I don't know about you, but I've found it to be extremely challenging to play my best tennis under stress. Most of the time, my body inevitably tenses up and my shots lose their rhythm at the exact moment I tell myself the point is very important. I've always found this phenomenon to be entrancing, if not quite maddening.
After fighting with this issue for some time, I became extraordinarily curious about would it might really take to reach a state of top performance during pressure-filled moments on the tennis court. What I have come up with is that the best thing I'm able to do is tell myself repeatedly that, in the grand scheme of things, the match truly doesn't matter that much in any way.
Whether I win or lose actually will not make that much of an impact on my overall life, so why not just go for it? Having these thoughts go through my mind does seem to take the sting off the intensity of the moment. What I've realized is that pressure during tennis regularly appears when we get too attached to winning. If we decide that we actually don't give a damn if we win, then things have a tendency to settle down and we play better.
Some of us really DO care, naturally, if we win or lose. We take pride in winning and become heavily identified in competition. It's a rare person who can really thrive in this type of mind-set. Most of us are much better off recalling that tennis is but a minor side of life and has little bearing on our identity.
As you gain this point of view by telling yourself that winning or losing is comparatively unimportant, I have spotted it is also useful to take a few deep slow breaths and to feel your hand relaxing around your grip. Whether I'm serving or returning, I have a tendency to target my hitting hand and keep it as loose as I am able to. This helps my whole body relax.
I'm hoping these tips help you to find an increased level during the key moments of your next match.
After fighting with this issue for some time, I became extraordinarily curious about would it might really take to reach a state of top performance during pressure-filled moments on the tennis court. What I have come up with is that the best thing I'm able to do is tell myself repeatedly that, in the grand scheme of things, the match truly doesn't matter that much in any way.
Whether I win or lose actually will not make that much of an impact on my overall life, so why not just go for it? Having these thoughts go through my mind does seem to take the sting off the intensity of the moment. What I've realized is that pressure during tennis regularly appears when we get too attached to winning. If we decide that we actually don't give a damn if we win, then things have a tendency to settle down and we play better.
Some of us really DO care, naturally, if we win or lose. We take pride in winning and become heavily identified in competition. It's a rare person who can really thrive in this type of mind-set. Most of us are much better off recalling that tennis is but a minor side of life and has little bearing on our identity.
As you gain this point of view by telling yourself that winning or losing is comparatively unimportant, I have spotted it is also useful to take a few deep slow breaths and to feel your hand relaxing around your grip. Whether I'm serving or returning, I have a tendency to target my hitting hand and keep it as loose as I am able to. This helps my whole body relax.
I'm hoping these tips help you to find an increased level during the key moments of your next match.
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