"Why Do 90% Of All Competitive Tennis Players Never Reach Their Full Potential"?

thomas daniels

Semi-Pro
Did you know that 90% of all competitive tennis players never reach their full potential?

YES.

Less than 10% of all of the players out there that are playing right now, will reach their full potential!!!

Well, there is the reason for this and I am going to tell you...

most don't understand the game that they are really playing in their matches.

And it is not TENNIS.

Write this down somewhere and post it up as a reminder.

Because you never want to forget this matchplay tip.

"I'm not playing tennis during competition, (I am really playing the mental game) and my matchplay results will be determined by how well I am playing it on any given day".

That's it right there, my friend.

First.

Know the game that you are playing, then learn how to play the mental game, then learn how to master playing it through warrior meditation and you will be one of those players in the 10%.

Which is why I am sharing this with YOU here today.

Look.

Of course.

Develop a all around solid matchlay game for competing on a consistent basis.

But.

After you do that... work on your mental game twice as much as you work on your matchplay game.

You see.

When you take your mental game to another level, you are going to be dominating guys out there.

I just wish some coach would have told me this when I was still playing.

You feel me?

Good, because I'm out!!!
 

HuusHould

Hall of Fame
I think I remember Martina Navratilova once being quoted as saying that no-one she knows has reached 100% of their potential.
I also remember Jim Courier talking about David Ferrer and saying he thought he'd "maxed out" as far as his potential goes and he went on to say that, "as a tennis player, I can pay you no higher compliment"
 
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Slicehand

Guest
I have to agree here, once you get to a certain level, mental game separates everybody
 

UseTheFrame

New User
I have to agree here, once you get to a certain level, mental game separates everybody


I have to agree here, once you are playing someone near your level, mental game separates everybody.

The problem is, when playing someone above your level (and there never seems to be a shortage of these players unless your name is Novak, Nadal or Federer), unless you can cause them to mentally collapse, you are generally fcked.

Please send me $29.99 for this nugget of wisdom.
 
mr thomas daniels sensei r u able 2 pls share some advice on how 2 actually develop ur mental game?

wait... or was having 2 read this post the mental toughness exercise? :unsure::unsure::unsure:
 
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Slicehand

Guest
I have to agree here, once you are playing someone near your level, mental game separates everybody.

The problem is, when playing someone above your level (and there never seems to be a shortage of these players unless your name is Novak, Nadal or Federer), unless you can cause them to mentally collapse, you are generally fcked.

Please send me $29.99 for this nugget of wisdom.
I already sent the money to thomas, but i admit your wisdom is even greater, everything is so eye opening, you all deserve the money, unfortunatly i spent the rest in my weekly pipe suply and now im broke, but flying...
 

davced1

Hall of Fame
Time and money. I need a good coach that’s expensive so I need a good salary. To get a good salary I need to invest lot’s of time into work so not enough time left to play tennis. I either have money for the coach but not enough time or plenty of time but no money for the coach. Can’t have it both ways. It really is that simple.

Another reason where I live is that there are not enough tennis courts so most are fully booked all the time especially on evenings. That makes it virtually impossible to play as much tennis as needed to reach ones full potential.
 
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Kralingen

Bionic Poster
We all failed to reach our full potential after not starting tennis at age 4 tbh. If my parents had forced me into the puppy mill tennis factory of a Bollettieri academy and made me hit 10000 balls a week since pre school, I would bet I’d be a hell of a lot better than I am now. At least, I hope so given my (decent) athletic ability and size.

Honestly unless you have severe injury issues or are extremely clumsy your full potential was probably pretty good. Your parents just didn’t care about you enough to pay for those lessons as a kid.
 
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