Chopsticks

I've been playing tennis since the age of 8 or 9 or 10, or something like that.  Recently, in a cardio tennis class I learned I've been holding my racket wrong all my life.  Can you believe that?  The teacher said, "ladies, I know its hard to change old habits, but I'm here to coach you and improve your game......" .
Hard to teach old dogs new tricks is what he meant.  So far so good, I am practicing a new serve with a new grip (Continental I think).  That's the problem, there are so many names for these grips I can't tell one from another, and when demonstrated, they all look the same to me.

When I was about 17 or 18, or 19, or something like that, we were sitting at the dinner table and my dad told me I was holding my chopsticks wrong.  How could that be?  I'd been using chopsticks my whole life.  Instead of holding the bottom one still and using the top one as the mover, or lever, I had them crossed. However, I did try to change and now can keep the bottom one anchored and squeeze my food in-between with the top one moving.

So the moral of the story is yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks.  I can now eat more, and eat gracefully, and sooner or later I will have a killer serve.