Competition is about finding out how well you can do something under pressure. It’s about challenging yourself to get better. It can be about working together with others to accomplish a goal. You compete to succeed; to be the best you can be. To have a good outcome, a person has to focus on and commit to doing the work needed to improve.
So, if working hard is all that it takes to do well then why doesn't everyone do well? Unfortunately, ourselves is the biggest and toughest opponent that anyone can have, isn't it?
Tennis as we all know is an emotional
sport. Earlier today, that was exactly what I saw over 6 courts of
matches with
these young ladies battling out on the red turf. Nobody spoke English
but one court. I am guessing by their body language they weren't saying
"oh good try." As the saying goes,
when the student is ready the teacher will appear. In this situation, I
am the student and came across this great article (the teacher) that I
want to share with you "Become an Emotional Master Athlete." (clinck on the link)
Training Plan for This Week
As we are approaching the Florida tournaments, some players will continue with their competition phase with match play. For those who are still in the training phase, we will continue to work on the following:
- rhythm which is the foundation of playing well.
- continue with building that Forehand into a weapon dictating points,
- a strong transition game to finish off at net.
- big serves with slice, kick, and flat.
- return consistency.
Until next week...tata!
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