Monthly Archives: September 2011

Vintage tennis from players at top of their game

Posted on September 20, 2011 by craig lock

“At this level you need those tough matches against the top guys in order to get confidence, to get self-belief on the court that you can really win majors and win the big matches,” Djokovic said.
“I guess it just clicked in my head. I think that throughout the last couple of years I haven’t changed my game in any major way. Most of the strokes are the same that they were in the last two or three years.
“It’s just that I’m now hitting the shots that I maybe wasn’t hitting in the last two or three years. I’m going for it, I’m more aggressive, and I have just a different approach to the semifinals and finals of major events, especially when I’m playing two great champions, Rafa and Roger.
“In the last couple of years, that wasn’t the case. I was always trying to wait for their mistakes and not really having the positive attitude and believing that I can win. This has changed and the US Open 2010 was definitely one of the turning points in my career.”
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Craig’s List of Blogs (Updated Sept 2011)… but +- all 300 of them now!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by craig lock

The “writer” loves to encourage and empower people to be the best they can
possibly be, and to create what they want in life. Craig has learnt plenty from
the “school of life” (still “battered and bruised”) and
also from a few “hard knocks on the head”. He is an extensive world
traveller (on a “shoestring budget”) and failed professional
emigrater who has spent most of his lifes savings on airfares. He is still
sliding down the razor blade of life on the beautiful undiscovered island that
is New Zealand, somewhere near the bottom (rude!) of the world near Antarctica.
There he talks to the 60 million sheep!

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Craig has a ‘passion’ for writing books that tell stories about people doing
positive things in this often so hard, sometimes unkind world, occasionally
cruel, yet always amazing world – true stories that leave the reader feeling
uplifted, empowered and hopefully even inspired. http://www.creativekiwis.com
and http://www.lulu.com/craiglock Craig’s mission is to encourage people to believe in
themselves and try to help inspire people around the world to achieve their
goals and dreams in life, whatever they may be. Craig is presently working on
his latest novel ‘The Awakened Spirit’,
based on some true and inspiring stories of the indomitable human spirit, that
lies within each one of us. Stories of endless possibilities.

He firmly believes in the motto: “Find what you love doing, then you will
never have to do a days work in your life.” Craig is certain he has found
his niche in life… anyway, what other job would be suitable for him? Continue reading →

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ZIMBABWE TOUR BEYOND BELIEF

Posted on September 3, 2011 by craig lock

ZIMBABWE TOUR BEYOND BELIEF

The following is a great letter in the New Zealand Herald
from . It’s the type of letter, I’ve wanted to write for years. Continue reading →

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