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I Can’t Control The Rain
It is raining this morning as I write this. We are indoors with drills. For many years at TLC, we had a saying as a staff about...

Neal Hagberg
Jul 27, 2017


When Trouble Comes
This is not fatalistic, and it is not pessimistic. It is realistic. Here is the difference between facing trouble with compassion and...

Neal Hagberg
Jul 1, 2017


Trusting Your Second Instinct
This morning, outdoors, at 6:45 AM CDT, I was destroyed on court by my buddy. He played brilliantly. He set up shots beautifully, and...

Neal Hagberg
Jun 1, 2017


May Day! May Day!
What if you started every game in tennis behind Love-40 against opponents of equal ability? How long before TLC’s Three Crowns of...

Neal Hagberg
May 1, 2017


Forgetting and Remembering
Yesterday would have been Steve Wilkinson’s 76th birthday. And I forgot. He would have been ok with that. One of my favorite memories...

Neal Hagberg
Mar 30, 2017
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