I started playing tennis at the age of 10. I’ve always loved to play at net and therefore excel at doubles. As a junior, I was a top Canadian player. In college, I played Division 1 tennis at the University of Iowa, winning the Big Ten Doubles Championship in 1982.

Shortly after college I began to practice yoga. My body, especially my back, had taken a beating from over ten years of competitive tennis, and I found some relief through yoga. Over time, yoga began to transform my inner life. I became interested in meditation and eventually moved to an ashram in India.

I met my husband-to-be and moved to upstate New York in 1999. After facing breast cancer in 2005, I left behind a bustling massage therapy business and once again, turned to tennis. I competed and coached a lot from 2006 to 2013. During this time I played with many great partners, winning the Canadian Senior 45s Doubles Championship three times. I also coached many USTA League teams, leading almost all of my teams to post-season play and one to Nationals.

I’m a sociologist by training, so I’m good at organizing information. On the Ball: Doubles Tennis Tactics for Recreational Players began as notes prepared for my students. In 2018, I realized that I had so many drafts for different level students, and so many pages I still wanted to write, it was time to put it together in one convenient book.