Sunday, January 15, 2012

Expertise

"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."
                                                      –Niels Bohr


I've made so many mistakes of the "three-across forehands" and "low to high" variety that I cringe to relive my teaching past.

Unfortunately, I think I'm a long way from "making all the mistakes that can be made" in tennis coaching.  It's not a narrow enough field.  And tennis isn't stable either.  It's a fertile environment for growing new mistakes!

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