The Tennis Guru Slow and Steady Wins The Race
By Dr. Tom Ferraro This article is the second part of Dr. Ferraro’s series, The Tennis Guru. To read the first part, visit www.NYTennisMag.com or read the January/February 2020 issue. Yin awoke early the next day and was excited to get going. This was the big day, the day he would get to meet The Tennis Guru. He quickly brushed his teeth, put on his best tennis outfit and 68
ran down stairs to eat a fast breakfast. He was up so early that no one else in the house had risen. He chugged down a coffee with milk and sugar and grew restless, waiting for his older brother Yang to get up and come with him. He went back upstairs to wake Yang and he saw that Yang was still sleeping like a baby. He pushed Yang on the shoulder to wake him and slowly Yang opened his sleepy eyes and said, “let me sleep another ten minutes.” Yin went back to the kitchen, made
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Yang an extra strong cup of coffee and brought it back upstairs. At this point Yang had gotten up and looked at his younger brother with a combination of annoyance and worry. He said, “Boy, what’s the rush? Don’t you know this is going to be a long journey?” “Come on, come on” said Yin, “Let’s just get going. I want to get there as fast as I can.” And with that, off they went along the familiar path that led to the mountain which would lead to the Tennis Guru’s
