Tennis Training

It's not that unheard of for pro athletes to switch gears and try out other sports. Some are successful, like Bo Jackson. Others, not so much. (Hello, Michael Jordan?) Tennis has seen one of its own do fairly well in another sport: Former No. 42 Scott Draper switched to golf and won a tournament in his home country of Australia. (It is now believed he has put down his putter and taken up lawn bowling. No joke.) Now it's basketball's turn. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks has signed up to play for the TG Wuerzburg tennis club in a local league near Frankfurt. The Mavs forward is a former junior champion in Germany, so its not like he's suddenly taking up the sport. Just imagine trying to pass the 7-foot-tall player at net.