"Learning How To Perform on a More Consistent Basis In Your Tennis Matches."

[thomas daniels]

Hey, what's up guys!

Its your boy coming back at you today from a cold morning in Kansai, with another great tip or should I say tips, that can help you start performing better in your tennis matches.

And at the end of the day.

If you are a competitive tennis player.

Your matchplay results will depend on how well you can execute and mentally compete at a high level on a consistent basis.

Here is the good news.

Most players won't be ble to mentally compete on a consistent level throughout the whole match, because they aren't working on their mental game enough daily before the match.

That means that.

All you have to do is use these 3 tips and learn how to master them, you will be able to find your flow in your matches and mentally break them down at some point during the match.

By the way...( This should be your main strategy for every match)

Now.

This is how you can start performing on a higher level and on a more consistent basis in your future matches.

One.

Master how to prepare for your matches.

Think like a general would before coming into battle and of course this is not a life or death situation here.

But.

This is the mindset that you need to develop to start training better before matches, you have to get better at scouting your opponents and developing better tactics and strategies for playing them.

I'll share a story with you guys to bring home this coaching point better for YOU.

In high school, I played with a guy name Stan who we called "Stan the man", yeah this guy was the original one.LOL

Anyway.

He was a counter puncher and had no weapons as all, but he knew how to prepare for his matches like a general would and his MENTAL GAME was rock solid and that is why he won 80% of his matches.

Me and my teammates would love to watch his opponents scream out loud at some stage in the match "How am I losing to this guy"!!!!

You must become a grand strategist!!

Next.

Let your matchplay game come to you.

I heard this tip from a coach at one summer clinic I went to at one time and I have never forgotten it.

So many times, at the start of the match, you are nevous and you lose your timing and one thing can lead to another and now, before you know it, you are down 0/3 and it all happen so fast.

To prevent this from happening.

"Set your own tempo for the match at the get go, make them play on your on OWN terms (no cheap points) and allow your matchplay game to come to you in an efforless way).

Let me tell you.

This actually works well, if you have done a great job in your pre-match training.

Because.

It gives you the self- confidence that can create the energy for you to flow with the match no matter what happens and at the same time perform at a high level.

Also.

Known as being in the zone!

"Jim Loehr talks a lot about being able to manage your energy on court when dealing with pressure, and I think it is the one thing that isn't being stress enough to players by their coaches".

Did you know that... 90% of competitive player at the junior and adult level, don't know how to manage or leverage their energy in their tennis matches?

And this is why many of them have these rollercoaster performances in them.

Learn how to master leveraging your energy in your matches and you will be more consistent when playing them.

Here is the last one that I have for you.

Stick with your game plan.

I know I am going to get some push back for this one, but hear me out first...

Because all am saying is this.

Don't try to change your whole strategy during the match.

Of course.

Adjustments are okay, but after seeing many players go through this in their matches.

Its usually not a case of the wrong strategy, the problem is the way, the player is going about trying to use it during the match.

With that being the case.

When this happen to you next time in the match, mentally step back and breathe deeply.

Refocus and start playing within your matchplay game.

Stop trying to do things that you can't and give your strategy time to work and start grinding it out and take your mental game to another level.

And remember.

Leverage your energy while doing this...

Yes.

Any competitive tennis player can start competing and performing at a high level on a more consistent basis by implementing those key matchplay tips.

Okay.

Let me know what you guys think about them.

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[glenda]

Let me offer.

Top conditioning to springy legs and endurance stands forevermore.

In hitting practice after practice and forever, steel your eyes by intense concentration on the ball heading your way (nothing else matters), get the racket back and prepared, work on hitting positioning, mighty important in adding greater power without increasing effort. And positioning improves accuracy - and keep the ball in front of you and then attack the ball. "Attack" doesn't mean swinging with all your might. Rather "attack" means, either you're playing the ball or the ball is playing, or attacking, you. You also apply the same attacking method in executing a drop shot. Regardless your stroking style, hit the ball at a ball location that will carry the ball over the night. A long backswing requires a full follow through, signaling an acceleration and a natural smooth turning of the racket through the ball. An abbreviated backswing to a short-punch follow through on rocket-hit balls, half volleys, and volleys is just fine, though positioning still matters (when does it not).

What I've mentioned are all fundamentals regardless style of play. You won't improve by practicing hitting the same way you've done for a hundred years. In practice you carry a stern resolve to improve. The improvement takes time by hitting hundreds and thousands of balls. What else does the repetitive intense practices accomplish? They turn the fundamentals to instinct in the play. They turn off an overthinking mind. And here's what every outstanding tennis player attains: "Composure" with the everlasting companion, "Confidence." The two are separate entities. Yet one doesn't exist without the other. Instinct is free to guide and guides perfectly. Muscles and joints work freely together. Reaction improves. Recognition improves. And the game really does slow down. I see a ball coming my way and I can hit the ball this way, or that way, or another way and instinct chooses the best way. You can call the "operating confidence and composure" "clear eyes," or "full awareness," or "in the zone."

All I've said here doesn't come out of a textbook, rather by my decades of tennis playing experience. I'm still pretty good at 53 years old.

Perhaps the hardest part of improving without spending a fortune on tennis lessons is finding a tennis partner who wants to improve and can keep the ball in play. To be clear, tennis practice rallies aren't all about trying to hit winners.

My best tennis partner and I often played rallies lasting to near eternity. The rallies weren't pat the ball back and forth. We started with a couple routine shots, then we each increased the intensity by striking the ball harder and moving the ball to different placements but neither of us were after winners, even on an easy set-up shot. But the time would come when one of us would crack a lightning-strike crosscourter and the other would redirect to a winning down-the-line shot.

We both smiled and started all over again.