Thoughts on Manic Monday

Unless you are from Australia or New Zealand then there is a very good chance you have no idea who ‘the twelth man’ is.

To cut a long story short, Billy Birmingham is ‘the 12th man’ (seriously, just wikipedia, google him … problem solved ) and is the Federer/Nadal equivalent of taking the mickey out of people and doing dead-on impressions. In one particular ’12th man’ CD, Billy plays the role of former Australian cricketer turned commentator, Bill Lawry, as Bill openly admits his love for Aussie fast bowler (once again, no idea what a fast bowler is … wikipedia, google) Merv Hughes.

Murray Watch

Since my wife left for a weekend in Vienna on Friday night and my work got rained out, I invited a few buddies and strippers over and had one of those Vince Vaughn in ‘The Break Up’ type nights.

Well, six years ago I would’ve done this but since I could find Andy Murray’s match against Ivan Ljubicic somewhere on the internet, I figured I’d chart the first set of the match before calling the strippers.

All you hear about Murray is that the reason he hasn’t won a major is because he is not aggressive enough. I was determined to find out whether this was true.

Wimbledon Running Diary Part #1

Since it’s a public holiday here and there’s a village parade and a torrential downpour taking place outside, I thought I’d put together a little Wimbledon buffet for you.

I get to drink the wine, but you get an inane two hour running diary as well as a few thoughts on some men’s matches of interest.

You definitely lost that fight.

13.00 – Events occur in real time or at least they are supposed to because as of …

In Tennis Trust Your Instinct and Your Soul

Tennis players in search of excellence encounter a paradox: there is an obvious time lapse or delay between the intention to execute a move and the muscle activation thereof, thus necessitating to execute earlier in time. On the contrary, delay in execution maximizes firing on all cylinders, with all muscles acting in a concerted effort and a carefully orchestrated unison.

The most powerful and efficient resolution to such a quandary is quite interesting. Similar to propositions from Bruce Lee in Martial Arts, all you want to do is the simplest, purest and most dramatic strike of all, that which fires in all cylinders in a most rapid way. How do you achieve such a sudden effect, when the beauty of the sport has been defined as graceful, long moves, thereby necessitating a much elaborate response?

A Little Tennis … Finally

My internet connection issues have been solved which means you are about to read a cutting edge piece of analysis on day 3 of Wimbledon.

Wrong.

Of course, this would be the case if I didn’t have to work for a living and could just do things like pay for food and rent with rocks and sticks and hunt animals without any consequences, but the modern world dictates I must work and as a result you must suffer.