Summary: <img width="580" height="326" src="https://blog.tennisevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;"><p><a href="http://blog.tennisevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-10707"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10707" src="http://blog.tennisevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpg" alt="image" width="700" height="350"></a></p> <div class="smart-track-player-container stp-color-2d7bbf-EEEEEE"></div> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey there, it’s Jeff, and I hope you’re having a great week so far. I’ve been having a great week myself; doing a lot of filming, a lot of writing, and it’s been a ton of fun. But, today, I want to talk about Eugenie Bouchard.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This young lady is a very, very gifted tennis player: broke the top 10 in the world last year with her coach Nick Saviano, and then, they parted ways at the end of 2014. And, she started working with a new coach, and it didn’t work out. And then, she went to the U.S. Open, and she actually was playing really well with a little bit of mentorship from Jimmy Connors, kind of putting that fire and that belief back inside her. And she was on her way, and then, she had an unfortunate accident.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She fell in the locker room at the U.S. Open, and hit her head, and had a concussion, and, gosh. What a sad thing to see for someone who is trying to get back, is working so hard to be the best player that she can be, and this week, she was over in Asia, playing in a WTA event, and she had to stop, because she got dizzy out in the court.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, a couple things I thought about there: number 1, clearly, this was a significant concussion at the U.S. Open, which was in the first week of September. We’re only 4 weeks after that event, and she’s already in Asia, trying to compete. I think that’s a big mistake. It’s one thing to play in Quebec City or Montreal, because she’s from Canada. And it’s another thing to get on a plane and fly to Chicago and play an event.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But to fly halfway around the world when you’re still not sure if you feel right? I really question the decision-making there, either from the doctors, or from her coaches, or her trainers, or even from her. I mean, she’s young, so, she’s probably not equipped to make a decision like that.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, I really have to look at her handlers, and her team, and wonder: gosh. Why make that decision? Why put her on a plane and have her fly halfway around the world? Put her on a small tournament in the U.S. or in Canada, even if it’s a 50,000-dollar event. See how she feels, because, competing at such a high level requires you to be at a hundred percent, and when you have a closed-head injury, that’s very significant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, that was kind of… at front of mind, this week, when I saw that result over in Asia, and I just really felt for her, because I think some different decision should have been made in that case.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, anyway, I just wanted to share my perspective on that, and I hope you have a great rest of the week, a great weekend, and get out on the court, keep working on your game. And, as always, feel free to send me emails, comments, let me know how I can best serve you. Alright, we’ll see you at the next email, or at the next audio lesson.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-14028 aligncenter" src="h"></p>
