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Thoughts on Cliff Richey’s New Book “Acing Depression”
Richey is honest, open, and smart. I thought Andre Agassi’s book was unusually honest and insightful, but it pales in comparison to Cliff Richey’s new book. Cliff describes his own mental processes as he developed into a tennis champion and later, as he was stricken with debilitation depression in an incredibly lucid, insightful, and vivid […]
Producing the Next Champion
The USTA is pouring a tremendous amount of money and effort into producing the next Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, or Jim Courier. A gilt-edged panel of national and regional coaches has been created along with a detailed blueprint for developing and grooming the next bunch of young champions. The program is well-intentioned, well […]
Why Suspend Players for Recreational Drug Use?
Let me be clear to start with that I am not advocating that athletes or anyone else indulge in cannabis, cocaine, or any other recreational drug. The health hazards of most are well-known and severe. I just think that banning athletes from participating in their sports or fining them for using recreational drugs is unreasonable […]
Open by Andre Agassi: My Review
The Agassi book is a sports psychologist’s dream. It is the most analytic, insightful, and detailed autobiography I’ve read in a sports book. Agassi obviously tries to be honest. And it sounds like he is – mostly. The only parts where he seems to be stretching it a bit is where he spends too much […]
Nutrition, Exercise, and Your Health
By Allen Fox, Ph.D. c 2014, all rights reserved When I was competing in the 1950’s and 1960’s we had some pretty crazy ideas about nutrition. Most of us thought our bodies were like those old Mississippi riverboats where you could throw anything that burned into the furnace and it would produce steam. The ideal […]
