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NEW RELEASE JULY 16

Posted on June 10, 2024 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential

THE ART OF EXCEEDING: BUILDING HIGH PERFORMANCE ATHLETES

THE ART OF EXCEEDING:
Building High-Performance Athletes

PLAYBOOK SERIES

The Art of Exceeding playbooks are not just another set of resources. They are a unique compilation of short books that draw upon 2000 years of stoic wisdom, sports psychology, and 35 years of coaching experience. These playbooks are designed to develop the mental strength essential for high performance, providing breakthrough resources and a shared language for anyone interested in maximizing their potential in sports and life. They empower athletes with the mental tools needed to thrive in the competitive world of high-performance sports.

For too long, the sports teaching world has focused on hardware development, neglecting the crucial aspects of software development, mental and emotional. The Art of Exceeding playbooks aim to bridge this gap by providing the mental training necessary to enhance athletic performance. But it doesn’t stop there. This training also cultivates life skills, positive character traits, and a moral compass that’s genuinely needed to excel in sports and life.

The Art of Exceeding, Volume 1, presents five transformative topics, each unlocking a different facet of software skills. In Discovering Your Game, readers embark on a journey of self-discovery, uncovering their unique, inborn strengths and weaknesses to optimize performance. The Philosophy of Competition delves into why some athletes wilt under pressure while others thrive- illuminating how mindset shapes our approach to challenges. The Morning Mastery Plan offers a blueprint for starting the day with purpose and intention, setting the stage for success in every endeavor. The Paradox of Habits challenges conventional thinking, exploring how to harness choices, habits, and routines to ignite improvement. Finally, From Champions to Leaders transcends individual success, guiding athletes towards becoming inspirational leaders who shape their teams and communities. With these first five playbooks, The Art of Exceeding empowers individuals to master their minds and set the stage for future success.

Throughout The Art of Exceeding playbooks, you’ll notice the repetition of the most important topics. Planting and replanting these essential components into your subconscious mind helps you develop a solid base from which to draw.

Welcome to your new way of life as an elite, high-performance athlete!

Now Available- Innovative Tennis Charting

Posted on December 17, 2021 by in Innovative Tennis Charting, Maximizing Tennis Potential

The following post is an excerpt from Frank’s newest book, INNOVATIVE TENNIS CHARTING

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Neuro Priming $0.99 Pre-Order Rate

Posted on October 13, 2017 by in Neuro Priming for Peak Performance

The following post is a foreword for Neuro Priming for Peak Performance. The E-Book edition will be available for an introductory pre-order rate of only $0.99!  The release date is November 1st!
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FOREWORD

By Steve Johnson, ATP Tennis Professional

 

As a professional ATP tennis player, I know all too well the importance of positive mental imagery as it relates to playing at my peak performance level.

 

Neuro Priming for Peak Performance is an innovative instructional book that takes the mystery out of the visualization process. It organizes mental rehearsals into customized scripts designed to improve every component of a tennis player’s game.

 

I’ve been friends with Frank since I was a junior player. His outside the box approach to organizing and training mental and emotional skill sets is groundbreaking. Frank’s Neuro Priming workbook motivates athletes to stop focusing on what could go wrong and instead, start focusing on what can go right. It’s the laws of attraction – the psychology of success.

 

Neuro Priming for Peak Performance is an indispensable tool for every serious-minded tennis competitor, parent or coach.

Responsive to Change

Posted on February 13, 2017 by in Emotional Aptitude in Sports

The following post is an excerpt from Emotional Aptitude In Sports NOW available through most on-line retailers!  Click Here to Order

 

 

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“It’s not the strongest that survive nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change.”

                                                                                    Charles Darwin

 

Being responsive to change is emotional aptitude. Winners innovate. The solution to becoming a winner is to be willing to take risks. Champions see taking calculated risks as necessary in order to achieve greatness.

It’s important to note that in competitive sports, there is a difference between controlled aggression and reckless aggression. The same holds true with calculated risk versus reckless risk. In competition, only with risk comes reward. Athletes too afraid to take risks are commonly known as “spectators.”  Emotional aptitude is the mindset of taking your best shot at greatness, regardless of possible failure.

 

 

Maximizing Athletic Potential

Posted on January 17, 2017 by in Emotional Aptitude in Sports, Maximizing Tennis Potential

The following post is an excerpt from Emotional Aptitude in Sports NOW available through most on-line retailers!  Click Here to Order

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Studying Successful Role Models

A terrific solution to becoming more responsible is to observe athletes who successfully perform at a higher level. This could be accomplished live or via YouTube. Emulate their work ethic, their demeanor, their schedule and their training methodology.

Intermediate athletes will quickly see that the winners approach their development very differently. Here are the criteria I see around the globe with high achievers:

  • They don’t rely exclusively on group training. Most often, elite athletes customize their developmental plan and schedule time to focus on their own priorities.
  • They care desperately and strive for weekly improvement.
  • They organize their schedule, developing every component needed to excel.
  • Top athletes hire an entourage of coaching experts to assist them throughout their journey. It is common for an elite athlete to have a team of technical/mechanical coaches, fitness gurus, mental/emotional experts, nutritionists, and physiotherapists, as well as a logistical manager.
  • Top athletes place their sport above their social calendar.

 

While recreational hobbyist may still want to maximize their potential at the quickest rate, they may not choose to invest so heavily in their chosen sport.

Second Edition Parent Testimonial

Posted on February 26, 2016 by in The Second Edition of The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post is an actual parent testimonial for the Second Edition of The Tennis Parent’s Bible NOW available through most on-line retailers!  Click Here to Orderblack_ebook_design2

 

 

 

Frank,

I want to thank you for taking the time to put this book together.  It validates so many things as a tennis parent.  My husband played junior tennis and went on to play college at a division 1 school on a full scholarship.  I also was a college athlete.  We understand what it takes to play at a high level and how crucial it is as parents to be educated and foster what a coach is trying to instill in their students.  We just wish coaches would understand how crucial it is to have positive parents involved on a team.  Our daughter has big dreams, so we have implemented the best blueprint possible to ensure the best chance possible to achieve her goals.  Thank you again for publishing such a great book!!!! Can’t wait to read any future books you publish! 

Thanks Again, Kristen

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Excerpt from the Second Edition Tennis Parent’s Bible

Posted on January 10, 2016 by in The Second Edition of The Tennis Parent's Bible

“Frank is quickly becoming one of the games most respected and influential teachers. As the coach of a #1 WTA player, I recommend The Tennis Parent’s Bible to anyone serious about developing a champion.”

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The following post is a Q & A excerpt from the Second Edition of The Tennis Parent’s Bible available for pre-order now!

QUESTION: Why is avoiding performance anxiety in practice bad?

Frank: Avoiding stress in practice only magnifies a player’s performance anxiety during future competition. This avoidance keeps competition scary and uncomfortable and fuels the athlete’s lingering self-doubt.

“Players are actually increasing their anxieties by dodging their fears.”

Every time a player side steps their issues, the thoughts of possible failure multiply into a serious lack of confidence and self-esteem. Their apprehension and fear of competition will actually increase until they agree to stop avoiding their fears.

Psychologists report that the central nervous system decreases its arousal state with extended exposure to the same stimuli. In other words, if one’s nervous system isn’t overly aroused any more… it stops experiencing excessive performance anxiety.

Familiar things get boring. This is human nature. So, the best way for players to alleviate their performance anxieties is through exposure not avoidance.

If your child has performance anxieties, ask them to review with their coach the below facts regarding avoiding anxiety:

Five Avoiding Anxiety Consequences:

1) Avoidance eliminates exposure and experiencing the harmless reality of a tennis match.

2) Avoidance clutters the mind and steals any real analysis of the facts.

3) Avoidance eliminates repetition and the chance to see the event as actually routine.

4) Avoidance stops the practice of the actual protocols so there is no mastery of skills.

5) Avoidance kills true mastery and mastery is what decreases future failures.

Another way to look at the effects of avoiding anxieties is that it magnifies ignorance and multiplies fear, nervousness, uncertainty, distress and disorganization. Although confronting performance anxieties is difficult, it’s the exposure that brings empowerment. So, exposure is the most potent medicine for performance anxiety.

Contact: Frank Giampaolo
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KEYS TO ACCELERATING LEARNING

Posted on December 23, 2015 by in Customized Organizational Plan, The Second Edition of The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post is an excerpt from the soon to be released Second Edition of The Tennis Parent’s Bible! Happy Holidays, Frankblack_ebook_design2

 

 

 

Regardless of the sport, excellence does not happen by chance. It takes a deliberate customized plan, hard work and dedication. Accelerate your child’s learning curve with a plan.

KEYS TO ACCELERATING LEARNING

How do you take a kid with potential and develop them into a proven champion? What predetermines their success? How do you convince them that they’re special? What factors build passion? How does a parent and coach develop a consistent winner?

 

Let’s use my step- daughter Sarah Fansler as a quantifiable example of gauging the development of a kid’s potential. Most would agree that Sarah had a flair for the game. She was ranked top in the nation. Sarah won multiple gold, silver and bronze balls. She won a total of 10 U.S. National titles.  She’s played the junior U.S. Open twice and the adult U.S. Open once before the age of 16. She was honored as he NCAA College Freshman of the year while at USC.

Now, let’s uncover her underlying story and take a deeper look at Sarah’s training regimen. As a junior player, Sarah had spent six years training full time. That’s about 20 hours a week or a thousand hours a year practicing in the manner in which she was expected to perform. Sarah only followed a deliberate, customized developmental plan.

Sarah did a private lesson with me from 6:30 am -7:30 am before getting ready for school. Sarah’s after-school regimen included playing full matches against paid college players and/or off-court training at a specialized gym called “Get Fit”, a Vert system off-court training center. After dinner Sarah and I drilled for an additional hour and a half. On weekends, Sarah played tournaments.

Sarah followed my Customized Player Evaluation (Found in section VII) – a formula for deep accelerated learning. Her training regimen was more intense than the typical training program of an average high performance player. The hidden factor to her tennis success was her hard work on and off the court each week. The accelerated learning process catapulted Sarah above her rivals.

 

“You can’t simply place your athlete in with the group… if you actually want them to get ahead of the group!”

 

So, was Sarah’s success due to her natural gifts or was it earned through a planned process? My answer is that approximately 20 percent of Sarah’s junior success was due to her natural talents, 80 percent was due to her learned behaviors. The development of life lessons was a major factor. (Fast forward 2015: Sarah’s life lessons learned through tennis are now accelerating her career in business!)

So talent is actually measured by the preparation before the performance. Often professionals say “I didn’t just win this event today…I won it through the last three months of customized preparation.”

So, my question to the parents and coaches is: What’s your deliberate, customized developmental plan for your athlete?

Contact: Frank Giampaolo
FGSA@earthlink.net
www.MaximizingTennisPotential.com

Accelerating Growth

Posted on September 20, 2015 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential, The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible.  Thanks for visiting, Frank GiampaoloFrank Giampaolo

Question: Why is it hard for some athletes to make changes?

 

Frank: Let’s take another look into personality profiles. People with a sensate judging (SJ) dominate brain type are actually wired to be safe. In their mind, being safe provides a sense of security. For them conformity is comfortable. Standardization is key. To these SJ personalities, change is uncertain and therefore feared.

Others personality types, especially intuitive perceivers (NP), are wired to trust their natural inquisitive instincts and be more risk takers. These NP personalities are future oriented and boldly see the world as something to conquer. It’s in their DNA (nature.)  These inborn characteristics are called genetic predisposition.

A person’s ultimate belief system is a result of both their genetic predisposition (nature) and their life experiences (nurture) -such as upbringing, surroundings and parental views. Humans naturally protect their beliefs, some way more than others.

When confronted by different ideas or opinions a chemical reaction triggers a response. To the SJ personalities, this new idea may be viewed as a threat because it hasn’t been analyzed yet, so avoiding it is often normal.

When new techniques are presented to these folks they are often uncomfortable simply because the information is different. The new method clashes with the old comfortable method so the new method is disregarded as wrong.

 

“Sometimes the new way is actually the right way…but it feels wrong to the SJ athlete coach and/or parent.”

 

In seeking change, consider your athlete’s brain type and body type.  For example, asking a fine motor skilled dominant body type player to change their foot work, core balance and stability is going to be much more difficult than asking a gross motor skilled dominant player to do the same task.

 

“Motivate your athlete to accept change.  Although change can be difficult, by refusing to change and grow … you will likely be left behind.”

 

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Goal Setting

Posted on May 18, 2015 by in Blunders and Cures

The following post is an excerpt from Blunders and Cures.  Thanks for visiting, Frank GiampaoloBlunders & Cures_final

BLUNDER: Overlooking Goal Setting

Goal setting and organizational plans should be used as soon as you enter into the competitive phase. After an event, plan on setting some goals as you schedule your upcoming lessons. Sit down with your entourage to review your performance at an appropriate time. This analysis will provide your “Blue Print” for the upcoming weeks’ worth of lessons and clinics.

There are four basic sides to your game that need to be developed religiously. Examples include:

  1. Technical: (Example: Slice backhand)
  2. Tactical: (Example: How to beat a moonball/pusher)
  3. Movement/Fitness: (Example: Develop core strength and stability)
  4. Emotional/Focus: (Example: Practicing closing out 5-2 leads)

At all levels of competition, matches should be viewed as an information gathering session. The overall objective is to maximize your potential at the quickest rate. Winning comes from experience and experience comes from both winning and losing.

CURE: Identify an area in your game that can be improved upon in each of the four sides of development.

  1. Technical:
  2. Tactical:
  3. Movement/Fitness:
  4. Emotional/Focus:

Define a plan of attack for each of the 4 skills identified. Evaluate the plan after its implementation and determine if the plan is working? Adjust as necessary but continue to train on the skills you need most.

Ask Yourself?

Did you find one flaw per category you wish to improve? Did you set aside time to review your list with your coach and devise a plan on working to improve your identified weaknesses? Do you have a style of opponent that you hate to play? Have you ever taken a month and focused on developing the tools to actually beat that particular style of opponent? Or do you do the same drills week after week and hope for different results?

 

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