Yoshi ponders team versus individual sports. How do tennis players, golfers or swimmers de-brief after tournaments and meets the way that team-based sports process their performances? Do golfers or tennis players or track and field athletes share their expertise the way veterans in team sports pass on their knowledge to young rookies?
Weekend Reading: Deflategate, the Worst Question in Sports and Cambridge United
January 24, 2015 by 2 Comments
Some great reading to get your teeth into over the Australia Day long weekend.
[Cambridge United have just held Man U to a 0-0 draw at Abbey – replay at Old Trafford.]
The Accident at Tashi Lapsa Pass – Part 11: Meeting the Mad Hatter
January 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
After the trauma of recent events, Louise is off to the operating theatre. Warning: this instalment is not for the squeamish [and that’s no joke – Ed].
Tennis: A day at the Open
January 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten spends his annual day at the Aus Open, handles the conditions, and sees a variety of good tennis from the international cast.
Damir Dokic: Food Critic? 20 Tennis questions that baffle Lord Bogan
January 22, 2015 by 19 Comments
The easy melancholy that comes with watching the Australian Open raises a number of baffling questions for Lord Bogan aka Phil Dimitriadis.
Tennis as a Game of Beauty and Well-Being
January 22, 2015 by 15 Comments
Philip Mendes recalls falling love with tennis after his grandmother passed her trusty wooden-framed racquet on to wide-eyed eight year old boy. From the streets of Caulfield to centre court at Kooyong, Tennis has been a life-long love affair for Philip.
Once Was Flinders Park
January 21, 2015 by 21 Comments
As day one at the Australian Open gets under way, Emma Westwood fondly recalls her love affair with Mats Wilander [as do lots of the ladies – Ed], his army of Nordic supporters and how the Australian Open tennis is inextricably linked to the loss of a friend.
Taking flight
January 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
He tells me about the pigeons. Racing pigeons. He tells me about the nuns. Swimming nuns. He tells me about skin cancer, and marathons.
Australian Open Women’s Single – S.Stosur v M.Niculescu: I was Lucky to Keep up the Match
January 20, 2015 by 4 Comments
Yoshi overcame the tyrannies of geoblocking to get his serve of the Aussie Open today, starring Kei and Sam.
The Accident at Tashi Lapsa Pass – Part Seven: “Ready to Go?”
January 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s finally time for the medi-vac Helicopter to fly Louise and her rescue team back down the mountain and to hospital in Kathmandu.
Skiing Reports – Sainters and Friends in Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan
January 20, 2015 by 4 Comments
Yoshi’s adventures continue, this time with a weekend getaway to Rusutsu ski resort with some Aussie mates.
The Nick Davis scale: Packers edition
January 19, 2015 by 6 Comments
Plenty of “Kearsing” from Kyle Pollard as he watches his Green Bay Packers, while comparing them to his Geelong Cats. Both are troubled by Hawks.
The Accident at Tashi Lapsa Pass – Part Six: Heroes
January 19, 2015 by 2 Comments
Louise returns with part six of The Accident at Tashi Lapsa Pass. The medivac helicopter approaches…
What Made Yoshi Play Tennis and the Story of His Playing Days
January 16, 2015 by 7 Comments
It’s love-all on the tennis court of our hearts. Why do men do anything? For love, that’s what. A sucker for the ladies in tennis gear, Yoshi picked up a racquet and found a different kind of love.
The Accident at Tashi Lapso Pass, Part Five: The Distant Thudding
January 16, 2015 by 3 Comments
In part five of The Accident at Tashi Lapsa Pass, the team finally get a change of luck.
The Accident at Tashi Lapso Pass, Part Four: Thangbo
January 15, 2015 by 1 Comment
With badly broken tibia and fibula bones, Louise Currie, Lakpa and Uttum are currently 0-2 in the ‘luck’ stakes. First, no mobile phone coverage and in part three, no helicopter for an air-evacuation and urgently needed medical treatment. In part four, Plan B turns out to be every bit as treacherous as getting off the [Read more]
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