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Tennis Goals vs. Personal Goals
Tennis Goals vs. Personal Goals
One of the obvious reasons for not achieving full potential in tennis is "misalignment between your tennis goals and personal goals". Yes, you heard the right. This happens when you are not giving enough time to practicing tennis. Just ask yourself this question, "The amount of time I am giving to practicing is enough to take me where I want to be?" If the answer is yes, you're on the right track, otherwise not.
Ignoring Your Fitness Life
Ignoring Your Fitness Life
Another reason for poor performance on the court is "Not paying attention to your fitness life". An average tennis match lasts an hour and a half. If at the end of the match, you are too tired but your opponent is not, then you need serious attention towards your fitness life. Add some kind of workout plan to your daily life.
Ignoring Footwork
Ignoring Footwork
Although this factor should be the part of my previous point, I have mentioned it separately. It's because footwork is so important that it can be ignored especially for a tennis player. Do footwork on daily basis. After all, tennis is all about running and continuous moving backward and forward, and on both sides as well.
Mental Fitness
Mental Fitness
Besides physical fitness, mental fitness is also the most important factor even for professional tennis players. Staying alert and sharp is the key to success in a tennis match. To do this, getting enough sleep is important for you.
Chasing Perfection
Chasing Perfection
Most beginner players chase perfection. But I ask my students to chase improvement on a daily basis. The reason is if you have set a goal to be perfectly level, then after achieving that goal you wouldn't bother to improve further. So I would recommend chasing improvement rather than perfection,