Mind
Training for Tennis Tip
12
Extract
Mental Tips From The Greats
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Every
top pro player possesses their own unique mental qualities
which set them apart from the rest, and make them play top-echelon
tennis day in, day out - and you can bring some of these qualities
into your own game as well.
Today
I will discuss just a few of these powerful mental qualities of
some of the current top players, and then show you how you can bring
them into your own game.
For
instance - Roger Federer, usually has the ability to work out the
best game-plan to use against his opponents - while he is actually
playing the match - and this means that he is never beaten
until the last point is over, as he is able to change his game into
anything he needs it to be, to win.
Andy
Roddick's and Serena Williams's strategy of absolute all-out attack, even
when other players would be defending, can be a very positive tactic and
mental strategy to surprise your opponent when your back is to the wall at 1-4
in the 3rd set.
Lleyton
Hewitt's Jimmy-Connors-like "never-say-die" attitude
won him many matches he should have probably lost, and this is an
admirable quality to bring into your game, using the mental strategy
of relentlessness to wear down even the toughest opponents.
Justine
Henin used to display a similar gritty mental ability, as well as
showing some aspects of Federer's and Roddick's unique mental abilities.
Lindsay
Davenport's cool demeanor and stable mental attitude
meant that she was a tough contender day in, day out when she was
on tour, and she never had too many bad days.
Most
of these players also have the unique ability - when emotionally upset -
to channel their emotion into their game, rather than into racket-breaking
self-destructive tendencies - and this means that they often strike back with
great venom when they are down and out. This is a true champion quality.
Any
of these qualities are success traits which have helped these players reach
the very heights of the game - and so imagine what you could do if you
could incorporate several of these characteristics into your own game over
the next year or two. This can be done.
You
can do this by choosing, and focusing upon, just one of these
qualities - but you must do it for six months, ensuring that
you bring this quality into your game, and onto the court, each
and every time you walk out to play.
You continue to do this until eventually it simply becomes absolutely
automatic and instinctive for you to be this way on-court,
so you do not even have to think about it any more - and this is
what repetition does - it makes things automatic to us.
So.....take
your pick! Would you want more Federer, Roddick, Williams, Nadal,
Murray, or any other player you like - in your game?
Yes,
it's true - you can honestly bring any quality you desire
into your game, as long as you are willing to take the time
to develop it into becoming instinctive and automatic.
Starting
with any top player you greatly admire is probably a very good start -
so begin today - building your mental toughness into a match-winning feature
of your game - just like the pros.
