tennis tip of the week

Tennis Tactic: Putting On The Brakes, The Key To Excellent Recovery

by Head Coach

http://tennismindcamp.com/images/tennisrecovery.jpgNow when your opponent tries to pull you off the court using a shot out wide to your forehand side, you want to make sure that you use an open stance. Why?

Because if your opponent has hit the ball wide, this is going to send you “sprinting” in the direction of the sideline to get it – pulling you off the court.  The open stance will make it so you can still hit a great ball even when you’re on the run.

But if you want to be able to recover and…

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The Extreme Tennis Focus Formula

by Head Coach

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Now, before I say anything, I need to clear something up.  A lot of people have been saying that they’re surprised of how well those two guys played yesterday.  That is a bunch of rotten tomatoes.

Because let me tell you, I was not surprised by what happened yesterday in London, and you shouldn’t be either. Amazed, yes. Entertained? Most definitely. But surprised?  Not in the least.  The reason why I’m not surprised is because I expected a high level of tennis. Why?

Well, what  many of the top-ranked players…

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Serve Rituals Are For Winners!

You need to develop a ritual. And by ritual, I mean a series of mannerisms or body movements that you do EVERY single time you step up to the service line.

It’s been proven to dynamically boost consistency of performance in the sports world for ages.

You see it in basketball when players are at the free-throw line, when the quarterback is getting ready to hit his receiver for a touchdown, and in baseball right before a strike out. Why? It works! And it’s the same for tennis.

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Concrete Confidence For Tennis

Have you played in a high-level tennis match recently?
If so, I’m sure you know that having great confidence when you’re
playing can instantly take your game to a whole new level.

However, the problem is that a lot of people don’t have the ability to keep their confidence at an all-time high for every
single match.

So if you fall into that category (…as does most of the tennis world) and think your confidence could use a huge boost, the mental strategy below may really do the trick.

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