01 FEB 10 East Meets West: An Integrated Approach to Peak Performance by Desmond Oon, PhD and Scott Ford  19 NOV 09 Damien Lafont, PhD joins Team Arete from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-CalTech) in Pasadena, CA  4 JUL 09 Tennis-In-The-Zone.com (new Arete website) online with Steps 1-5 and The Now Drill  26 NOV 08 Arete Sports, Japan comes online with Takeshi Shiga and Yumio Taniguchi  17 SEP 08 View Scott's presentation outline on "Teaching the Zone" given at the 2008 USPTA World Conference on Tennis at La Quinta Resort and Spa in Palm Springs, CA  05 SEP 08 Capt. Dave DeLancey joins Team Arete as East Coast Regional Director   31 JULY 08 Team Arete meets with Navy SEALS Commandant and Senior Training Staff on how to integrate the Parallel Mode Process into their training.    15 FEB 08 Scott and Dr. Michael Mesches make a visual dynamics presentation to Glazier Football Clinics in Denver (see Power Point Slides) 01 JAN 08 Takeshi Shiga signs contract with Arete Sports to form Arete Sports, Japan  10 Oct 07 Listen to Scott's interview on Healthylife.net   8-10 JUL 07 Takeshi Shiga and Yumio Taniguchi visit Denver.  Arete Sports, Japan moving forward.  01 JUL 07 Takeshi Shiga joins Team Arete as Regional Director of Arete Sports, Japan  15 MAY 07 Read Scott's latest TennisOne article "Concentration and the Zone Part 2." 19 APR 07 Read Scott's latest TennisOne article "Concentration and the Zone." 01 APR 07 Join us in the Zone Forum; share your zone experiences, ask questions, get involved. 18 MAR 07 Check out photos of our NorCal Trip. 05 MAR 07 Scott's new Ebook "Welcome to the Zone" released for download. 2-4 FEB 07 Scott and Dr. Michael Mesches making on-court presentations for the NorCal USPTA Conference at Stanford University. 22 JAN 07 Read Scott's latest TennisOne article "Attentional Theory and the Zone." 03 OCT 06 Online lesson #5 available now in our online store. Click "Shop" to purchase. 22 SEP 06 Read Scott's latest TennisOne Article "Process and Outcome." 14 APR 06 Read Scott's latest TennisOne article written with neuroscientist Dr. Michael Mesches on "Watching the Ball." 02 FEB 06 Read Jim McLennan's review of Welcome to the Zone. Click here to read 22 JAN 06 Online lesson #4 is available in our online store. 09 JAN 06 Online lesson #4 in post production stage. Will be available soon. 07 JAN 06 Check out Scott Ford's latest Tennis One Article, Visual Efficiency and Input Accuracy. 11 OCT 05 Online lesson #3 is available in our online store. 11 AUG 05 Read excerpts from Scott Ford's personal journals on playing in the zone. GO TO NOTES ON THE ZONE 11 JUL 05 Online lesson #2 is available in our online store. 22 JUN 05 The Areté Sports Summer Workshop Schedule is available. VIEW HERE 22 JUN 05 Online lesson #1 is available in our online store. 15 MAR 05 Shooting complete for the first online lesson. It will be available soon in our online store. 02 FEB 05 New site launched. We are currently shooting the first of our e-lessons. These lessons will be available in our store soon. Register with Areté and keep updated on the latest news!

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Note of the Day
- NOTES ON THE ZONE -

Excerpts from Scott Ford's personal journals on playing and teaching tennis "in the zone."

On Conscious States

Connecting to the spiritual dimension in tennis not only leads to better play, it also leads to a higher-order of consciousness while you play. For some people the idea of playing tennis in a higher-...