Sometimes it’s refreshing and entertaining to read old books. Last week I stumbled upon an old classic in a used book fair called “How to Play Winning Tennis” by a certain Rod Laver. It offers Grand Slam champion Laver talking about his career, interspersed with tennis instruction and general advice such as “use the Eastern grip.” with a drawing of how that grip looks like. Laver is one of the best tennis players of all time, but I have a tendency to not bother with the old greats, because the game is so different today. But looking at Youtube clips …
