“In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.” – Donny Miller
Technique – Technical/Mechanical Evaluation
Fitness - Physical Evaluation
Strategy – Tactical/Strategic Evaluation
Mind – Mental/Intellectual/Theoretical Evaluation
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
- George Eliot
Rally heavy balls either to the centre of the court or play cross court. Low risk – Low Reward but high percentage Tennis.
You always wait for your opponent to either miss, hit the ball short or change direction. You can win every rally & every point if you don’t make an unforced error and if you can rally the ball deep into the court. The only way you lose a point in this situation is when your opponent plays exceptionally well, which is not possible for any opponent to keep doing it for all the points in the match.
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”- Samuel Beckett
Sports psychology is often quoted as being making the difference between someone who is good and someone who is a champion, giving you that little extra edge to put you ahead of your opponent.
All good sporting performances come from being well prepared, mentally as well as physically. To be the best requires you to use the skills that you have as effectively as possible.
Often athletes who are fit and talented do not achieve their best possible performances because they have not developed the necessary mental skills. Maybe their concentration lapses at vital moments; they lack motivation or find it hard to perform under pressure.
Sport psychology is about helping athletes tap into their potential and achieve the performances they dream about. Setting goals is an important starting point. All good athletes set goals and develop targets and plans to achieve their goals. Effective goal setting comes from making your goals positive, specific, actionable and flexible. The goals also need to focus on what is important, and involve short and long term goals. You have to focus.
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Behind a one second decision is one million seconds of practice.”
“Lets do what we love and do a lot of it.” – Marc Jacobs
There is no way around the hardwork, embrace it.– Roger Federer
Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.– J.J. Marine
We are all unpolished diamonds, we need to polish ourselves so much that the most precious diamond inside us comes out. Compare it to the number of hours of practice , that the stroke gets cleaner.
Sometimes things don’t go according to the plan, but we always have to fight and never give up.-Rafael Nadal
The harder you work, the luckier you get. – Samuel Goldwin
“Focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Nothing from the past can be changed. Its always one point at a time.”
Rule #1 – Keep the ball inside the court, style and speed come only if you obey Rule #1.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.– Bruce Lee
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.– Will Rogers
Tennis is all about winning more percentage of points. Figure a way to win more percentage of points. Every single point is important.
The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.- Confucius
Always be a winner, stand for something, Always have class and be humble.
Two things define you, your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.
Sometimes by losing a battle, you find a new way to win the war.– Donald Trump
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.– Albert Einstein
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.– Jamie Paolinetti
Don’t ever let someone tell you, you cant do something, You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people cant do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you, you cant do it. You want something, go get it. Period.– Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happiness)
Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing to do. But to hold it together when everyone else thought you’d fall apart.. That’s True Strength.
The pain of discipline is nothing compared to the pain of regret.– Justin Langer
Strong people don’t put others down, they lift them up.- Michael P. Watson
Two types of clubs.
2. Doing something vs being told to do something.
3. Survivor vs victim. Two types of people.
4. 2 Types of characters- Tough , Soft.
5. 2 Types of work ethic – Hardworking, Lazy.
How to overcome Excuses.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Mental Qualities of a player and their maintenance:
Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can’t tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.- Jim courier
Integrity means doing the right thing even when no one is watching.- C.S.Lewis
The greatest things in life don’t come from comfort zones.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.- Neale Donald Walsch
It ain’t about how hard you can hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.- Rocky Balboa
