Make Sure to Cover your Opponent’s Favorite Patterns
In general try to impose your game on the opponent and cut down on your unforced errors.
Improving focus using the bounce hit method
Watching the ball to contact is one of the most important fundamentals in tennis. It is easy said but very difcult to do. The tendency ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Finding the Ideal Intensity Level on the Court
This exercise will help you identify your ideal intensity level on the court by taking you through a progression where you experiment with different levels ...
Learn to Talk to yourself on the Court
Self talk is very important in tennis. Learn how to do it right.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Use the Warm up Wisely to Prepare for a Match
Use the warm up to get ready to play. Here are three things that will help.
Swinging Smoothly and Effortlessly
Most players use too much effort when swinging and tend to muscle the ball. Here is a great exercise to help you feel the racquet ...
Learning to Swing More Efficiently
Most players use too much effort when swinging and tend to muscle the ball. Here is a great exercise to help you feel the racquet ...
Use all the Information you Have Gathered During the Match
On key points use all the information you have gathered during the match. Keep your opponent’s patterns and tendencies in mind.
Make the Opponent Beat you with His/Her Weakness
Key points are not the time to be change strategy. If the opponent has a weak side, make him/her beat you with that side.
Make Sure you Know Exactly how you Want to Start the Point
On key points it is important that you set the right tone from the beginning. Know exactly how you want to start the point.
On Key Points Play your Best Patterns
Play key point on your terms. If you are an aggressive player, play that way.
On Key Points Use your Best Shots
On key points you have to play the odds and hit the shots that will give you the best chance of winning the point.
Remind yourself to Watch the Ball into your Racquet and to Swing Relaxed
Tightness and loss of focus are the two main causes of mistakes in tennis. On key points remind yourself to focus on the ball.
Make Sure to Cover your Opponent’s Favorite Patterns
In general try to impose your game on the opponent and cut down on your unforced errors.
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