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Last week I asked a make your mind up group of my readers to write back the following question:
If there was One thing that I could enhance about my tennis game,
Table Tennis
it would be:____________________________________________
I spent the weekend going over the emails and the response was enormous! Most of the people who responded had one singular thing in their game that they wanted to improve. Here are the results of the answers that 69 of them gave to the following question:
If there was One thing that I could enhance about my tennis game,
it would be:____________________________________________
1. My Serve 23 (33%)
2. My Backhand 11 (16%)
3. My mental Game / My mental Toughness (10) 14%
4. My Volleys / My Net Game / My Overheads (9) 13%
5. My Strategy (8) 12%
6. My Footwork / My Level of Fitness / My Forehand / All Others 8 (12%)
These are some enchanting statistics! I also asked respondents to list the benefits they would gain from enhancing these areas of their game. Here's the breakdown:
What's the advantage you'll gain from it?
1. I would gain confidence. 54%
2. I would be more consistent. 18%
3. I would win more matches. 14%
4. I would have more fun / enjoy the game more. 12%
5. I would be more competing / all others. 2%
No surprise to me that their Serve came in as the amount one response. Being that it's the most important shot in tennis (and rightfully so), the serve is the one shot that over 1/3 of my readers want to improve.
I applaud them for being open and honest adequate to share their tennis goals and challenges with me. I honor them. A lot of people are never willing to step up to the plate and seek out what it is that just may put that extra oomph in their game, and take it to the next level.
One enchanting statistic that is missing from the above list (it didn't apPear anywhere) was My Return of Serve. The return of serve is the second most important shot in the game of tennis, and yet it didn't make the list. The absence of the return of serve in this poll is enchanting from a logical point of view - it should be there - but totally understandable by Yours Truly, because the return of serve is not a 'cool' shot for most players. Most players (time to be honest) will attribute a poor return of serve to something magical that their opponent did with their serve; or possibly brush it off as a fluke. Often times when a player misses a return of serve, they either
1) Congratulate their opponent on a great serve, or
2) Berate themselves loudly on the court for missing a return that they can't pass off as a great serve by their opponent.
Oh, how the ego rears it's ugly head on the tennis court!
Now don't get me wrong; I'm not here to put whatever down, but rather to elucidate and enlighten you on the best way to get the results you want. That's what it all unmistakably boils down to, right? Results. Results matter. Results are what we want. So let's take a closer look at how to get them.
In order to get the results you want on the tennis court, you've got to shape out why you want them. There were some fine answers listed above: Confidence, Consistency, Winning More Matches, Having Fun, Enjoying the Game of Tennis, Being Competitive...outstanding responses. These are all benefits of gained by the revising in one singular area.
Let's peel away the layers here for a little and see what those benefits might lead to in a personal way.
If, for example, you want a better serve because it would allow you to win more matches, then stop and think about the advantage of winning more matches. What does that mean to you personally? Does it mean respect and admiration from your friends, parents, fellow tennis players, teammates, coach, etc?
That's where you want to go in your mind. Go to the place where you see the personal benefits of enhancing your tennis game - not just the 'on-court' benefits. When you focus on the personal benefits of enhancing your game, you have left the realm of wishful mental and entered the world of Possibility Thinking. This gives you the mental fuel to focus on doing the work important to get the results you want on the tennis court.
So how would you feel if I told you that you could possibly get the great feeling of __________ (fill in the blank) if you were able to fix the parts of your tennis game that are broken? Great or unmistakably great? This is where the rubber meets the road. The personal benefits you get are what you unmistakably desire. You can do this! The key is to enhance in the areas of your game that you need to fix, and focus on the personal advantage you will gain from it.
Now I know it's easier said than done, but you unmistakably can get to where you want to be in your game. One big step you can take is to open up a dialog with yourself that might go something like this:
Okay, I know I need to enhance my ___________. If I enhance my __________, I will win more matches, feel more positive and play more consistently. This will personally advantage me in the following ways: _____________________________.
Now, what's the one thing I can start doing today that I unmistakably don't want to do, but if I do it, I know that I will move one step closer to my tennis goal of ___________?
Ask yourself these questions. This is the stuff that takes you to the next level. Show me a man who is frustrated with why their game is not where they want it to be, and I'll show you a man who is not asking themselves the right questions. I don't want that to sound harsh - I just want you to unmistakably think about it.
When it comes right down to it, you know and I know that you have a great tennis player inside of you just waiting to burst out! So many of you are just one inch away from your tennis goals. The more time you spend focusing on all the possibilities exist for your game - and taking the steps you need to get there - the quicker things will happen for you.
You may not read a lot of tennis articles like this - and there's a guess for that. A lot of people that teach tennis (tennis pros, coaches, etc) are uncomfortable talking about subjects like these. They tell you:
Just keep practicing and arrival to the clinics / lessons / camps, you'll get the hang of it...
A lot of them are giving you what they think you want - and development you pay a lot of money to get it.
Does that mean I'm against working with your local pro? unmistakably not. A good coach or pro is worth more than you can imagine. The point I am trying to drive home is this: I've been down the teaching tennis road, and I know where it leads a lot of the time - to that little town called Frustration, and sometimes it's hard to get a label out of that place. I am not trying to sell you whatever in this description other than an idea. That idea is that You need to take accountability for seeking out and enhancing the parts of your game that you know, in your heart of hearts, you need to improve. Are you stuck in Frustrationville? Can't find a label out? Then grab your racket, clothes and shoes and start walking. Move out of there. Start enchanting to where you want to be. One step at a time. There are new places and experiences just nearby the corner. I won't give you the promise of a free first-class label on an Airline that doesn't exist. But I do promise to point the way, so to sPeak, and give you what you need - so that You can go out onto the court and get what you want.
I encourage you to take it to the next level - whatever that next level is for you. Seek out the possibilities for your tennis game. Don't rule for less than your best. Make yourself a little uncomfortable and stretch yourself - that's where the increase comes. There's an old saying:
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Find your weak areas and enhance them. Don't stop. Don't quit. Press on. I'm watching you, and I can't wait to see the tennis player you'll become! I'm with you all the way!
To Your heavy Tennis Success,
Coach Kyril
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