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DOES YOUR CHILD NEED MENTAL/EMOTIONAL TRAINING?
Is a lack of Mental/Emotional training holding your child back from getting the results they deserve?
TAKE THE QUIZ
The following questions can be used to determine whether your child is in need of mental/emotional training. Good Luck!
- My child plays incredibly on the practice court but often falls apart in matches. Yes/No
- My child avoids playing full practice matches most weeks. Yes/No
- In matches, my child’s focus is only on winning versus actual performance goals. Yes/No
- My child doesn’t apply proper change over and between point rituals in matches. Yes/No
- My child is unorganized in planning their weekly training schedules. Yes/No
- My child has not yet developed his/her secondary strokes. Yes/No
- My child has super high expectations and expects to perform perfectly every match. Yes/No
- We haven’t yet put together our entourage of hitters, teachers, and trainers. Yes/No
- My child hasn’t developed plans or patterns to beat moonball/pushers. Yes/No
- My child hasn’t developed plans or patterns to beat hard-hitting baseliners. Yes/No
