One of the most important skills in tennis is the ability to control your focus, emotional state and physical tension.
Without this skill, you will never reach your potential as a player, regardless of how solid your technique is. In other words, in order to beat your opponents, you first have to learn to overcome your own demons.
Each clip in this section will help you understand how to win the battle against yourself – how to create the ideal mental state to perform consistently to the best of your ability.
Use a Towel as a Tool to Clear up you Mind
A bad mistake may lose you more than one point if you let it linger in your mind. Using a towel to buy some time between points can be an excellent tool to make sure you are emotionally ready to s...
Play the Points Automatically. Use the Changeovers to Analyze
During the point things have to play automatically. You need to let your body react. Too much thinking will hamper your performance. During the point, your only focus should be the ball, use the c...
A Positive Body Language is Essential in Tennis
Thoughts and body language go hand in hand and affect each other. You can change the way you feel either through changing your thoughts or through changing your body language. Use both tools. ...
Be your own Coach
When on court you are on your own so you need to give yourself as much help as you can. Be your own coach and talk to yourself in the same way you would talk to a player that you are coaching. ...
Fake it Till you Make it
Learn how to act your way out of trouble when you are on court. A positive outlook and feeling is essential to good performance so when things are not going well try acting as if you are playing g...
Tennis is a Battle Against Yourself First
You will not beat anyone unless you win the battle against yourself. Regardless of who you are playing your goal should always be to focus on the things that you can control and that will give you...
Set Performance Goals Rather than Outcome Goals Before a Match
Setting performance goals before a match is much more effective than setting outcome goals. You do not have control over outcome goals but you have total control over performance goals. Learn the ...
Learn to Talk to yourself on the Court
Self talk is very important in tennis. Learn how to do it right. To get access to the videos and premium media, just login here, register here for a free trial, or become a member of ...
Observe the Ball
Failing to watch the ball to contact is one of the most common mistakes in tennis. Here is a drill to help player focus better and track the ball all the way to contact. To get access ...
Improve your Tracking Skills by focusing on the Bounce and the Hit
Once the ball is in play players have to learn to constantly track it. This drill will show you an easy way to do this. To get access to the videos and premium media, just login here, ...
Mini Tennis Focus Drill
Here is a fun drill to get players to focus on the ball right from the start of practice by having them play mini tennis using their grips to hit the ball over the net. To get access t...
Learning to Play more Efficiently
Unnecessary tension is a major root of unforced errors. Learning to play more efficiently and only using the necessary muscle tension to produce the desired result will improve every part of your ...