Giancarlo outside the entrance to the members area.

Roger First

When Giancarlo…