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MATCHDAY VIDEO ANALYSIS
Pre-Match Routines:
- Equipment preparation
- De-stressing versus over stressing environment
- Managing the overflow of adrenaline
- Opponent profiling
- Proper nutrition and hydration
- Use of dynamic stretching
- Essential warm-up routines
- Quiet time visualization
Match Performance:
- Proper use of between point rituals and changeover rituals
- Strokes: efficiencies and deficiencies
- Patterns and plays: strengths and weaknesses
- Identifying the actual cause of the errors
- Opponent dissecting/match awareness
- Score management and real-time problem solving
- Emotional performance state
- Universal movement flaws (Footwork)
- Cognitive processing speed (Hesitation)
- Correctly spotting and playing positive and negative “Mega” points
- Length of peak performing
- Controlling the “energy-flow” of the match
Post-Match Rituals and Routines:
- Recovery
- Static stretching
- Nutrition and hydration
- Opponent scouting
- Match logs
As I conduct high-performance player assessments around the world it is amazing that even top ITF players and their coaches have never even heard of quantifying their performances in such detail.
As parents, it is up to you to organize video analysis and review sessions. As coaches, it is up to you to suggest video analysis and review sessions to be initiated. And it is up to you, the player, to be willing to “allow” video analysis and review sessions.
