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Cultivating Proactive Patterns
The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible. Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo
Cultivating Proactive Patterns
As athletes in every sport progress from recreational players to competitive players they shift from playing reactive ball to proactive ball. Think about organized soccer, basketball and American football. Do they run plays? You bet!
In tennis, your child should shift from playing “catch” (hitting back and forth with their coach) to playing “keep away!”
Many talented tennis players spend their developmental years hitting back and forth from the base line. You know the drills- down the line, cross court, up the middle etc. But to accelerate your child’s tennis game, be sure their practice includes pattern play and random ball drills.
Can your child list their favorite serving patterns, return of service patterns, rally patterns and net rushing patterns? If your child hasn’t established these protocols, they are just playing reactive tennis. Champions play proactive tennis.
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Good Anger Versus Bad Anger
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Daily Focus Journal
The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible. Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo
What is a Daily Focus Journal?
A daily focus journal is a written schedule or goal. It may include specific achievements, progress and necessary actions needed. The serious contenders I know, who are finding the success they deserve are completing a daily focus journal. Every night they are listing three to five things they did that day to progress their tennis career.
The key words are “Every Night.” Success is not a random act. It comes from a preconceived set of circumstances. It’s planned. If our child needs to gain confidence, help them by tackling their organizational skills.
FUN FACT: Choices Equals Consequences
Examples of daily activities that could be listed in a Daily Focus Journal include:
- Playing a match
- Fixing a stroke
- Stringing their racquets
- Watching tennis on TV
- Working on between point rituals
- Working on how to beat a pusher
- Finding a new doubles partner
- Finding practice matches
- Doing 200 push ups
- Doing sprints
FUN FACT: When real preparation meets opportunity, success will follow.
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Sports IQ
The following quote is an excerpt from Raising Athletic Royalty. Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo
“LIST YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. THEN ORGANIZE PLAYS AND PATTERNS TO EXPOSE YOUR STRENGTHS WHILE HIDING YOUR WEAKNESSES.”
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Tennis and the Pain Principle
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The Pain Principle
Overlooking the pain principle as it relates to tennis growth is a very common mistake.
Remember the old saying? “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.” Players hit common walls in their development. One of those walls is resisting change.
If your child views change, as more painful than losing, they’ll continue in the same losing path. It’s so painful for some to change a flawed grip, stroke or stance; they’d rather accept the pain of losing than deal with changing.
Great things begin to happen when the pain of losing starts to be more powerful than the pain of changing. Once they accept the fact that a change has to be made, they are on their way to the next level. This is where great parenting comes in.
The cycle of change is a three step process:
- Step one is accepting change.
- Step two is uncomfortable because they have left their old strokes and their new strokes are not fully formed.
- Step three is a 4-6 week developmental cycle. During this phase, their new motor programs become personalized and over-ride the old motor programs.
NOTE: At stage 2, the pain of being uncomfortable often pulls them back to their old strokes.
Placing your youngster into a competitive situation before the three phases are complete may destroy their new motor program and the old strokes will surely return. The result is wasted time, energy and money. As a parent, be sure your player and coach are on the same page with the necessary changes. Thanks for visiting, Frank
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Stealing the Volley without the Approach Shot
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Attaining Tennis Excellence
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Top Ten Tools Needed to Attain Tennis Excellence
The mental and emotional strength of being a fierce competitor and a respectful human being is a learned behavior. Building mental and emotional muscle takes time and effort.
The way you think and feel effects how you perform. Rafa Nadal is a prime example of player that has built mental and emotional strength through hard work.
If your player truly believes in his or her game as a result of proper training and hard work he or she is bound for greatness.
No one can outperform their self-image. Due to their discipline, athletes like Rafa, have inner strength and inner excellence. They truly believe in themselves and their abilities because they’ve earned the belief.
Top Ten Tools Needed to Attain Tennis Excellence:
- Hit the gym to gain strength.
- Commit to improving with unrelenting determination.
- Develop the mental side of shot selection to master offense, neutral & defensive skills.
- Schedule time to strengthen their speed, stamina, and agility.
- Revise between point rituals to enhance “clear headedness” of shot selection on big points.
- Improve your ability to apply spin.
- Cultivate the competitive attitude. Do this by adding simulated stress with every drill. We call them “stress buster drills”.
- Perfect the ability to live in the moment (producing precisely what the moment calls for) by rehearsing closing out sets.
- Replace the need to win with the love of the battle.
- Reform calmness under stress, by simulating those intense moments.
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Another Holiday Spend on Court
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Another Holiday Spent on the Tennis Court?
How many times have you had to defend not being at a holiday celebration because of a tennis tournament?
Many non –high performance family members and/or friends do not get it? And that is okay, but when parents put regular social life events first, their child’s tennis progress can be delayed. It is very important for the family to decide on their comfortable level of commitment to tennis.
It is not fair to expect the child to perform at peak performance if the parents are not making a 100% commitment. For example: sending your child to the Spring Nationals the week after returning from a family vacation, away from homework, tennis and work, and expecting success.
High level tennis requires proper preparation. There is a time and place for tennis breaks. It should be joint decision. Preparing for a tennis tournament is twofold.
- First, your child should consistently train properly a month or so before a big event.
- Secondly, they should have a pre-game set of rituals to assist them in their match preparation.
Hours before a match, Nadal morphs into a different personality. Chris Evert said she wouldn’t even call a friend before a match in fear that it may break her concentration. Before each concert, Tom Petty sits quietly alone with his acoustic guitar visualizing and preparing for that night’s concert. Michael Phelps even swam on Christmas Day-practice always came first.
Preparing mind, body and soul before a match is a learned behavior. Allowing your son to go wrestle in the grass with the other kids before a big match isn’t in his best interest. Allowing your daughter to text 39 friends then fight with her boyfriend hours before a big match isn’t in her best interest.
Knowing how and when to turn on the competitor within is critical. Assist your child in finding their own unique game day rituals. After the match is complete, your child can leave it all behind with no regrets.
SPECIAL NOTE: Attending tennis tournaments can be very memorable. I would always make a special effort to travel and visit local tourist sites or plan special dinners when my daughter was on the tennis trail. To this day, my family has very fond memories of our tennis travels. Many of our tennis memories will outlast another holiday sit down dinner. Enjoy the journey!
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How to Handle Cheaters
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