Fear
Fear is immobilizing: it narrows your focus and blocks out possibilities. Understanding that its source is internal is fundamental to becoming a great …
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Tough Positions
Six basic rules for surviving tough positions on court: depth, grooved defensive shots, staying out of the strike zone, and crazy feeding drills.
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A Game Within a Game
Six mental games - streaks, tactical streaks, consistency, and more - that turn any practice session into a great one, whoever is on the other side of …
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To All Tennis Parents
How to maximize results from private lessons: the lesson is where the correction is learned - perfecting it takes deliberate practice outside the …
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Why Do I Love Tennis?
Anybody can move a chess piece - but sport shows us the story: fear overcome, mistakes redeemed, and the moment of purity when human potential is …
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Backhand
The keys to building a solid two-handed backhand, modeled on Novak Djokovic: split step, unit turn, racket drop, the 3-H system, and full extension.
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Backhand Technique
Using the top pros as role models to build backhand technique - watch, imitate, compare your swing on video, and train one cue at a time.
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Backhand Slice
The backhand slice - why it still matters, when to use it, and how to study Federer's model in slow motion.
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Discipline
What discipline really means, and the five disciplines of self-mastery: physical readiness, mental clarity, emotional depth, intuition, and heart.
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Lesson from Roger
Roger Federer in super slow motion - split steps, early preparation, a still head, and total concentration through the finish. A study checklist for …
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