Great Advice! Whenever I make a bad shot or bad decision, as I walk back to get in place for the next play, I just say to myself that I'm in a marathon, not a sprint.
What if our mental play weakness is not any of the ones you mentioned? I'm way too soft on the opponent. My coach taught me to not hit shots too hard or hit them so it was difficult for the opponent to hit it back comfortably. If I violated that no one would want to play me. One should play cooperatively in competition and the opponent will reciprocate. Yet when I do follow that rule I get dictated and lose. What should I do as I don't have a competitive aggressive mindset.
When you're in competition you try 100% to win the match. And that means giving your opponent the best you have in the tool box which includes all your shots... fast, slow and in between, I'm playing to win, if I lose I'm happy for my opponent who happened to a better job than me on that day. To give your opponent anything less your best shows a lack of respect for him. To your tennis success, Tom
@@Fundamentalsoftennis It was taught as respect to the opponent to be easy on them. That was some 20 some years of coaching. Now that I know better it's a huge issue to change that ingrained teaching still years afterwards. I just can't seem to mentally push through that mental inhibition even working at it for 2 some years. How would you recommend forcing my way past the roadblock?
@@jlook6070 Think of it this way, you're not doing your opponent any favors by going easy on them, you are actually doing them a DISSERVICE, they are not getting a realistic view of their own game and will never know what they need to do to improve. To your tennis success, Tom
@@Fundamentalsoftennis That part I understand and am actively trying to address. It's the ingrained muscle memories, automatic reactions and trying to change an ingrained mindset that I'm looking for help on.
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Great Advice! Whenever I make a bad shot or bad decision, as I walk back to get in place for the next play, I just say to myself that I'm in a marathon, not a sprint.
"The next shot is MORE IMPORTANT than the last mistake" and REPEAT every time you make a mistake!!!
To your tennis success,
Tom
Great advice. Great video. Thanks
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Excellent! Thanks so much!
You're very welcome!
Love it Tom I always do.
Thanks so much Chris!!
To your tennis success,
Tom
Most of the men I play with always go for the winners. Need to be patient. I play for consistency.
This is a fantastic video the mental is such an important part of the game!! We are national players and struggle to remain mentally strong 💪🙏🎾
Glad I could help!! I checked out your channel... very impressive, you guys have some solid technique... congratulations and much success!
Tom
Wise words coach👍...tq
My pleasure!!
To your tennis success,
Tom
Those are gems. Thanks coach - Francesco
You're welcome! I appreciate that!
To your tennis success,
Tom
wow, thank you, very helpful. perhaps it´s like meditation, drop your thoughts and comments after an error and focus on the next point to play.
That's what djokovic does to remain mentally strong!! Meditation!
Glad I could help! Drop your thoughts I like that... put it behind you and focus on the next shot!
To your tennis success,
Tom
great advice. thanks coach
You're welcome, my pleasure!!
To your tennis success,
Tom
Great video you desserve more views and subscribers!.
I appreciate that! Thanks for the support!
To your tennis success,
Tom
Nice
Thanks!
To your tennis success,
Tom
What if our mental play weakness is not any of the ones you mentioned? I'm way too soft on the opponent. My coach taught me to not hit shots too hard or hit them so it was difficult for the opponent to hit it back comfortably. If I violated that no one would want to play me. One should play cooperatively in competition and the opponent will reciprocate. Yet when I do follow that rule I get dictated and lose. What should I do as I don't have a competitive aggressive mindset.
When you're in competition you try 100% to win the match. And that means giving your opponent the best you have in the tool box which includes all your shots... fast, slow and in between, I'm playing to win, if I lose I'm happy for my opponent who happened to a better job than me on that day. To give your opponent anything less your best shows a lack of respect for him.
To your tennis success,
Tom
@@Fundamentalsoftennis It was taught as respect to the opponent to be easy on them. That was some 20 some years of coaching. Now that I know better it's a huge issue to change that ingrained teaching still years afterwards. I just can't seem to mentally push through that mental inhibition even working at it for 2 some years. How would you recommend forcing my way past the roadblock?
@@jlook6070 Think of it this way, you're not doing your opponent any favors by going easy on them, you are actually doing them a DISSERVICE, they are not getting a realistic view of their own game and will never know what they need to do to improve.
To your tennis success,
Tom
@@Fundamentalsoftennis That part I understand and am actively trying to address. It's the ingrained muscle memories, automatic reactions and trying to change an ingrained mindset that I'm looking for help on.
Why am I hear? because I've just lost a match lol
Hopefully this video will help NEXT TIME!!
To your tennis success,
Tom