Pre Match Nerves

[babolat15]

Alright, well isee myself improve in practice and then i get in a match and suck????????????????????????????????? Any help

[LarougeNY]

Alright, well isee myself improve in practice and then i get in a match and suck????????????????????????????????? Any help

Hey man, same problem here. In practice matches I'm okay, but in tournaments I always end up beating myself or playing so terribly I might as well lose to a four year old..

[babolat15]

yes that is exactly what I do and i canbeat top 50 players, but cant win a first round match

[Bundey]

I like to listen to calming music about an hour before the match, then when it gets about 15 minutes till warm up time I start listening to Queen, "we will rock you" and "another one bites the dust"

[Sakumo]

Focus on loading, moving your feet A LOT, and ex-hailing. Don't be tentative, think about all the times in practice you have hit the shots you are hitting now, it cools your mind.

[BHStennisplayer]

For me I just concentrate on the ball. I block verything else out and just stare at the ball and take relaxed strokes.

[vamosrafa15]

what i do before big matches is like 15 min before we go on the court visualize urself going through the stroke and constructing points. visualize urself playing points perfectly, executing ur game plan then when it comes to the match its like u have already been there and u already know what u need to do. hope this helps

[babolat15]

thanks everyone

[max]

I'm 43, not a junior. Best thing I've found is to really have done your homework. . . by this I mean, get yourself in your best possible physical shape. This is the first thing to do. Then, for the first couple of games, just play every shot at 3/4 speed: don't try to hit your hardest serves, forehands, etc. Just get it in. By the time the first couple games are done, you're likely to have gotten over your nerves and have a notion of how to proceed.

[Helvetian]

ohh lol download some DEATH METAL befor ur matches...check out some Behemoth and other hardcore...............stuff

[BHStennisplayer]

ohh lol download some DEATH METAL befor ur matches...check out some Behemoth and other hardcore...............stuff

Go with Eminem. That pumps me up.