I know it doesn’t have anything to do with string instruments…..but this is how I stay sane and healthy while spending long hours at the bench. I am a member of a 4.5 level (probably just below teaching pro) over 50 age USTA tennis team that plays out of a small clay court club called Logan in Elkins Park PA. By winning our district -we got to play in Princeton NJ for the Middle States (PA-NJ-DE) -and we won some tough matches – I was part of a pivotal doubles win. By winning there we were invited to play at the National Championships in Palm Springs CA for a week in the late fall at the most gorgeous country club I have ever seen! Wow – playing tennis all morning in the desert sun and lounging at the pool dissecting matches with my team mates in the afternoon. Unfortunately, all that strategizing didn’t help against some very stiff competition – but you leave it all out on the court….including the grunting and the swearing (quietly). Ideally, I then get back to the bench thoroughly refreshed and ready to sit still for long hours at a time
