Books – Flow State Tennis

Carl has written two full-length books and two ebooks about tennis:

Tennis as a Wisdom Practice: A Story About the Quest for Mastery (2022) tells the story of Carl’s quest for a top-ten ranking in the supersenior 70s division of the United States Tennis Association. It provides tips about accelerated learning along with insights into how tennis can teach us about ourselves and help us develop a variety of life skills.

“A thinking man’s tennis player, Frankel brings an observant, inquisitive and insightful mind, along with a fluid writing style, to the joys and challenges experienced by every serious senior player.”
– Steve Gottlieb, winner, four national senior titles.

Tennis Meditations: 99 Juicy Morsels for Playing the Game of Your Life (2023) takes the reader deep inside the sport with 99 explorations of on-court challenges that provide luminous insights into the game and the pursuit of excellence.

“Frankel offers a fresh look at everything you thought you ever knew about tennis, in brilliant and simple ways, and captures the subtle thread linking mind, body and spirit”
– Dr. Damien Lafont, tennis and mental training coach, physicist

Sweet Spot Tennis: A Short Guide to Upping Your Game. In this ebook, Carl focuses on being fully in the present moment and on balancing polarities like yin and yang as a path to becoming a better tennis player.

9 Meditations on Tennis and Life. This ebook provides a taste of Carl’s tennis meditations, both published and unpublished. Think of it as a “best of” selection.