I have just lost my very fist tournament. I got the last place and lost every single match. This helps to deal with the disappointment, especially the second one -- I lost the matches before they were over because I was too judgy and critical of myself.
some effective pushers are great athletes, who play tennis infrequently. Hockey players on vacation. They all play the same way. Sprint to the ball, stop on a dime, set up camp, PUSH IT, and hustle back
That's a good one Peter! I don't know what it is with the sport, but the amount of people playing tennis that are full of themselves is just off the chart. Reason #5 ABSOLUTELY!! Enjoy the process, even if you got destroyed, there still was a point or two that you can be proud of. No matter what, you are learning, you are getting better. It's all about the direction.
For me a lot of it is having trust in my strokes. My serve was bad for a while which put much more pressure on me when I really needed it to work. Now I'm getting better at my all round game I'm feeling much more relaxed in matches. I definitely need to work on these other factors though. I recently entered a local singles league and so far I've lost all my matches and other than one of them they've all been super close. I think what happens is I see my opponent hit a better quality ball than me and I don't have the belief I can beat them even if I manage to take a set off them. Maybe I need to try and identify a weakness rather than focus in my own game so much.
I think footwork is secondary to anticipation. Often, from my experience, when I run to the ball, I found I am either too close or too far from it. It's hard to measure the running distance when running left/right. It's even harder to tell the incoming ball's depth and speed if the ball is coming toward you because there is no references to tell. Would you give some tips on this?
How do you learn to become comfortable with shedding strict rules of engagement and hit to where the opponent doesn't want the ball? I'm stuck with years worth of dogma from my coach that doesn't shed very easily.
@@PeterFreemantennis Won't they start to hate or despise you? I want to be liked and continue on as a person who is not socially black listed. That's what I'm told will happen.
@@gbrinkhaus That's possible but can you take that chance? If you win by taking control of the point they will hate you for it. I don't want to chance being hated/blacklisted by area players.
@@jlook6070 there is a subtle difference between smashing an overhead versus hitting the ball where THEY have difficulty getting it back. Besides, if they dont like losing, it not tour job to ease up anyway....consider finding a different group to play with. Good luck! :)
