Match Mentality – A Few Of My Favorites
- “Play by the rules of the game”. OVER THE NET, INSIDE THE LINES.
- ATTITUDE in tennis is 10% what happens to you and 90% HOW YOU REACT TO IT”
- Be more disciplined and objective in the way you think of your errors/mistakes.
- THINK INTELLIGENTLY not emotionally at the shot.
- Play the ball, don’t let it play you.
- Offense: relies on hitting winners and forcing your opponent to gamble.
- Defense: is best described as winning through attrition.
- Don’t let the GAME WITH YOURSELF be harder than the GAME WITH YOUR OPPONENT.
- Are you better than your opponent? Don’t forget it and don’t let them forget it.
- When you toss a the ball, I want that to be your best chance to win the point.
- The best way to get over the nerves is to go big early and relax into to it.
- An AGGRESSIVE mistake is a PHYSICAL error. A TENTATIVE mistake is a MENTAL error.
- Learn from the BAD PATCHES, they’ll only MAKE YOU BETTER.
- WHEN you change your game whether it be a tactic, style of play or strategy be OPTIMISTIC of your NEW VENTURE.
- Leave an IMPRESSION.
