There are several types of learners but there are two that stand out in my mind because they are the opposite pole of each other:

- The ones you teach over and over and over and never learn!

- The ones you teach once and you will never need to repeat yourself ever again! They've learned.

A few years back I was having a tennis camp with a group of young boys and girls and together we were reviewing a few pointers that we had been practicing over the last 2 weeks.

As I went through the group I realized that the one with the best understanding of the whole issue , the one that had thoroughly studied the subject and actually knew how to apply it, was a tiny 8 year old girl!

While the 10, 12 and 14 year olds got their tongues tied at every question I made, to their embarrassment, the little one sitting right in the front row with these great big scintillating eyes and a bright smile, would lift her tiny left index finger almost jumping of her seat and joyfully say:

- I know! I know! I know!

And yes she did know, in addition she was able to make an expos