Learn how to improve your Tennis game in a week

First of all Tennis is a life long sport and that is the great thing about the sport. You can play it forever and you can enjoy doing it. No I no a number of people especially juniors who don't truly enjoy the game because they have been taught from the beginning to win. Well that's another article in of it's self but the truth of the matter is you must truly enjoy the game for you to be successful at it. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner, intermediate, or professional player if you don't like stepping out on that court each time then 1. your not going to get better and 2. you will burn yourself out before you get the chance to succeed. So lesson one is enjoy the game and do it because you love it.

Lesson 2, understand that this game is a mental game . I don't care how many forehands you hit a day or how many serves you practice. This game depends on two players and that is you and whoever is playing against you. Well when you get in to that type of situation in our world today many other factors come in to play and now that forehand you have practiced so many times before doesn't seem to be feeling as sweet and fluid as it did on the practice court. What I am trying to say is as a competitor you must learn to control your mind and allow your body to perform. Now that might sound simple and easy but no my friend this one element in itself can destroy a whole match. It has the power to take over your game and allow you to spiral in a downward negative effect until you either choke or lose it. Let me try and be more clear, your mind tells your body what to do, if your mind is focused on external issues that you normally can't control that will effect the messages that are sent to your body in order to perform at your peak. Read that sentence over again until you realize what I am saying.

This is very tough to do because it takes a lot of mental energy and focus. Your not going to block out everything that enters your head but you do need to control what is entering and try and not let it effect your ability to perform with INSTINCT. This means acting and not reacting. When you think about each shot before you hit it you spend to much time over the unnecessary preparation. You have already prepared use that and now trust your body and act off instinct. Do this and you will improve dramatically.

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